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Vocabulary
Vocabulary Final semester one Ms. Birkland
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English
12th Grade
12/10/2009

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Abridge
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a shorten verson of a book, movie, speech
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abstemious
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an act of holding or abstain from
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Accolade
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sign of praise
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acrimonious
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bitter in nature
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acumen
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sharp or accurate judgment
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advocate
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sponsor
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alacrity
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eager and prompt
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allitteration
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the occurence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connectd words.
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allusion
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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning in explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
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altrusim
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the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others.
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anecdotal
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not neccessilary true or relievable, because based or personal accounts rather than facts or research.
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anomalous
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inconsistent or irregular
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aphoristic
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short statement
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apostrophe
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a figure of speech in which an object, an abstract quality of an absent ofr imaginary person is addressed directly, as if prsent and able to understand.
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appraise
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judge or asses
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askew
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scorn
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assonance
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in poetry, the reptition of the sound or vowel in the end of the sound
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assurage
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relieves something unpleasantly
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bibulous
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excessively found of drinking alcohol
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bourgeois
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characteristic of the middle class
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cacophony
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a harsh, discorded mixture of sound
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calumny
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a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reotition of something.
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chicanery
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to swindle or fool for self benefit
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cognitive
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concerned with acquisition of knowledge
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complacent
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contended to a fault, self satisfied and unconcern, eager to please
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congenital
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present from birth
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connotation
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an idea or feeling that a word invokes a person in addition to its literal meaning
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contentious
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controversial
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convenant
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a clause in a contract
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covert
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not openly acknowledged or displayed
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denizen
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an inhabitant or occupant of a particualar place, poor
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denotation
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the literal or primary meaning or word, dictionary
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devious
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unfair
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diction
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the literal or primary meaning of a word, in concerting feelings or ideas
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didactic
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intended to teach, partically in moral instructions
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disdainful
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showing contempt or lack of respect
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dolorous
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feeling sorrow or distress
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egregious
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shocking
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emulate
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match or surpass, typically by imitation
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enervate
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to destroy or weaken
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erudite
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having  or showing great knowledge or learning
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eschew
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deliberately avoid using; abstain from
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exemplar
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ideal
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exonerate
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free from guilt
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expatiate
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speak or write at length or in detail
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exultant
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triumphantly happy
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foreshadowing
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be a warning or indication of
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forte
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a strong point as person that in which one excels
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germane
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relevant to a subject, series, or process
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hyperbole
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Exaggerated statements or claims
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imbibe
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drink, absorb, or assimilate
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immure
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enclose or confine
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inadvertently
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not resulting from or acheiving through deliberate planning
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inebriated
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intoxicate or excite someone
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infinitesimal
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indefinitely or exceedingly small
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insidious
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dangerous or sinister
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interloper
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intruder
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invidious
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unjust
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invoke
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cite to appeal to as an authority for an acutaion or in support of an argument
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ironic
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happened opposite way to what is expected, and typically causing wty amusement because of it
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kenning
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a compound expressing in Old English with metaphorical meaning
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lateral
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a smaller drift  off to the side of the principal one
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laudable
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deserving praise and commendation
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leviathan
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a monster
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lofty
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proud, aloof, or self-importance
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lugubrious
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looking or sounding sad and dismal
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melange
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mixture
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metaphor
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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action
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mood
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the feeling or atmosphere that writer creates
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narcissistic
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thinking about once's self
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nefarious
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evil
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niggard
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miserly person
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nihilism
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total rejection of established laws and instutitions
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onomatopoeia
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the use of words whose sound echoes their meaning like buzz
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oxymoron
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a statement that seems to contradict itself
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paroxysm
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sudden outburst of emotion
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penitent
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feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant
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personification
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a figure of speech in which human qualities are in object
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pilgrimage
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a journey to a place to respect
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portal
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a gate
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precursor
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an ancestor
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propensity
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tendency
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querulous
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whinning
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quintessence
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the pure and concentrated essence of a substance
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rectitude
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morality
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regurgitate
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bring up again in the mouth
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rhetorical
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ask in order to priduce an effect of statement rather to get information
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risible
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such as to provoke laughter
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roseate
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optimitic, promising good fortune
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sarcastic
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marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt
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satire
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a literary tchnique in which ideas , customs, behaviors, or institution riducule the purpose of society
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scornful
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eeling or expressing contempt or derision
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simile
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a figure of speech that compares two things that are basiclly unlike yet have something in common with like or as
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slovenly
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messing and dirty
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tone
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the writers attude towards the material, such as playful, formal etc.
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utilitarian
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designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive

 

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utopia
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perfect word
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vacuous
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stupid, lacking intelligence
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visage
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a person's face, with reference to the form or proportions
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whimsical
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playfully quait for fanciful
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