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Bronx Science 2010 Midyear Vocab (Priam's set)
Priam's Bronx Science 2010 Midyear Vocabulary Words
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English
12th Grade
01/10/2010

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Abjure
Definition
to avoid, shun, repudiate or reject
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Acumen
Definition
keen insight; shrewdness
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Auspicious
Definition
favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate, opportune or promising success
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Belie
Definition
to show to be false; contradict, to misrepresent
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Bellicose
Definition
inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious
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Chicanery
Definition
trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry
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Circumlocution
Definition
a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary
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Diffident
Definition
lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy
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Enervate
Definition
to deprive of force or strength; to drain of energy; weaken
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Epiphany
Definition
a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience
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Facetious
Definition
not meant to be taken seriously or literally; lacking serious intent or humorous
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Fatuous
Definition
foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly
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Filibuster
Definition
an exceptionally long speech, as one lasting for a day or days, or a series of such speeches to accomplish this purpose
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Gauche
Definition
lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless
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Hubris
Definition
excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance
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Incontrovertible
Definition
not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable
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Inculcate
Definition
to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly
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Lexicon
Definition
the vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, person
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Loquacious
Definition
Full of trivial conversation
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Melancholy
Definition
A feeling of thoughtful sadness
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Moiety
Definition
One of two (approximately) equal parts
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Nomenclature
Definition
A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
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Oligarchy
Definition
A political system governed by a few people
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Omnipotent
Definition
Having unlimited power
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Paradigm
Definition
an example serving as a model; pattern.
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Parameter
Definition
Any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance
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Pecuniary
Definition
Relating to or involving money
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Precipitous
Definition
Done with very great haste and without due deliberation
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Recapitulate
Definition
Summarize briefly; recap
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Reparation
Definition
Compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury
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Sanguine
Definition
Confidently optimistic and cheerful
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Soliloquy
Definition
Speech you make to yourself
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Subjugate
Definition
Put down by force or intimidation
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Suffragist
Definition
An advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)
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Supercilious
Definition
Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
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Tautology
Definition
Useless repetition
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Taxonomy
Definition
A classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
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Temporal
Definition
Of or relating to or limited by time
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Tempestuous
Definition
Characterized by violent emotions or behavior
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Totalitarian
Definition
Characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control
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Unctuous
Definition
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
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Usurp
Definition
Take the place of
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Vacuous
Definition
Devoid of intelligence
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Vehement
Definition
Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions
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Wrought
Definition
Shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
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Xenophobe
Definition
Someone who fears or hates foreigners
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Yeoman
Definition
In former times was free and cultivated his own land
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Wistful
Definition
Showing pensive sadness
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Zenith
Definition
a highest point or state; culmination
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