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SAT Vocab List
3/2/12
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11th Grade
03/02/2012
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redolent
 Definition
good smelling
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cerebral
 Definition
smart (cerebrum)
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gait
 Definition
horse-trot walk
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robust
 Definition
healthy
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debacles
 Definition
big mess-up
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thwarted
 Definition
stop (like a thief)
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haranguing
 Definition
verbal scolding
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imperious
 Definition
commanding (imperial=royal)
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convivial
 Definition
able to live with
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solicitous
 Definition
trying to sell something
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inscrutable
 Definition
can't look into it
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discord
 Definition
not together (Blink-182)
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wistful
 Definition
wanting/hoping (wishful)
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bountiful
 Definition
a lot of
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somber
 Definition
grave/serious
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opacity
 Definition
opaque (cloudy)
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floridity
 Definition
flowery
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brevity
 Definition
shortness of speech
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magnanimous
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awesome giver
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devoid
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lacking
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fastidious
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scrutinizing/details
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sedulous
 Definition
working hard
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mercenary
 Definition
gun 4 hire/working or acting merely for money or other reward
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petulant
 Definition
impatient irritation
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dalliance
 Definition
dilly-dally
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infelicity
 Definition
not the correct moment/bad luck
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rhetoric
 Definition
persuasion
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pragmatism
 Definition
realistic/being practual (idealist vs. romantic)
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autocrats
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uber-dictater
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adulation
 Definition
adoring fans
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arable
 Definition
farmable (good-air)
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non-plussed
 Definition
confused
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assiduous
 Definition
hard-working
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sycophants
 Definition
power-seeking brown noser/flatterer
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connoisseurs
 Definition
high-class judge/judgement
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toadies
 Definition
sycophant
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viscous
 Definition
jelly-like
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profundity
 Definition
profound
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compendious
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a lot of concentration
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depreciatory
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negative
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palliative
 Definition
soothing
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litigious
 Definition
going to court
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perpetuate
 Definition
perpetual: enduring forever/everlasting
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felicity
 Definition
the best thing for the moment
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extricate
 Definition
extract info (disentangle)
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explicate
 Definition
explain
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exultation
 Definition
reverence, praise
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plight
 Definition
struggle
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synthesize
 Definition
to bring together or replace
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amalgamate
 Definition
mixture
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commandeer
 Definition
take command of
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peripheral
 Definition
outside (weak)
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deferential
 Definition
defer to a person's judgment
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lackadaisical
 Definition
relax
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euphemism
 Definition
phrase that stands for something else (kick the bucket)
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pedant
 Definition
teacher
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pundit
 Definition
a voice of authority
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polymath
 Definition
many learnings
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portent
 Definition
predictor of the future/foreshadow
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incensed
 Definition
angry
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syllogism
 Definition
logical statement (transitive property)
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entropy
 Definition
going towards chaos
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lexicon
 Definition
a bunch of words (dictionary)
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hobble
 Definition
made weak
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disseminate
 Definition
spread the idea outwards
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augment
 Definition
to change or make stronger
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disparity
 Definition
to make not equal
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resonance
 Definition
amplification of sound
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inertness (inertia)
 Definition
motionless or sluggish
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transgression
 Definition
a sin or broken promise
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admonition
 Definition
warning
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vacillation
 Definition
to move back and forth
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didactic/pedantic
 Definition
intended to instruct
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extemporaneous
 Definition
no preparation, spur of the moment
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captious
 Definition
clever/scrutinizing/good arguing
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edify
 Definition
incisive
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quibbling
 Definition
arguing
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inapt
 Definition
inappropriate
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elude
 Definition
avoid
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permutation
 Definition
arrangement
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musing
 Definition
being artistic/pondering
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recrimination
 Definition
criminal again/accuse
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iconoclastic
 Definition
one who destroyed icons
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venerable
 Definition
respectable
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eclectic
 Definition
random
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anachronistic
 Definition
out of its place and time
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wry
 Definition
ironic or sarcastic (British)
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auditory
 Definition
relating to sound
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audible
 Definition
able to hear
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critic
 Definition
judge (good/bad/neutral)
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idiosyncrasy
 Definition
what makes you stand out (weird)
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idiot
 Definition
weird/standing out
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rival
 Definition
to be nearly same as
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extolled
 Definition
praise outward
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exit
 Definition
outward
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etymology
 Definition
where the word comes from
