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English Test 2nd Quater
All 60 Words
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English
12th Grade
12/05/2011

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Ensuing(Adj)
Definition
Following in Order
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Incessant(Adj)
Definition
Unending ,Happening all the time
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Chuff
Definition
Chubby or Fat
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Dismissive
Definition
Indicating a lack of interest
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Paunchy
Definition
Having a large pot belly
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Irrevocable
Definition
Unable to take away
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Teeming
Definition
Abounding or swarming with something
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Epiphany
Definition
A sudden intuition into the meaning of something
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Eccentric
Definition
Irregular,Irratic,Peculiar,Odd
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Scoff
Definition
To mark at or jeer
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Jostle
Definition
Bump,Push,Shove
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Calloused
Definition
Emotionally hardened,Unfeeling
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Relic
Definition
Surviving memorial of something passed
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Haphazard
Definition
Occuring without any particular order
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Chastize
Definition
Critize Severly
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Prententious
Definition
Intended to attract, notice, and impress others
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Render
Definition
Cause to become
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Frivolity
Definition
Something of little value or significance
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Empirical
Definition
Derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
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Inclination
Definition
A certain degree of willingness
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Sequester
Definition
To set apart from others
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Converge
Definition
To come together to form a single product
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Prodigal
Definition
Recklessly Wastefull
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Nepotism
Definition
Favoritsm shown to family or close friend by those in powers
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Philanthropy
Definition
Voluntary promotion of human welfare
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Prattle
Definition
To speak rapidly and incessily
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Viscosity
Definition
Thickness of a liquad and resistance to moving
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Opulent
Definition
Rich and superior in quality
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Gravity
Definition
Soleum or dignified feeling
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Esoteric
Definition
Confined to understand by an enlightened inner circle
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Precursor
Definition
Somthing that precedes or comes first and suggest something else to come
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Coerce
Definition
To force or act in a specific way
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Verbose
Definition
Using an excessive number of words
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Agnostic
Definition
Someone that believes there's no proof of god but can't deny the existance
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Laudible
Definition
Worthy of Praise
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Atrophy
Definition
To waste away from lack of use
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Equnimity
Definition
Quality of being calm or even tempered
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Denouce
Definition
To speak out against or condem
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Scintillate
Definition
To sparkle or shine
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Commensurate
Definition
Proportion,corresponding in size and degree
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Affable
Definition
Friendly
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Attrition
Definition
A gradual wearing away due to stress
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Condor
Definition
Truthfullness
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Coup
Definition
Brillantly executed Victory
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Succinct
Definition
Brief and to the point
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Embossed
Definition
Raised, Raised pattern
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Intricacies
Definition
Detail
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Furtive
Definition
Sly or devious
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Pliant
Definition
Flexiable
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Hiatus
Definition
Break in time
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Gesticulate
Definition
Gesture with one's hand
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Ebullience
Definition
Livelyness
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Opaque
Definition
Not allowing light to pass through
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Rapt
Definition
Completely absorbed (Expression)
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Myraid
Definition
Great Number/ Large ammount
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Malevolently
Definition
With Hostility
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Balm
Definition
Healing Agent
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Effigy
Definition
Physical representation of something
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Tempestuous
Definition
Stormy, literally or in personality
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Diffident
Definition
Timid, shy, restrained in manner
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