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A Separate Peace Vocabulary
48 Vocabulary Words from the Text
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Literature
10th Grade
01/13/2010

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sedate
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lacking any sense of hurry or urgency
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foyer
Definition
the entrance hall
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convalescence
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to spend time recovering from an illness
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salient
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projecting or pointing outward
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prodigious
Definition
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force
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inveigle
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to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements
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reverberate
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to reecho or resound
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inanimate
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lifeless
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inane
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lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly
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infer
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to derive by reasoning
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venerable
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hallowed by religious, historic, or other lofty associations
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inured
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to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain
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insidious
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intended to entrap or beguile
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obliterate
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to remove or destroy all traces of
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solace
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comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble
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enmity
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a feeling or condition of hostility
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effulgence
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shining forth brilliantly; radiant
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exuberant
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effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic
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listless
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having or showing little or no interest in anything
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undulation
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a wavelike motion
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ludicrous
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upsurd
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erratic
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deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion
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vindicate
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to clear, as from an accusation
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idiosyncratic
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habit or attribute peculiar to an individual
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transcend
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to rise above or go beyond
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infinitesimal
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extremely small
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turbid
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confused; muddled; disturbed
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sinecure
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an office or position requiring little or no work
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pre-empt
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to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy
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contretemps
Definition
an embarrassing mischance
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insinuate
Definition
imply
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ambiguous
Definition
confusing, muttled
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rhetorical
Definition
not meant to be responded to
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reticent
Definition
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely
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poignance
Definition
Profoundly moving
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sententious
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self-righteous
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multifarious
Definition
having many different parts, elements, forms
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cacophony
Definition
harsh discordance of sound
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accolade
Definition
any award, honor, or laudatory notice
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austerity
Definition
severity of manner, life
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tacit
Definition
silent; saying nothing
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culminate
Definition
to reach the highest point, summit, or highest development
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guileful
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insidiously cunning; artfully deceptive; wily
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irreconcilable
Definition
incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment
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innate
Definition
existing in one from birth
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impervious
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impenetrable
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assimilate
Definition
to take in and incorporate as one's own
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parry
Definition
to ward off
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