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Hatfield Vocab Prep Test
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English
11th Grade
11/03/2010

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badinage
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humorous or witty conversation
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salubrious
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health giving, healthy
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apocryphal
Definition
of doubtful authority, although widely circulated as being true
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putsch
Definition
a violent attempt to overthrow a government
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effeminacy
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milksap, unmanly- having or showing haracteristics regarded as typical of a woman
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effusive
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expressing feelings of gratitude or pleasure, approval in heartfelt manner
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mandible
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jaw/ jawbone in mammals
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raison d' etre
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reason for existence
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amblyopia
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impaired or dim vision
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dacha
Definition
a country or cottage in Russia
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exegesis
Definition
critical explanation/interpretation of a text, esp. Bible
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dishabille
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the state of being dressed in a creless, disheveled manner
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elan
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dash, impetious aror
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febrile
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pertaining to or marked by fever
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gamut
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entire scale or range
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obsequious
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obedient, dutiful
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jejune
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without interest or significance; dull
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ribald
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vulgar or indecent in speech, language
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gecko
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lizard
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wizened
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withered, shriveled
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vignette
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small ornamental design, BRIEF evocative description
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bailiwick
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the jurisdiction of a bailiff
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juvenilia
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works produced by an author while still young
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baroque
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European architecture, music, 17th/ 18th century
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flaccid
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lacking force, effectiveness
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cupidity
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greed for money or possessions
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ghee
Definition
clarified butter
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sententious
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moralizing, self important, up lifting
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zealous
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showing much eagerness, enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause
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ragout
Definition
highly seasoned dish of meat
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blase
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indifferent to life, apathetic to pleasure , "james bond"
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cabochon
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a gem/ bead
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loath
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unwilling to do something contrary to ones way of thinking
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quotidian
Definition
occuring everyday, belonging to each day
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obdurate
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unmoved by persuasion, pity, tender feelings, stubborn
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obdurate
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cache
Definition
a hiding place in the ground
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jocund
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cheerful, merry, gay, blithe
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cabriolet
Definition
automobile resembling a coupe
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escutcheon
Definition
a shield/shieldlike surface on which a coat of arms is depicted
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penuche
Definition
a course grade of sugar, mexican food
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dybbuk
Definition
a wandering sould believed in Jewish folklore to enter living body
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hauteur
Definition
arrogance
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nacre
Definition
mother of pearl, solid smooth shiny
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sidle
Definition
sneaky, walking like trying to go about unnoticecd
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toque
Definition
tall brimless hat worn by chef
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viscid
Definition
having an adhesive quality
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lingua franca
Definition
any of various languages used as comon tongue among people of diverse speech
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shoji
Definition
paper screen serving as wall partition
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guano
Definition
bat poop!
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guano
Definition
bat poop!
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apropos
Definition
appropiate, timely
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insouciance
Definition
casual lack of concern, indifference
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folderol
Definition
trivial (useless) fuss
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cavil
Definition
make petty or unneccesary objections
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macabre
Definition
disturbing or horrifying because of involvement of death
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elision
Definition
omission of a passage in a book, syllable, or joining together abstract things
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denouement
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the final part of a play, movie, climax of an even
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parvenu
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a person who has recently acquired great wealth
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pince-nez
Definition
a pair of eyeglasses with nose clip
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alopecia
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the partial or complete absence of hair , baldness
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chicanery
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the use of trickery to acquire political purpose, etc
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facade
Definition
front of building, a face of building, superficial appearance
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obeisance
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a movement expressing respect/ courtesy, a bow or curtsy
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kiosk
Definition
small news/ refreshment stand
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chassis
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the frame, wheels, machinery of car, wheels of plane
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defalcation
Definition
money used wrongfully or dishonestly by an official or trustee
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contumacious
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stubbornly rebellious, willfully disobedient
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emollient
Definition
softening or relaxing medicine
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ogle
Definition
to look at flirtatiously
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ennui
Definition
feeling of weariness and discontent, boredom
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canard
Definition
false and deragatory story, rumor (duck used for food)
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circumambulate
Definition
to circle on foot (ritualistically)
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circumfluent
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to flow around, surrounding
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circumlocution
Definition
rambles on, unneccesary speaking
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circumnavigate
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to go completely around
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circumscribe
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to encircle, mark off, restrict
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ascribe
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to say something to the account of a person, refer to a source, attribute something to
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correlate
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related so that one directly is complentary to the other
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excavate
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to form a hole in by hollowing out
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inscribe
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to write or engrave
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ignoble
Definition
of low birth or common origin -status
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