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Vocabulary Words First Semester
100
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11/17/2005

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guise
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n. False or deceiving appearance; pretense
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prolific
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adj. Producing abundant results
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plausible
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adj. Apparently trustworthy; Superficially true or reasonable
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hyperactive
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adj. Overactive
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credulous
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adj. Too ready to believe
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hypoactive
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adj. Underactive
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convivial
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adj. Fond of eating and drinking with friends; jovial; hospitable
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factious
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adj. Cross and irritable
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genuflect
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v. To bend the knee; to touch the knee to ground in worship
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credible
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adj. Believable
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acquiesce
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v. to agree to
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amulet
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n. a good luck charm
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bane
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n. something that destroys or ruins; a curse
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beneficent
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adj. kind
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caldron
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n. a large kettle
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candor
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n. frankness; straightforwardness
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conflagration
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n. a raging fire
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deprecate
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v. to disapprove of
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draught
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n. a drink
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exemplary
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adj. worthy of imitation
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litigation
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n. a lawsuit
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magnanimous
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adj. generous
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multiplicity
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n. a large number
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salient
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adj. noticeable, outstanding, important
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pugnacious
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adj. eager to fight, quarrelsome, belligerent
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rotund
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adj. rounded
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perdition
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n. damnation, ruin
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ruminate
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v. to chew cud, to think
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rabble
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n. a mob
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penury
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n. extreme poverty
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sequestered
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adj- retired and secluded
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taciturn
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adj - silent, not inclined to talk
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tawdry
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adj - showy and not in good taste
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upbraid
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v - to rebuke
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vehemently
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adv - furiously
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vestige
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n - a trace
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turbid
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adj - clouded, muddled
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titillate
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v - to pleasurably excite, to tickle
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wax
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v - to gradually increase
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wane
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v - to gradually decrease
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velocipede
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n - a child's tricycle
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predilection
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n - inclination to like or choose something
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retinue
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n - a group of followers following a distinguished person
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hermetic
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adj - airtight
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savoir faire
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n - knowledge of just what to do
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olfactory
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adj - pertaining to the sense of smell
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monophobia
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n - fear of being alone
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nouveaux riches
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n - new money
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malediction
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n - a curse
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missive
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n - a letter
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flippant
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adj - treating a serious matter lightly
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expedite
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v - to speed up; to make easy
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genre
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n - kind, style
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cravat
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n - a necktie
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coup d'etat
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n - a sudden, violent or illegal overthrow of government
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contrition
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n - regret for wrongdoing
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bacchanalian
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adj - jovial or wild with drunkenness
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bearish
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adj - rough; tending to depress stock prices
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bullish
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adj - obstinate; tending to cause a rise in stock prices
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appropriate
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v - to take for oneself
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hoary
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adj - white or gray with age; ancient
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polyglot
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n - speaking or composed of several languages
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cursive
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adj - running or flowing handwriting in which the letters are joined
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cursory
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adj - running over hastily; superficially done
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contiguous
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adj - touching; adjoining in contact
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prehensile
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adj - adapted for seizing or grabbing
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emissary
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n - person sent on a mission, especially a diplomatic one
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grandiloquent
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adj - using lofty or pompous words
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interlocuter
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n - someone who takes part in a conversation; questioner
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pestiferous
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adj - infected with or bearing disease; pestilential; evil
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penchant
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n. - an inclination
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culpable
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adj - deserving blame
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quixotic
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adj - visionary; idealistic
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perspicacious
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adj - having insight
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euphuism
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n - flowering expression
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euphemism
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n - substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensive
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meretricious
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adj - gawdy; cheap; in the style of a prostitute
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rancor
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n - bitter ill will; deep hatred
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saffron
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n - a deep-yellow color
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respite
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n - a brief short rest period
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Philistine
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n. - an uncultured person
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truculent
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adj. - fierce, cruel, harsh, threatening
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moribund
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adj. - in the state of dying
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cupidity
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n. - avarice, greed
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electic
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adj. - selecting what appears to be best in various doctrines, methods, styles
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anomaly
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n. - irregularity
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mendacious
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adj. - lying
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sapient
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adj. - wise
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lassitude
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n. - weariness
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lampoon
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n. - a written satire; v. - to ridicule in writing a person or institution
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flaccid
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adj. - flabby
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diatribe
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n. - bitter discord; tyrade; harangue
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lugubrious
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adj. - mournful; very sad
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banal
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adj. - commonplace
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ancillary
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adj. - subordinate; auxillary
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denizen
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n. - an inhabitant
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temerity
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n. - boldness; rashness
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obviate
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v. - to make unnecessary
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vanguard
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n. - foremost position in an army or fleet; leading position of any field or movement
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recalcitrant
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adj. - disobedient; resisting authority
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