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12th Grade
04/22/2009

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Didactic
Definition
intended to instruct
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Exculpate
Definition
to free from guilt or blame
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Incontrovertible
Definition
not able to be denied or disputed
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Penitent
Definition
expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
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Vindicated
Definition
freed from blame
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Despotic
Definition
exercising absolute power; tyrannical
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Cryptic
Definition
difficult to comprehend
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Impede
Definition
to slow the progress of
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Indolent
Definition
lazy
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Insipid
Definition
uninteresting; unchallenging
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Torpor
Definition
laziness; inactivity; dullness
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Disparity
Definition
inequality in age/rank/degree; difference
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Servile
Definition
submissive; like a servant
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Florid
Definition
describing flowery or elaborate speech
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Opulent
Definition
exhibiting a great display of wealth
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Ostentatious
Definition
describing a showy display
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Ebullience
Definition
intense enthusiasm
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Egregious
Definition
conspicuously bad or offensive
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Gratuitous
Definition
given freely; unearned; unwarranted
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Superfluous
Definition
extra; unnecessary
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Auspicious
Definition
favorable; promising
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Reclamation
Definition
the act of making something useful again
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Spurious
Definition
not genuine
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Clandestine
Definition
secretive
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Ruse
Definition
a crafty trick
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Surreptitiously
Definition
done by secretive means
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Arbitrary
Definition
determined by impulse rather than reason
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Capricious
Definition
impulsive and unpredictable
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Equivocate
Definition
to avoid making a definite statement
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Tenuous
Definition
having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure; weak
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Assiduous
Definition
hard-working
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Intrepid
Definition
courageous; fearless
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Obdurate
Definition
stubborn; inflexible
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Obstinate
Definition
stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
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Proliferate
Definition
to grow or increase rapidly
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Incumbent
Definition
imposed as a duty; obligatory
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Inveterate
Definition
long-established; deep-rooted; habitual
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Transitory
Definition
short-lived or temporary
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Affable
Definition
easy-going; friendly
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Amenable
Definition
responsive; agreeable
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Sanction
Definition
an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
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Dilettante
Definition
one with amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
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Equanimity
Definition
the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
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Propriety
Definition
appropriateness of behaviour
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Staid
Definition
unemotional; serious
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Disparage
Definition
to speak of negatively; to belittle
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Pejorative
Definition
words or ohrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
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Brusque
Definition
rudely abrupt
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Fractious
Definition
quarrelsome; unruly
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Ingrate
Definition
an ungrateful person
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Pugnacious
Definition
combative; belligerent
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Deleterious
Definition
having a harmful effect; injurious
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Enmity
Definition
mutual hatred or ill-will
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Malfeasance
Definition
wrongdoing; misconduct
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Rancorous
Definition
hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
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Hackneyed
Definition
worn out through overuse; trite
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Austere
Definition
without decoration; strict
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Ponderous
Definition
extremely dull
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Prosaic
Definition
unimaginative; dull
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Sedentary
Definition
not migratory; settled
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Harbinger
Definition
something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
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Premonition
Definition
a feeling about the future
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Timorous
Definition
timid; fearful about the future
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Trepidation
Definition
uncertainty; apprehension
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Nascent
Definition
coming into existence; emerging
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Candor
Definition
sincerity; openness
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Conflagration
Definition
a widespread fire
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Sonorous
Definition
producing a full or deep sound
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Prodigious
Definition
enormous
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Replete
Definition
abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
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Laudatory
Definition
giving praise
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Facile
Definition
done or achieved with little effort; easy
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Fastidious
Definition
possesing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
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Solvent
Definition
able to pay one's debts
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Anachronism
Definition
something out of place in time or sequence
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Anthropomorphism
Definition
the attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects/animals
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Apology
Definition
defense of an idea
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Apposition
Definition
a grammar construction: a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as explanation
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Chiasmus
Definition
grammar: an inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
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Gesticulating
Definition
making gestures while speaking
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Lexicon
Definition
a word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
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Metonymy
Definition
grammar: one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
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Panegyric
Definition
statement of high praise
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Pernicious
Definition
causing great harm
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Propitious
Definition
presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
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Syllogism
Definition
grammar: a form of deductive reasoning- major premise, minor premise, conclusion
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Synecdoche
Definition
grammar: a form of metonymy restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
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