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Vocabulary List 11 & 12
Words With Tales Attached/Appearances and Aptitudes (III)
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02/09/2009

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Accolade
Definition
Praise or approval.
An embrace of greeting or salutation.
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Conclave
Definition
A private or secret meeting.

An assembly or gathering, especially one with authority, power, and influence.
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Dirge
Definition
A funeral hymn.
A slow, sad song, poem, or musical composition.
A lament.
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Draconian
Definition
Harsh or vigorous.
A law or code of extreme severity.
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Epicurean
Definition
Devoted to the pursuit of please.
Fond of good food, comfort, and ease.
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Gossamer
Definition
Soft, sheer, gauzy fabric.
Fine film of cobwebs seen in autumn.
Anything delicate, light, substantial.
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Immolate
Definition
To kill, as a sacrifice.
To destroy or renounce for the sake of something else.
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Juggernaut
Definition
Anything that exacts as blind devotion or terrible sacrifice.
Any terrible, irresistible force.
Any large, overpowering destructive force.
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Junket
Definition
A party, banquet, or outing.
A trip taken by an official and paid for with public funds.
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Ostracism
Definition
A rejection or exclusion from a group or society by general consent.
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Rigmarole
Definition
Confused, incoherent, foolish talk.
A complicated and petty procedure.
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Rubric
Definition
A title, heading, or direction in a book, written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.
An established custom or rule of procedure.
A short commentary or explanation covering a broad subject.
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Socratic
Definition
Pertaining to Socrates or his philosophical method of repeated questioning to elicit truths implicit in all rational beings.
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Sycophant
Definition
A self-seeking, servile flatterer.
Fawning parasite.
One who attempts to win favor or advance himself by flattering persons of influence.
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Jejune
Definition
Barren; flat, dull.
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Libidinous
Definition
Characterized by lust; lewd; lascivious.
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Licentious
Definition
Morally unrestrained; lascivious.
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Mercurial
Definition
Changeable; volatile.
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Meretricious
Definition
Flashy; tawdry; falsely alluring.
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Minatory
Definition
Menacing; threatening.
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Mutable
Definition
Inconstant; fickle; tending to frequent change.
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Niggardly
Definition
Stingy.
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Nonchalant
Definition
Cool; indifferent; without warmth or animation.
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Noxious
Definition
Harmful to health.
Unwholesome.
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Obdurate
Definition
Hardhearted; inflexible.
Not easily moved to pity.
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Obtuse
Definition
Slow to understand.
Dull.
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Officious
Definition
Meddlesome.
Offering unnecessary and unwanted advice.
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Omniscient
Definition
Having infinite knowledge.
Knowing all things.
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Pusillanimous
Definition
Cowardly.
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Proletariat
Definition
The working class; the unpropertied class.
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