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Lessons 13-16
AP English 12/18/07
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11th Grade
12/18/2007

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contumacy
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n. (con, "thoroughly" + tumere, "to swell") stubborn resistance to authority
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convivial
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adj. (con, "together" + vivere, "to live") affable; gregarious
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indomitable
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adj. (in, "out" + domitare, "to tame") invincible; unconquerable
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millennium
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n. (mille, "one thousand") a period of great happiness or holiness
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emasculate
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v. (e, "out" + masculus, "male") to weaken, devitalize
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digress
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v. (dis, "away" + gradi, "to step") to turn aside; deviate from
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kaleidoscope
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n. (kalos, "beautiful" + skopein, "to view") a variegated colorful pattern or scene
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jargon
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n. (gargon, "chattering") gibberish; argot; idiom
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humor
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n. ("fluid or moisture") mood; frame of mind
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aberrant
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adj. irregular, abnormal
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animosity
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n. (animus, "wrath") an active display of ill will or hatred
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antemeridian
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n. (ante, "before" + medius, "middle" + dies, "day") before midday
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ecumenical
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adj. (oecumenical, "belonging to the whole inhabited world") universal, pertaining to the Christian church worldwide
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travail
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n. (trepalum, "a torture chamber") pain or suffering resulting from mental or physical anguish
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pernicious
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adj. (per, "intensifies" + nex, "violent death") tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly; causing great harm; destructive; ruinous
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nostrum
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n. (noster, "our") potion, remedy, cure all
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epitaph
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n. (epi, "upon" + taphos, "tomb") carved or written inscriptions found on gravestones in memory of the persons buried beneath them
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feckless
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adj. (effective + less) lacking in purpose or vitality, ineffective, careless, or irresponsible
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splenetic
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adj. (splen, "spleen") ill-tempered, peevish, spiteful, or irritable
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pusillanimous
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adj. (pusillus, "pretty, very small" + animus, "mind or spirit") to be lacking in courage or resolution; cowardly
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venial
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adj. (veni, "indulgence") a petty offense, one that is pardonable
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officious
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adj. (officios, "obliging, dutiful") objectionably forward in offering unrequested and unwanted aid or advice
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droll
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adj. (drolle, "a pleasant rascal") amusing in an odd way
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altruism
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n. (altrui, "someone else," alter "other") concern for the welfare of others; selflessness
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machination
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n. (machinat, "to design, to invent, or skillfully contoured") an artful device or action, generally with evil intent as a goal
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tsunami
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n. (tsu, "harbor" + nami, "wave") an unusually large wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption
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attrition
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n. (atterere, "to rub against") the act of weakening, exhausting by constant harassment or abuses
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vitiate
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v. (vitiare, "to spoil") to impair the quality of, to invalidate, to corrupt or to pervert
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cenotaph
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n. (kenos, "empty" + taphos, "tomb") a tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person whose body is buried elsewhere
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inveterate
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adj. (invetare, "to age," veter, "old") habitual, firmly established over a long and persistent period of time
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gambit
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n. (gambetto, "the act of tripping") a calculated move intended to score a point
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caldron
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n. (caldria, "warm bath") very large kettle
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tyro
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n. (tiro, "recruit") a beginner, a novice, an initiate
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dissipate
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v. (dissipare, "to scatter," dis, "apart" + sipare, "to throw) to scatter, dispel or disperse; waste
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deprecate
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v. (deprecatus, "pray against") to express serious disapproval, to depreciate, to belittle
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attenuate
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v. (attennare, "to make thin") to reduce in force, intensity, quality, or value
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accolade
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n. (collum, "neck") any form of public praise
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supplicate
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v. (supplicare, "to kneel") to make humble and earnest entreaty, to implore, to beg
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maelstrom
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n. (malen, "to whirl" + stroom, "stream") a restless, tumultuous state of affairs, topsy-turvy
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myriad
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adj. (myrioi, "ten thousand") countless or innumerable; diverse or numerous
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