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Wordly Wise Book 12, Lessons 1-6
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12th Grade
05/17/2011

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Acolyte
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A person who assists in some religious services by carrying out minor duties; one who attends or assits; a follower.
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Bibulous
Definition
Given to the consumption of alcoholic drinks.
Highly Absorbant.
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Coalesce
Definition
To grow together; to unite to form a whole.
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Covert
Definition
Not openly acknowledged; secret.
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Declaim
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To recite something in a style of a public speech; to speak in a loud theatrical way.
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Delineate
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To describe vividly and in detail.
To draw an outline of; to represent by drawing.
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Demagogue
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A leader who seeks power by appealing to people's emotions and prejudices and making false claims and promises.
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Encomium
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An expression of warm and enthusiastic praise; a tribute.
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Encomium
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An expression of warm and enthusiastic praise; a tribute.
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Obdurate
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Resistance to persuasion; inflexible.
Persistant in wrong-doing.
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Prescience
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Foresight; knowledge beforehand of events.
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Protagonist
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A chief character in a drama or story.
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Sedulous
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Completed with careful perserverance and diligence.
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Trenchant
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Expressed with vigor and penetrating insight; keenly.
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Utopia
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A place or state of perfect social and political conditions.
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Valedictory
Definition
A farewell address, especially one given at graduation ceremonies.
Of or relating to a farewell address.
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Absolve
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To clear guilt or to free from a promise or responsibility.
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Adumbrate
Definition
To foreshadow in an indirect way.
To outline in a sketchy way; to partially disclose.
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Apothegm
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A short instructive saying.
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Aspersion
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A defamatory expression; slander.
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Coadjutor
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One who works with another, usually in a subordinate position; an assistant.
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Congenital
Definition
Existing at or dating from birth; being an essential characteristic.
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Elan
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A lively spirit with a distinictive style.
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Germane
Definition
Pertinent and fitting.
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Haitus
Definition
An interruption or gap in space, continuity, or time.
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Immure
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To confine within or as if within walls; to imprison.
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Ineluctable
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Not to be avoided or changed; inevitable.
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Internecine
Definition
Marked by slaughter; mutually destructive.
Relating to conflict within a group.
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Invoke
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To appeal to earnestly.
To cite in justification.
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Prototype
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A person or thing that servs as an example of its kind; an original.
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Quadrennial
Definition
Occuring every four years.
Lasting four years.
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Amalgam
Definition
An alloy of mercury and other metals; a mixture of differnt elements.
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Antediluvian
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Very old or old-fashioned.
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Apothecary
Definition
One who prepares and sells ointments, drugs, and similar items for medicinal purposes.
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Ascetic
Definition
Refraining from self-indulgence.
A person who practices self-denial.
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Beneficent
Definition
Doing or producing good.
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Charlatan
Definition
One who falsely claims knowledge or ability.
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Denizen
Definition
An inhabitant, resident, or frequenter of a place.
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Doyen
Definition
A senior member of a group, especially one who is highly respected.
The oldest example of a category.
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Flora
Definition
Plants considered as a group in a particular area or era.
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Imbibe
Definition
To consume by drinking.
To abosrb or take in mentally.
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Nostrum
Definition
A medicine or remedy whose effectiveness has not been proven.
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Obivate
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To prevent or make unnecessary; to get rid of.
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Perennial
Definition
Lasting indefinitely or recurring.
A plant that lives three or more years.
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Putative
Definition
Commonly accepted or supposed; assumed to exist.
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Savant
Definition
A person with detailed knowledge in a specialized field.
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Approbation
Definition
An expression of approval; praise.
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Benighted
Definition
Existing in a state of moral, cultural, or intellectual darkness; unenlightened.
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Bourgeois
Definition
The middle class or a member of the middle class.
Very concerned with middle-class values, such as respectability and material well being, with an inclination toward mediocrity.
Reflecting mediocrity.
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Credo
Definition
A strongly held belief; a guide to one's actions.
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Credo
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A strongly held belief; a guide to one's actions.
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Empirical
Definition
Based on experience and observation as opposed to theory; capable of being confirmed by observation.
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Eschew
Definition
To stay away from; to shun, especially on practical or moral grounds.
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Expatiate
Definition
To speak or write about in great detail; to elaborate, usually used with on or upon.
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Iconoclast
Definition
One who attacks established values, beliefs, or institutions.
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Indigence
Definition
An extreme level of poverty.
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Indigent
Definition
Without means of support.
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Laudable
Definition
Praiseworthy.
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Mandate
Definition
A clear command or instruction.
To require or order.
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Ostensible
Definition
Only seemingly so; apparent.
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Recalcitrant
Definition
Unwilling to accept another's authority; stubbornly defiant.
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Regurgitate
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To expel (partialy digested food) from the stomach.
To repeat mindlessly what one has learned.
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Risible
Definition
Provoking or causing laughter.
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Archaic
Definition
Related or belonging to an earlier time.
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Carouse
Definition
To take part in wild, noisy merrymaking.
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Chicanery
Definition
Clever deception through the use of misleading or confusing words or acts.
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Dissemble
Definition
To conceal with an intent to deceive.
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Egregious
Definition
Conspiculously bad; flagrant.
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Execrate
Definition
To utterly abhor, to denounce as detestable.
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Fealty
Definition
Faithfulness; allegiance.
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Microcosm
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A small system to operates or develops like a larger system; a miniture world.
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Paroxysm
Definition
A suddent, violent, and uncontrollable action or occurrence.
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Pecuniary
Definition
Having to do with money.
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Rectitude
Definition
High moral character.
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Stratagem
Definition
A clever scheme for gaining an end.
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Stultify
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To render useless or ineffectual; to weaken.
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Vendetta
Definition
A blood feud; a prolonged and bitter feud.
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Actuate
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To cause or put into mechanical motion.
To cause or to take action.
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Brackish
Definition
Made up of a mixture of fresh water and seawater.
Having an unpleasant taste.
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Cognitive
Definition
Relating to mental processes such as awareness, remembering, and reasoning.
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Dissertation
Definition
A lengthy, usually written discussion of a topic, often for a college or university degree.
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Dolorous
Definition
Causing or marked by pain, missery, or sorrow.
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Endemic
Definition
Widespread or peculiar to a certain place or among a certain people.
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Fecund
Definition
Producing or capable of producing many offspring.
Intellectualy or artistically productive; creative.
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Genealogy
Definition
The history of a family and how its members are related to one another; also the study of such family histories.
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Inebriated
Definition
Deprived of good sense and judgement, especially as the result of imbibing alcohol.
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Insiduous
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Seemingly helpless while actually being dangerous; treacherous or deceptive.
Spreading harmfully in a subtle or gradual way.
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Interloper
Definition
One who intrudes on or interferes in the affairs of others.
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Precursor
Definition
A person or thing that comes before and indicates the approach of another; a forerunner.
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Presentiment
Definition
A feeling that something is about to occur.
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Ramification
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An outgrowth of a simple idea or plan; a resulting development or consequence.
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Torpor
Definition
A state of mental or physical sluggishness or inactivity.
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