English 12 Vocab Final Review 1

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Adroit

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Skillful and clever (Adj)

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Euphemism

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Nice way to say something (N)

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Lascivious

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Showing or exciting lust (Adj)

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Obdurate

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Stubborn; Unyielding (Adj)

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Recalitrant

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Refusing to obey; Unmanageable (Adj)

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Bucolic

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Of or relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life (Adj)

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Existentialism

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Question purpose in life; Responsibility (N)

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Litigious

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Argumentative; Inclined to sue (Adj)

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Obsequious

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Humbly submissive; Overly obedient (Adj)

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Salacious

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(Of writing, pictures, or talk) Treating sexual manners in an indecent way and showing interest in or enjoying the subject (Adj)

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Cognizant

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Having knowledge or being aware of (Adj)

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Facile

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Superficial; Shallow (Adj)

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Maladroit

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Ineffective; Clumsy (Adj)

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Panacea

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Solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases (N)

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Sycophant

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Person who acts obsequiously toward someone; Flatterer (N)

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Dissident

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Person who opposes official policy (N)

Having public disagreement with a political religious system (Adj)

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Pacifist

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Someone who doesn't believe in violence (N)

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Paucity

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Something insignificant or small; Scarcity (N)

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Pernicious

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Having a harmful effect in a subtle way (Adj)

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Vacuous

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Showing lack of thought; Mindless (Adj)

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Ebullient

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Seethe with excitement; High-spirited (Adj)

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Inculate

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Teach through urging and persistence (V)

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Insidious

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Slowly destructive (Adj)

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Messianic

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Someone meant to be a savior (Adj)

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Phlegmatic

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Sluggish (Adj)

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Dogmatic

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Opinionated in an arrogant manner (Adj)

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Endemic

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Regularly found among a particular place, race, or nation (Adj)

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Kinetic

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Having to do with motion, caused by motion, or characterized by motion (Adj)

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Nihilism

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Philosophy that preaches the total rejections of all restraint and laws (N)

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Plethora

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Large or excessive amount of something (N)