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English IV Vocabulary 7
Lily Thomas
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Language - English
12th Grade
01/19/2016

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Abjure

(Verb)

 

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Definition

To renounce or give up formally.

 

Celine abjured the use of any type of tabacco. 

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Amorphous

(Adjective)

 

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Definition

Without a definite shape, boundary, or character.

 

Everyone is of amorphous shape.

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Animus 

(Noun)

 

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Definition

An attitude or spirit within a person that strongly influences him or her; Deep-seated ill will.

 

My conscience is an animus to me.

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Dichotomy

(Noun)

 

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Definition

Divison into two distinct parts or groups.

 

There is a dichotomy for who is with Donald Trump and who is against him.

 

 

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Exemplar

(Noun)

 

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Definition

An example or model, especailly an ideal one.

 

Molly had a very great exemplar for the book fair in May.

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Herculean

(Adjective)

 

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Definition

Of extraordinary size, power, or difficulty.

 

A giant would be considered an herculean.

 

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Inchoate

(Adjective)

 

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Definition

Not fully formed or realized.

 

When a baby is premature they are inchoate.

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Invidious

(Adjecitve)

 

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Definition

Likely to cause resentment or animosity.

 

Growing up with no father is invidious.

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Melange

(Noun)

 

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Definition

A mixture of dissimilar materials.

 

Trail mix is melange.

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Nefarious

(Adjective)

 

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Definition

Very wicked.

 

The nefarious ways of Hitler killed millions of Jews.

 

 

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Nihilism

(Noun)

 

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Definition

A viewpoint that denies any meaning or value to life.

 

The nihilsm viewpoint of the german soldiers killed the Jewish people.

 

 

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Ratify

(Verb)

 

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Definition

To approve, confirm, or verify.

 

To ratify your signature is to prove it is yours.

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Subsume

(Verb)

 

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Definition

To encompass in a larger or more comprehensive group; to include.




Each Greek god had a small menagerie of sacred animals, and it may be conjectured that these animals were originally the totems of various stocks, subsumed into the worship of the anthropomorphic god.

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Variegated

(Adjective)

 

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Definition

Varied as to form, type, or color.

 

The variegated fruits were green, yellow, and orange. 

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Vitiate

(Verb)

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Definition

To impair or weaken.

 

The enemy wanted to vitiate their competition.

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