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Junior English
Junior Vocabulary Words
38
English
11th Grade
12/07/2011

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Circumspect
Definition
Cautious; heedful of situations and potential consequences.
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Abstract
Definition
Difficult to understand
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Defunct
Definition
Dead or inactive
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Succinct
Definition
Brief and to the point
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Palpable
Definition
Capable of being touched or felt
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Accountable
Definition
Expected to answer for one's actions; responsible
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Ostensible
Definition
appearing as such; offered as genuine or real
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Pliable
Definition
receptive to change; easily persuaded or controlled; easily bent or twisted
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Adtroit
Definition
skillful; deft
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Bauble
Definition
a small inexpensive trinket
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Skullduggery
Definition
trickery; underhandedness
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Ancillary
Definition
helping; providing assistance; subordinate
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Sedentary
Definition
characterized or requiring much sitting; accustomed to little exercise
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Cursory
Definition
rapid and superficial; preformed with haste and scant attention to detail
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Predatory
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victimizing or destroying others for one's own gain
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symmetry
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exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line
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Tawdry
Definition
gaudy and cheap in appearance or nature
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Ambulatory
Definition
of or for walking; capable of walking
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idolatry
Definition
blind or excessive devotion to something
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Pecuniary
Definition
consisting of or relating to money
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Panorama
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an unbroken view of a wide area
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saga
Definition
A long story
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Plethora
Definition
a state of excessive fullness
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Gradient
Definition
a rate of inclination; a slope
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Adherent
Definition
a follower of a leader
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Vent
Definition
a means of escape
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Armament
Definition
military supplies and weapons
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Presentiment
Definition
a sense that something is about to happen
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Corpulent
Definition
fat or obese
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Circumvent
Definition
to surround; enclose, bypass
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Atone
Definition
to make ammends
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Devoid
Definition
entirely without; lacking
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Replete
Definition
full or supplied to the utmost; gorge
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Mammoth
Definition
hughe; gigantic
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Baleful
Definition
threatening; hurtful; malignant; ominous
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Diminution
Definition
The acto or process of diminishing
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Purblind
Definition
having poor vision
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Ethereal
Definition
very light; airy; delicate, heavenly
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