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Midterm vocab part 1
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English
12th Grade
01/04/2012

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Abjure
Definition
to renounce
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acumen
Definition
keen insight
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auspicious
Definition
favored by fortune
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belie
Definition
to misrepresent
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bellicose
Definition
inclines to fight
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chicanery
Definition
trickery
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circumlocution
Definition
an indirect way of speaking
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deleterious
Definition
harmful
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diffident
Definition
lacking confidence, shy
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enervate
Definition
to deprive of strength
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epiphany
Definition
a sudden perception of something
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facetious
Definition
not meant to be taken seriously or literally
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Fatuous
Definition
foolish
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filibuster
Definition
a member of congress delays the voting through speeches
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gauche
Definition
lacking social grace
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hubris
Definition
pride
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incontrovertible
Definition
not open to question
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inculcate
Definition
to cause or influence
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lexicon
Definition
a wordbook or dictionary
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loquacious
Definition
talkative
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melancholy
Definition
a gloomy state of mind
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moiety
Definition
a half or portion
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nomenclature
Definition
a set of names or terms
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oligarchy
Definition
government by the few
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omnipotent
Definition
infinite power
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paradigm
Definition
an example serving as a model
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parameter
Definition
limits or boundaries
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pecuniary
Definition
involving a money penalty or reward
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precipitous
Definition
impassibly steep
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recapitulate
Definition
to review by a brief summary
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reparation
Definition
the making of amends for something done wrong
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sanguine
Definition
cheerfully optimistic
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soliloquy
Definition
talking as if you are alone
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subjugate
Definition
to make submissive
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suffragist
Definition
a person who wishes to extend suffrage
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supercilious
Definition
contemptuous, arrogant
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tautology
Definition
needless repetition of an idea
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taxonomy
Definition
technique of classification
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temporal
Definition
of or pertaining to time
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tempestuous
Definition
tumultuous
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totalitarian
Definition
government that controls every aspect of one's life
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unctuous
Definition
having an oily or soapy feel
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usurp
Definition
to seize and hold by force
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vacuous
Definition
without contents
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vehement
Definition
strongly emotional
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wrought
Definition
elaborated or embellished
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xenophobe
Definition
Afraid of foreigners
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yeoman
Definition
a US petty officer in the navy
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wistful
Definition
pensive in a melancholy way
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zenith
Definition
the highest point or state
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