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querulous
 Definition
quarrelsome
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torpor
 Definition
slowness
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listless
 Definition
no wind in the sail
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alacrity
 Definition
happy kitty
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marginal
 Definition
smaller/detailed
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enervate
 Definition
weakening (energy pulled away)
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aggravate
 Definition
annoy/harass
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froward
 Definition
going backwards
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ingenious
 Definition
Dexter's Lab
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ingenuous
 Definition
Dee-Dee
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disingenuous
 Definition
clever/crafty (Mojo-Jojo)
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eschew
 Definition
show it away
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preclude
 Definition
prevent the presence/make possible
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corpulence
 Definition
lazy/overweight
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vex
 Definition
annoy
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abound
 Definition
a lot of
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succulent
 Definition
plant/something tasty
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candor(candid) (candidate)
 Definition
truth
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endeavoring
 Definition
to try to
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purporting
 Definition
purpose towards
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mincing
 Definition
small pieces/elegant
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deter
 Definition
full stop
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proliferation
 Definition
make a lot of (exponential)
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transient (ephemeral)
 Definition
passing through (quickly over)
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perfunctory
 Definition
correct social habit
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deleterious
 Definition
harmful (deleted)
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salutary (salud)
 Definition
good health (salad)
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regenerative
 Definition
make new again
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tacit
 Definition
secretly shown
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unheeded
 Definition
lacking caution/attention
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excoriated
 Definition
remove the skin from (potato)
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adept
 Definition
adept at sining (adele)
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forestall
 Definition
prevent
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heedless
 Definition
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repudiated
 Definition
to cancel out an idea
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cumbersome
 Definition
lumbering/awkward
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petulance
 Definition
angry, a kid who won't listen
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indication
 Definition
prove (getting even)
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compunction
 Definition
remorse/apology
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capricious
 Definition
on a whim(do what you feel like)
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hearsay
 Definition
random gossip
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impugned
 Definition
to lower or debase
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mollified
 Definition
(molly) soothing, calm, nice
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filibustered
 Definition
to talk in to stall
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redolent
 Definition
having a pleasant ordor
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divulge
 Definition
share/make open
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mercurial
 Definition
(mercury, quicksilver) shape changing
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cosseted
 Definition
extra sewing (frilly stuff)
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reticent
 Definition
hesitant
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assiduous
 Definition
hard-working (sedulous)
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fallible
 Definition
aide to show wrong
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clairvoyant
 Definition
to see all (clear vision)
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appraise
 Definition
to see whether it deserves praise
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an overt
 Definition
take to court
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galvanize
 Definition
to run electricity through it (make faster)
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quell
 Definition
to calm
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vacillating
 Definition
back and forth, up and down
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deleterious
 Definition
harmful
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mitigating
 Definition
lessen/make smaller (mini gate)
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antipathies
 Definition
negative
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subterfuge
 Definition
sneaking underneath, authority
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paragon
 Definition
best model
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frivolous
 Definition
not important/serious
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scant
 Definition
lack of/small
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insatiable
 Definition
not sastifiable
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genteel
 Definition
kind
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vociferous
 Definition
vocal/talking a lot
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circumspect
 Definition
looking around/careful/watchful
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enigmatic
 Definition
being mysterious
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obstreperous
 Definition
stubborn/cranky
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overweening
 Definition
stuck up/overwinning
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patriarch
 Definition
not a patron/male leader
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dilapidated
 Definition
run down
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multifaceted
 Definition
many meanings
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onerous
 Definition
burdensome
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venal
 Definition
taking bribes
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frugal
 Definition
saving money, thrifty
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quixotic
 Definition
being stupid/honorable
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elucidate
 Definition
to make clear
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compunction
 Definition
remorse
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dilettante
 Definition
many hobbies
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recalcitrance
 Definition
resisting authority/disobedient
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munificent
 Definition
giving to the people
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irascibility
 Definition
easily angered/rascal
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ominous
 Definition
threatening/heavy
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burgeoning
 Definition
to make more of
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riveting
 Definition
interesting
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grandiose
 Definition
big/grand/exciting
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exhaustive
 Definition
a lot of/done throughly
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placated/placid
 Definition
calmed down
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inadvertent
 Definition
not on purpose
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beguiled
 Definition
charmed/bewitched
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conscription
 Definition
forced labor
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concourse
 Definition
driveway/ a lot of people
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expurgate
 Definition
to remove the bad stuff
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corroborate/substantiate/vindicate
 Definition
to prove something
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propagate
 Definition
to make people live there
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existentialism
 Definition
study of people's existence
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grimace
 Definition
unhappy face (tastes bad)
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