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Vocab. 1-3
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Language - English
12th Grade
09/19/2012
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Term

Cogent

adj.

 Definition
clear, logical and convincing
Term

Degeneate

verb

 Definition
To demish gradually
Term

Vehement

adj.

 Definition
strongly passionate
Term

Exigent

adj.

 Definition
pressing; demanding
Term

Engender

verb

 Definition
produce
Term

Inveigh

verb

 Definition
To protest
Term

Assay

verb

 Definition
To determine the content or quality of
Term

Genre

noun

 Definition
Type
Term

Surmise

noun

 Definition
To predict
Term

Intransigent

adj.

 Definition
refusing to agree or compromise
Term

Cognate

adj.

 Definition
related
Term

Demise

noun

 Definition
death or destruction
Term

Incite

verb

 Definition
To stir up,encourage, or urge on
Term

Innate

adj.

 Definition
In born need
Term

Remit

verb

 Definition
To make payment
Term

Resuscitate

verb

 Definition
To revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness
Term

Solictous

adj.

 Definition
Characterized by or showing interest or concern
Term

Perturb

verb 

 Definition
To make anxious or unsettled
Term

Turbulent

adj.

 Definition
Not controlled
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Turbid

adj.

 Definition
Cloudy or thick with suspended matters
Term

Alacrity

noun

 Definition
Cheerful
Term

Celerity

noun

 Definition
Swiftness of movement
Term

Nascent

adj.

 Definition
Developing
Term

Transfigure

verb

 Definition
To change outward apperance
Term

Fictive

adj.

 Definition
Imaginery
Term

Feign

verb

 Definition
To pretend
Term

Parturient

adj.

 Definition
About to bear young
Term

Repertory

noun

 Definition
Inventory of things
Term

Emblematic

adj.

 Definition
Symbolic
Term

Diabolical

adj.

 

 Definition
Evil
Term

Hyperbole

noun

 Definition

Exaggerated statesments or claims not meant to be taken literally

 
Term

Episodic

adj.

 Definition
Every now then
Term

Methodical

adj.

 Definition
Systematic
Term

Synod

noun

 Definition
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