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GCA vocabulary 1-30
Gilbert Classical Academy Vocabulary Words #16-30
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English
9th Grade
12/01/2010

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Chicanery
Definition
(noun) Trickery; scheme to deceive; prank; deceptive
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Celerity
Definition
(noun)- Swiftness; fast
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Circunscribe
Definition
(verb)
 Draw a line around; to confine
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Coalesce
Definition

(verb)

To grow together; unite into one body

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Collate
Definition
(verb) To compare carefully to learn the difference between the copies; arrange pages in proper order
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Daunted
Definition

(adjective)

To discourage; to frighten

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Defame
Definition

(verb)

To attack someone's good reputation

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Desultory
Definition

(adjective)

without system or purpose; unorganized

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Endemic

Definition

(adjective)

Generally occuring in a certain area or group, usually refer to disease

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Enigma
Definition

(noun)

a person or an act not easily understood; brain- twister

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Ephemeral
Definition

(adjective)

Last only for a short time; short lived

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Erudition
Definition

(noun)

Knowledge obtained by learning; know-how; expertise

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Ethereal
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(adjective)

Unearthly; celestial; godly

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Fastidious
Definition

(adjective)

Fussy, hard to please; meticulous

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Feign
Definition

(verb)

Pretend; put on a false appearance

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Abate
Definition

(verb)

To decrease; diminish; put an end to

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Abolish
Definition

(verb)

To do away with; annul

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Abridge
Definition

(verb)

to shorten in duration

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Abscond
Definition

(verb)

to depart secretly

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Adroit
Definition

(adjective)

clever; skillful

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Altruistic
Definition

(adjective)

Concerned of the well being and happiness of others

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Ameliorate
Definition

(verb)

to make or become better

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Aggregate
Definition

(adjective)

Formed into a mass; a college or group

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Amorphous
Definition

(adjective)

Formless and Shapless

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Acquiescent
Definition

(adjective)

agre; accept an agreement silently

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Banal
Definition

(adjective)

boring; common; ordinary; dull

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Belie
Definition

(verb)

togive a false idea; fail to fulfill a promise

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Brevity
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(noun)

shortness; conciseness

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Capacious
Definition

(adjective)

able to hold much

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Bilk
Definition

(verb)

cheat, defraud, swindle

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