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Honors British Literature
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Literature
11th Grade
12/16/2012

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cogent
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strong and to the point; convincing
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exigent
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urgent; pressing
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assay
Definition
to test or to analyze
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise; stubborn
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incite
Definition
to stir up; to provoke
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resuscitate
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to revive or bring back into consciousness
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solicitous
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showing care or worry; concerned
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perturb
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to make worried or upset; bother
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turbulent
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very excited or upset; agitated
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turbid
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cloudy; confused; sketchy
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alacrity
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enthusiastic; quickness; eagerness
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celerity
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speed or quickness;rapid
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degenerate
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a corrupt wrongdoer
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engender
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to bring about; produce
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genre
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a kind or type of art; style
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cognate
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related to or coming from the same source; related
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innate
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natural; present from birth
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nascent
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in the act of being born; developing; growing
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transfigure
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to change the form or appearance of; transform
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fictive
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not real; imaginary
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feign
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to make up or invent;pretend;to fake
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parturient
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about to bring fourth or give birth; pregnant
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repertory
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the range of works an artist can produce or perform
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vehement
Definition
strongly emotional; fierce and passionate
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inveigh
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to attack strongly in words; to talk or write bitterly against
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surmise
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to draw a conclusion based on little or no information; guess
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demise
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the end of existence; death
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remit
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to make less or weaker; to forgive or pardon
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emblematic
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standing for another thing; symbolic
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diabolical
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of or like a devil; very wicked or cruel
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hyperbole
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an exaggeration for effect
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episodic
Definition
happening in parts or segments
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methodical
Definition
orderly and regular
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synod
Definition
a council especially of churches or church officials
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pastoral
Definition
having to do with the country
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repast
Definition
a meal; food and drink for a meal
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aggregate
Definition
gathered into a whole; total
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egregious
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standing out sharply as wrong or bad
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gregarious
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liking to be with other people; social
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agrarian
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having to do with farming; agricultural
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peregrination
Definition
a journey
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fruition
Definition
fulfillment of an effort or desire; realization
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fruitless
Definition
yielding no positive results
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rustic
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having to do with the countryside; rural
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bucolic
Definition
having to do with country life or farms (lifestyle)
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idyllic
Definition
simple and pleasant
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abscond
Definition
to leave in a hurry, especially to escape the law; flee
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recondite
Definition
unknown
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cryptic
Definition
hard to understand; unclear
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apocryphal
Definition
coming from an unreliable source; untrue
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aperture
Definition
an opening or a hole
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overt
Definition
public, unhidden; observable
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covert
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done in a hidden or secret manner; stealthy
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context
Definition
the circumstances or setting surrounding the event
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subtext
Definition
the hidden or underlying meaning of something
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pretext
Definition
a stated reason for doing something, an excuse
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moratorium
Definition
a formal delay; a suspension
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demure
Definition
modest and shy
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demur
Definition
to express unwillingness to do something; to object or resist
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extemporaneous
Definition
done without planning; improvised
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temporal
Definition
having to do with finite time or everyday life
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temporize
Definition
to put off making a decision; to stall; delay
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diurnal
Definition
happening or active during the day
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sojourn
Definition
a short stay or visit
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adjourn
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to formally bring to an end; recess
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anachronism
Definition
something that seems to be out of its proper
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chronicle
Definition
to tell or write the history of
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synchronous
Definition
happening at the same time as
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psyche
Definition
the mind; spirit; the center of a person's being
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psychosomatic
Definition
having an effect on the body, but mental or emotional in origin
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psychotic
Definition
having severe mental illness to the point of disconnection from reality
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pusillanimous
Definition
timid or cowardly; not brave
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animadversion
Definition
strong criticism
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inanimate
Definition
without life; unmoving
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transpire
Definition
to take place; occur
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conspire
Definition
to plan together secretly; scheme
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aspire
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to have strong desire to get or do something; strive
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esprit
Definition
liveliness; high-spiritedness
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discordant
Definition
not agreeing or going well together; clashing
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concordance
Definition
agreement or harmony; unity
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discursive
Definition
wandering from; "out of it"
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concur
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to agree in an opinion or decision; affirm
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succor
Definition
support
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obsequious
Definition
too willingly to serve or obey; slave-like
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segue
Definition
movement from one thing to another; transition
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ensue
Definition
to come after; to happen as a result of
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incessant
Definition
going on without stopping; continual; seemingly never-ending
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concede
Definition
to admit that something is true; to give up
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intercede
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to ask or plead with on behalf of another; mediate; arbitrate
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perpetuity
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a time period lasting through the ages; eternity
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perpetuate
Definition
to cause to continue; to further; to foster
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