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World Lit Vocabulary
100 words you need to know.
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Language - English
11th Grade
12/15/2009

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ABROGATE
Definition
to put aside; put an end to
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ENFRANCHISE
Definition
To set free; liberate, as from slavery
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FILIBUSTER
Definition
An exceptionaly long speech
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IRONY
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The use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning.
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OBSEQUIOUS
Definition
Obedient; dutiful
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SUBJUGATE
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to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
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UNCTUOUS
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Having an oily or soapy feel, as certain minerals.
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BELIE
Definition
To misrepresent
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CHROMOSOME
Definition
Any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin-the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus, consisting of DNA, RNA, and various proteins, that forms chromosomes during cell division.
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ENERVATE
Definition
To deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
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EPIPHANY
Definition
A sudden, intuitive perception of or insight inot the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurance or experience.
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HUBRIS
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Excesive pride or self confidence; arrogance
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KINETIC
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Caused by motion
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THERMODYNAMICS
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The science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
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FACETIOUS
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Not meant to be taken seriously or literally
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EXPURGATE
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To purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness
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TEMPESTUOUS
Definition
Violent; stormy; turbulent:
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PRECIPITOUS
Definition
Extremely or impassably steep
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PARADIGM
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An example serving as a model; pattern
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HYPOTENUSE
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The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
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KOWTOW
Definition
To touch the forehead to the ground while kneeling, as an act of worship, reverence, apology, etc.
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LUGUBRIOUS
Definition
Mournful, dismal, or gloomy
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OLIGARCHY
Definition
A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique
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PECUNIARY
Definition
Pertaining to money
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RECIPROCAL
Definition
Mutual
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BELLICOSE
Definition
Eager to fight
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DELETERIOUS
Definition
Injurious to health
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ORTHOGRAPHY
Definition
The art of writing words with the proper letters
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Incognito
Definition
having one's identity concealed
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QUOTIDIAN
Definition
Usual or customary; everyday
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OXIDIZE
Definition
To take away hydrogen.
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QUASAR
Definition
One of over a thousand known extragalactic objects,starlike.
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SUPERCILIOUS
Definition
Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous as a person or facial expression
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TOTALITARIAN
Definition
Exercising control over the freedom
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WROUGHT
Definition
Elaborated; embellished
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YEOMAN
Definition
Performed or rendered in loyal, valiant, useful, or workmanlike manner.
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ABSTEMIOUS
Definition
Sparing
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AUSPICIOUS
Definition
Favored by fortune
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CIRCUMLOCUTION
Definition
A roundabout or indirect way of speaking
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HEGEMONY
Definition
Leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others
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LAISSEZ FAIRE
Definition
The theory or system of government that upholds the autonomous character of the economic order.
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OMNIPOTENT
Definition
Almighty or infinite in power as GOD
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HOMOGENEOUS
Definition
composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind
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INTERPOLATE
Definition
to introduce something, interject; interpose
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NOTARIZE
Definition
To certify a document
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PLAGERIZE
Definition
To take and use ideas, passages,etc.
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SUFFRAGIST
Definition
An advocate of the grant or extension of political suffrage. esp. to women.
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RECAPITULATE
Definition
To review by a brief summary
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SOLILOQUY
Definition
An utterance or discourse by a person who is talkig to himself or herself
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TECTONIC
Definition
pertaining to building or construction
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VACUOUS
Definition
Without contents; empty
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Xenophobe
Definition
A person who fears or hates foreigners
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ACUMEN
Definition
Keen insight
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cHURLISH
Definition
Boorish, rude
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DIFFIDENT
Definition
lacking confidence
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hemoglobin
Definition
The oxygen carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color.
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Mitosis
Definition
The usual method of cell division
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Polymer
Definition
compound of high molecular weight derived either by the addition of many smaller molecules.
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Fatous
Definition
Foolish or insane; silly
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Jejune
Definition
without interest; dull
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nonsectarian
Definition
Not affiliated with or limited to a specific religion.
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Parameter
Definition
Limits or boundaries
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Respiration
Definition
Breathing
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Winnow
Definition
To Blow upon; Fan
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Abjure
Definition
to avoid or shun
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