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Vocab #3
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Language - English
Undergraduate 1
09/25/2008

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quiescent
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(adj) inactive or still; dormant.
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rejoinder
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(n) an answer to a reply; response.
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mendacity
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(n) untruthfulness; falseness
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discern
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(v) to perceive (something obscure or concealed); detect; to perceive the distinctions of.
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niche
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(n) a situation or activity specially suited to a persons ability or character.
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draconian
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(adj) (often found with a capital 'D') designating a law or code of extreme severity; harsh; rigorous.
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modicum
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(n) a small or moderate amount or quantity.
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curmudgeon
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(n) a cantankerous person
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efficacious
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(adj) capable of producing the desired effect.
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avarice
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(n) an extreme desire to amass wealth; cupidity.
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equanimity
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(n) composure; especially under tension.
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coup d'etat
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French (used as noun) a sudden and decisive action in politics especially one effecting a change in gov't illegally or by force.
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harbinger
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(n) a forerunner.
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innocuous
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(adj) harmless; innocent; lacking significance or impact.
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plethora
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(n) super abundance; excess.
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parenthetical
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(adj) contained in or if as contained in(; qualifying or explainitory).
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petulant
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(adj) moved to or showing sudden impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance; ill-humored; fretful.
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specious
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(adj) fair-seeming; superficially pleasing or apparently good or right without real merit; pleasing to the eye but deceptive.
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ineluctable
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(adj) not to be avoided or overcome; inevitable.
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macabre
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(adj) suggesting the harrow of death and decay; gruesome; ghastly.
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