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Units 1-4
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Literature
12th Grade
03/02/2012

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Degenerate
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verb;

to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate

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Engender
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verb;

to produce cause, or give rise to

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Genre
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noun; a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form content, technique, or the like
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Cogent
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adjective; having power to compel or constrain
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Incite
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verb; to arouse to action
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Cognate
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adjective; related by birth; of the same percentage
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Turbid
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adjective; cloudy or discolored by suspeded particles
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Alacrity
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noun; cheerful readiness
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Exigent
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adjective; urgent need
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Turbulent
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adjective; causing violence or disturbance
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Fictive
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adjective; fictitious; imaginary
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Parturient
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adjective; bearing or about to bear young; travailing
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Innate
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adjective; existing in one form birth; inborn; native
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Nascent
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adjective; beginning to exist or develop
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Intransigent
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adjective; uncompromising
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Celerity
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noun; speed, rapidity
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Repertory
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noun; a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season
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Assay
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verb; to judge
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Resuscitate
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verb; to revive from apparent death or unconsciousness
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Perturb
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verb; to disturb greatly especially in mind
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Solicitous
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adjective; worried, concerned
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Transfigure
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verb; to change in outward form or appearance; transform
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Feign
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verb; to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of
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Agrarian
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adjective; relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property
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Peregrination
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noun; a course of travel; journey
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Aggregate
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noun; a sum, mass, or assemblage of particulars; a total gross amount

 

 

 

verb; to bring together; collect into one sum, mass, or body

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Egregious
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adjective; extraordinary in some bad way; glaring, flagrant
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Pastoral
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adjective; having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas
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Repast
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noun; a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating
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Bucolic
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adjective; of, pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life
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Rustic
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adjective; country style or life
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Idyllic
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adjective; extremely happy, peaceful
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Fruition
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noun; point at which a plan or project is realized
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Fruitless
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adjective; failing to achieve the desired results
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Gregarious
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adjective; fond of company, sociable
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Vehement
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adjective; strongly passionate (meaning what you say)
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Inveigh
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verb; protest strongly
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Surmise
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noun; a guess

 

 

 

verb; to guess

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Demise
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noun; the death
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Remit
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verb; to make a payment
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Emblematic
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adjective; symbollic, representative
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Diabolical
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adjective; like the devil
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Hyperbole
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noun; international exaggeration
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Methodical
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adjective; organized, orderly, systematic
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Episodic
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adjective; occurring every now and then
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Synod
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noun; committee, especially for a church
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