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Final Exam Vocab
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English
10th Grade
06/10/2012

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impecunious
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poor
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imprecation
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a curse; malediction
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immutable
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unchangeable
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imperative
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absolutely necessary; required
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impalpable
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intangible
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immolate
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to sacrifice; to kill
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importune
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to annoy; to impel; to press
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impair
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to become worse; to lessen
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kinetic
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caused by motion; characterized by moevement
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impinge
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to strike; dash; collide; come in violent contact with
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lachrymose
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tearful; causing tears
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laconic
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using few words; terse
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jocular
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facetious; meant to be humorous or jovial
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legerdemain
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trickery; deception
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libertine
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unrestrained; uncontrolled; free-thinking
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knell
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sound made by a slowly-rung bell; esp. for a funeral service
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mendacious
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false; untrue
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meticulous
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finicky; fussy; precise
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meretricious
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tawdry; based on pretense
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nebulous
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hazy; vague; indistinct; cloudy
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martinet
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a strict disciplinarian
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malapropism
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act or habit of misusing words in a ridiculous manner
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masochist
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a person who enjoys inflicting pain on others for pleasure
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neologism
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new word or phrase
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milieu
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setting, location, atmosphere
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maelstrom
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violent whirlpool; disordered state of affairs
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machination
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crafty scheme or plot
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nihilism
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total rejection of laws and institutions; anarchy
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offal
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carrion; rubbish; garbage
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obfuscate
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to confuse, bewilder, or stupify
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onerous
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burdensome; oppressive
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obloquy
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censure, blame or oppressive language aimed at a specific person
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obviate
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to anticipate and eliminate or prevent
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opulent
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wealthy; rich; affluent
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onus
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task; burden; disagreeable task
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obsequious
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obedient; dutiful
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panegyric
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a eulogy
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parochial
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narrow-minded outlook; of or pertaining to parishes
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patent
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an invention or idea protected by government documentation and copyrights
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pedantic
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to be ostentatious in one's learning
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peccadillo
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minor or slight offense
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pecuniary
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of or pertaining to money
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panache
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in a grand or flamboyant manner
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paroxysm
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sudden or violent outburst; a fit
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querulous
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characterized by complaints; complaining in nature
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pejorative
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having a derogatory or negative effect
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pedestrian
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commonplace; of or pertaining to walking
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quandary
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state of perplexity or uncertainty
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ratiocinate
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to carry on a process of reasoning
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rationalize
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to remove unreasonable elements from; to make rational or conformable to reason
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peruse
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to read through with thoroughness or care
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perdition
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utter destruction or ruin; damnation
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sacrosanct
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extremely sacred
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recondite
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beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding
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salacious
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obscene; grossly indecent; lustful
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redolent
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having a pleasant odor; fragrant
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sagacious
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shrewd; showing keen practical sense
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sadistic
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deriving pleasure from inflicting pain
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perspicacious
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discerning
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sanguine
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cheerfully optimistic; hopeful
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saturnine
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sluggish in temperament; gloomy
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sang froid
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coolness of mind; calmness
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shibboleth
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slogan or catchphrase
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sedulous
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persevering; assiduous
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sapient
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having or showing great wisdom or sound judgement
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obdurate
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stubborn; unyielding
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onomatopoeia
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a word formed to imitate a sound; BOOM or WHOOSH
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apostrophe
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used to show omission of one or more letters in the contraction of two or more words; doesn't, didn't, shouldn't
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