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11th Grade
02/12/2013

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Term
Breadth
Definition

width; extent.

ex:we were impressed by the breadth of her knowledge. 

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Brevity
Definition

conciseness. 

ex: Brevity is essential when you send a telegram or cable gram; you are charged with everyword.

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Bristling 


Definition

rising like bristles; showing irritation. 

ex:The dog stood there, bristling with anger. 

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Brittle


Definition

easily broken; diffcult. 

ex: My employers self-control was a brittle as an egg-shell.

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Broach 
Definition

introduce; open up.

ex: Jack did not even try to broach the subject of religion with his in-laws.

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Browbeat
Definition

bully; intimidate.

ex: Billy resisted Ted's attempts browbeat him into handing over his lunch money.

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Brunt
Definition

main impact or shock.

ex: Tom Sawyer claimed credit for painting the fence, but the brunt of the work fell on others. 

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Brusque
Definition

blunt, abrupt.

ex: Was Bruce too brusque when he brushed off Bob's request with a curt "Not now!"/

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Buccaneer
Definition

pirate.

ex: At Disneyland the pirates of the Caribbean sing a song about their lives as bloody buccaneers. 

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Bucolic
Definition
rustic; pastoral. ex: Filled with browsing cows and bleating sheep, the meadow was a charmingly bucolic sight.
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Buffet
Definition

slap; batter; knock about. 

ex: To buffet something is to rough it up. 

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Bulwark
Definition

earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends.

ex: The navy is our principal bulwark against invasion. 

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Bumptious
Definition

self-assertive

ex: His classmates called him a show-off because of his bumptious airs.

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Bungle
Definition

mismanage; blunder.

ex: Don't botch this assignment, Bumstead; if you bungle the job you're fired! 

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Buoyant
Definition

able to float; cheerful and optimistic.

ex: When the boat capsized, her buoyant life jacket kept Jody afloat. 

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Burgeon
Definition

grow forth; send out buds.

ex: In the spring plants that burgeon are a promise to the beauty that has to come.

Term
Burlesque
Definition
give an imitation that ridicules.
Term
Burly
Definition
husky; muscular
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Burnish
Definition
make shiney by rubbing; polish.
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Bustle
Definition
move about energetically; teem.
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Buttress
Definition
support; prop up
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Buxom
Definition
plump; full-bosomed.
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Cabal
Definition
small group of persons secretly united to promote their own intrests.
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Cache
Definition
hiding place
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Cacophonous
Definition
discordant; inharmonious
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Cadaver
Definition
corpse
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Cadence
Definition
rhythmic rise and fall beat
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Cajole
Definition
coax; wheedle
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Calamity
Definition
disaster; misery
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Caldron
Definition
large kettle
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Caliber
Definition
ability; quality
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Callous
Definition
hardened; unfeeling
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Callow
Definition
youthful; immature; inexperienced
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Calorific
Definition
heat-producing
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Calumny
Definition
malicious misrepresentation; slander
Term
Camaraderie
Definition
good-fellowship
Term
Cameo
Definition
shell or jewel carved in releif ; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film
Term
Candor
Definition
frankness; open honesty
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Canny
Definition
shrewd; thrifty
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Cantankerous
Definition
ill humored; irritable
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Canter
Definition
slow gallop
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Canto
Definition
division of a long poem
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Canvass
Definition
deternube vites, etc
Term
Capacious
Definition
spacious
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Capitulate
Definition
surrender
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Capricious
Definition
unpredictable; fickle; fanciful
Term
Captivate
Definition
charm or enthrall
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Cardinal
Definition
cheif
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Careen
Definition
lurch; sway from side to side
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Caricature
Definition
exaggerared picture of description;distortion
Term
Carnal
Definition
fleshly
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Carping
Definition
finding fault
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Castigate
Definition
criticize severely; punish
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Cataclysm
Definition
violent upheaval; deluge
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Catalyst
Definition
agent which brings about a chemical change white it remains unaffected and unchanged
Term
Cataract
Definition
great waterfall; eye abnormally
Term
Helio
Definition

sun

*heliograph

Term
cant
Definition
insincere expressions of piety; jargon of thieves
Term
grad, gress
Definition

go, step

*disgress go astray

*gradual step by step, degrees

Term
graph, gram
Definition

writing

*epigram pithy statement

*stenography shorthand 

Term
greg
Definition

flock, herd

*aggregare group, total

 

Term
it, itiner
Definition

journey, road

*exit way out

*itinerary plan of journey

Term
jac, jact, jec
Definition

to throw

*projectile missile; something thrown forward

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jur, jurat
Definition

to swear

*perjure testify falsely

*adjuration solemn urging 

Term
labor, laborat
Definition
to work
Term
leg
Definition

law

*legitimate lawful

*legal lawful

 

Term
leg, lect, lig
Definition

to choose, to read

*election choice

 

Term
liber
Definition

free

*liberation the fact of setting free

Term
liber, libr
Definition

book

*library collection of books

*libel slander

Term
log
Definition

word, study

*entomology study of insects 

Term
loqu, locut
Definition

to talk

*loquacious talkative

*elocution speech

Term
luc
Definition

light

*lucid clear

Term
magn
Definition

great

*magnify enlarge

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mal
Definition

bad

*malediction curse

*malefactor evil-doer

Term
man
Definition

hand

*manuscript written by hand

*emancipate free

Term
mar
Definition

sea

*submarine undersea craft

*mariner seaman

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mater, matr
Definition

mother

*maternal pertaining to motherhood

Term
mit, miss
Definition

to send

*missile projectile

*dismiss send away

Term
mob, mot, mov
Definition

move

*mobilize cause to move

*motility ability to move

*immovable not able to be moved

Term
mon, monit
Definition

to warn

*admonish warn

*monitor watcher

Term
mori, mort
Definition

to die

*mortuary funeral parlor

*immirtal not dying

Term
morph
Definition

shape, form

*amorphous formless, lacing shape

Term
mut
Definition

change

*immutable not able to change

Term

nat

 

Definition

born

*innate fomr birth

*nativitly birth

Term
nav
Definition

ship

*navigate sail a ship

*naval pertaining to ship

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