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12th Grade
12/11/2012
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conclave
 Definition
a secret meeting
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sacerdotal
 Definition
priestly
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proffer
 Definition
to offer
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impertinence
 Definition
insolence
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sylvan
 Definition
pertaining to forests
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benevolence
 Definition
generosity
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eccentricity
 Definition
state of being weird
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flout
 Definition
to scoff at
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patronymic
 Definition
name received from a paternal ancestor
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incoherent
 Definition
unconnected
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resonant
 Definition
richly vibrating
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hauter
 Definition
arrognace
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admonitory
 Definition
warning against
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recalcitrant
 Definition
stubbornly resisting authority
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nocturnal
 Definition
pertaining to the night
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allude
 Definition
to refer to
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ambergris
 Definition
a secretion from a gland of the sperm whale used in making perfumes
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disconcerting
 Definition
causing embarassment
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abhor
 Definition
to shrink in horror from; to hate
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chafe
 Definition
to rub and cause friction
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denouement
 Definition
the outcome of a plot
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imminent
 Definition
near
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truusseau
 Definition
a bride's personal outift
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lapis lazuli
 Definition
a rich azur-blue stone
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interrogation
 Definition
act of questioning
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omniscient
 Definition
all-knowing
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deity
 Definition
a god
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inanition
 Definition
emptiness
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adrout
 Definition
skilful with hands or mind
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indulgent
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lenient
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timidity
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fearfulness
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criterion
 Definition
a standard for judging
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parvenu
 Definition
an upstart
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fervid
 Definition
zealous
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dowdy
 Definition
not neatly
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dissimulation
 Definition
act of dissembling or pretending
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reticence
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shyness
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poignancy
 Definition
state of being moved or touching
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retrospective
 Definition
directed to the past
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maelstrom
 Definition
a whirlpool
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elliptic
 Definition
having a pair omitted
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providential
 Definition
lucky
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tartness
 Definition
state of being sharp and sour to the taste
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furbish
 Definition
to renovate
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crystalline
 Definition
transparent
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clandestine
 Definition
secret
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abet
 Definition
to encourage
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pharisaic
 Definition
hypocritical
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amalgamate
 Definition
to fuse or join together
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blowsy
 Definition
fat and ruddy and disheveled
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ingenuous
 Definition
marked by special skill at discovering, inventing, and making
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divination
 Definition
act of foretelling future events
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dilettatism
 Definition
practice of dabbling in the arts
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abstain
 Definition
to refrain from indulging in something
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exotic
 Definition
exciting strange
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mortify
 Definition
to cause to be humiliated
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epistolary
 Definition
pertaining to letters
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conscientious
 Definition
influenced by a sense of duty
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disquisition
 Definition
a formal discourse or speecher exposition
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portico
 Definition
a colonnade or covered walkway
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fluted
 Definition
grooved
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pilaster
 Definition
a rectangular column
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conifer
 Definition
a cone-bearing tree such as a pine
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improvident
 Definition
lacking foresight or forethought
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ostensible
 Definition
apparent
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amorous
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affectionate
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importunity
 Definition
an annoying persistence in requesting or demanding
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ineffable
 Definition
unable to be expressed in words
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missive
 Definition
a letter
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portmanteau
 Definition
a traveling bag or case
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limpidity
 Definition
state of being clear
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insuperable
 Definition
incapable of being surmounted
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dilate
 Definition
to enlarge
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timorous
 Definition
full of fear
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adipose
 Definition
fatty
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complacency
 Definition
a feeling of self satisfaction that leads to inactive
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leonine
 Definition
pertaining to lions
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ubiquitous
 Definition
present everywhere
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incorrigible
 Definition
unable to be reformed or corrected or changed
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boudoir
 Definition
a small private room belonging to a lady
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injunction
 Definition
the act of prohibiting
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proscenium
 Definition
the part of the stage in front of the curtain
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metaphysical
 Definition
pertaining to the philosophy
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dalliance
 Definition
act of trifiling
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baleful
 Definition
sinister
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alacrity
 Definition
cheerful willingness
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emissary
 Definition
a messenger
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tete-a-tete
 Definition
an intimate conversation
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untrammeled
 Definition
unhampered
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gentian
 Definition
a plant with blue tubular flowers
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tutelary
 Definition
pertaining to a guardian
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rake
 Definition
a man who indulges in debauchery or sensuality
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dandy
 Definition
a man who is very fastidious about his dress
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malodorous
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stinky
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voluminous
 Definition
a great size of volume
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languish
 Definition
to lose strength or vitality
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repartee
 Definition
a witty remark
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consumption
 Definition
tuberculosis
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vicarious
 Definition
experienced through another
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impecunious
 Definition
not having much money
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