English 55 Final Exam Vocabulary

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Hoard

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to keep hidden or private

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Prudent

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to use good judgement or common sense

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Fleeting

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to move or pass swiftly; fade out; fanish

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Apathy

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feeling or showing little or no emotion

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Discern

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to perceive, detect, recognize, comprehend

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Chide

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to scold mildly as to correct or improve; reprimand

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Subdue

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to conquer, subjugate, vanquish

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Forlorn

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wretched or pitiful in appearence or condition

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Esculent

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edible; suitable for eating

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Brood

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to be deep in thought; to meditate moodily

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Barren

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Tract of unproductive land; unable to produce offspring

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Facade

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artificial or deceptive front

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Sphere

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the sky or celestial body such as a planet or star

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Bivouac

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temporary encampment often in an unsheltered area

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Vex

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to annoy or bother

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Resilient

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the ability to recover rapidly, as from misfortune

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Credo

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a creed; a system of belief, principles, or opinions

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Extrapolate

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to estimate, deduce, infer or reason

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Imply

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to hint at; suggest; to indicate indirectly

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Grasp

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to take hold of or seize firmly

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Vignette

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a short, usually descriptive literary sketch

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Brevity

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ability to be short in time or duration, brief, concise, terse

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Naive

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unsophicated; lacking worldliness

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Existentalism

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a belief that man is totally free and responsible for his own acts

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Refuge

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protection or shelter from danger

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Idealism

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striving to achieve one's ideals

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Cynical

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scournful of the motives, virtues or integrity of others

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Sophisticated

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highly complex or complicated

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Improvise

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to make due with whatever is at hand

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Phychology

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study of animal or human behaivor

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Abhor

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to regard with horror or loathing

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Abject

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being completley miserable

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Austere

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appearing severe or stern

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Impunity

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exempt or free from punishment, penalty or harm

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Inalienable

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unable to be transferred to others

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Inscrutable

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difficult to understand, enigmatic

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Insolent

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boldly disrespectful; impertinent

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Intimate

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private, very close or familiar; (verb) to hint or imply

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Latitude

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freedom from normal restrictions or limitations

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Paradox

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a statement that seems contrdictory but may be true

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Petulant

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Unresaosnable impatient or irritable over triffle matters

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Rectitude

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moral uprightness, righteousness

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Reprobate

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depraved; morally unprincipled person

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Usurp

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to seize or takeover by force without legal authority

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Volition

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the act of making a conscious choice or decision