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12th Grade
05/31/2012

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Acquiesce
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v. to submit or comply silently without protest; to agree; to consent
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Amalgam
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n. a blend; a mixture or combination; an alloy of silver and mercury
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Antipathy
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n. an instinctive or habitual aversion
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Aphorism
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n. a wise saying; an adage; a maxim
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Arboreal
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adj. relating to trees
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Avant-garde
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adj. cutting-edge; new; experimental
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Bequest
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n. a gift upon one's death
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Bevy
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n. a large group
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Bilk
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v. to steal; to embezzle
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Boon
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n. a sudden gain; a windfall
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Boorish (n. boor)
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adj. rude and clumsy
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Bucolic
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adj. having to do with the countryside
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Celerity
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n. swiftness; speed
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Circumscribed
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adj. defined or limited; isolated
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Cloying (v. cloy)
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adj. overly sweet; saccharine
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Constituents
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n. a person who authorizes another to act in his or her behalf, as a voter represented by an elected official
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Consummate
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adj. complete, perfect; being of the highest or most advanced degree
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Corrigible
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adj. capable of being corrected
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Debased
Definition
adj. morally low; base
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Decorous (n. decorum)
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adj. characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
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Denuded
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adj. made ineffective or infertile
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Desultory
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adj. lacking a plan or purpose; aimless
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Diatribe
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n. a stream of angry words
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Dilatory
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adj. lacking goals or purpose; aimless
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Diminutive
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adj. small; little; tiny
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Dirge
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n. a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead
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Discretionary
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adj. based on personal choice;
showing prudence
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Edifice
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n. a large building;
any large, complex system or organization
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Effigy
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n. a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes of ridicule
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Emollient
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n. a soothing lotion
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Enervate
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v. to drain of energy; to weaken
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Enfranchise
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v. to free from slavery;
to bestow the right to vote
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Epitaph
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n. words inscribed on a tomb
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Erudite
Definition
adj. characterized by great knowledge; learned, scholarly
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Espouse
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v. to support
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Expurgate
Definition
v. to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable; to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness
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Extant
Definition
adj. in existence; not destroyed or lost
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Facile
Definition
adj. easily done, performed, used, etc.
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Felicitous
Definition
adj. well-suited, appropriate;
pleasant
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Feral
Definition
adj. savage; of or characteristic of wild animals
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Fortitude
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n. strength of character
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Glut
Definition
v. to feed or fill to excess; to sate; to cloy
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Harbinger
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n. a messenger or herald;
an omen or sign
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Hermetic
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adj. sealed in an airtight manner
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Hubris
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n. excessive pride
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Impasse
Definition
n. deadlock, stalemate; situation in which no advancement can be made
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Impetus
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adj. stimulus; encouragement that results in increased activity
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Inchoate
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adj. not fully formed
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Incumbent (n.)
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n. one who holds political office
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Inexorable
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adj. steadfast, resolute
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