English 9 - Vocabulary - Quarter 1

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autonomous

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undertaken or carried on without outside control

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complacent

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self-satisfied; unconcerned

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defame

Back 3

to harm the reputation of by libel or slander

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disparity

Back 4

incompatibility; unlike in kind or character

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embellish

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to decorate, enhance, or adorn

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expedient

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suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance

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gullible

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easily duped or cheated

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inaugurate

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to induct into office; bring about the beginning of

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innumerable

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too many to be numbered

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lucid

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clear or transparent; sane or intelligible

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opaque

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not transparent; hard to understand or explain

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pragmatic

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practical as opposed to idealistic

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rebut

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to contradict; oppose formally

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rudiment

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basic principle, element or fundamental skill; beginning

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stoical

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not showing passion or feeling to pleasure or pain

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unkempt

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messy, rough, or unpolished

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abstruse

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difficult to understand

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animated

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full of movement, activity, and liveliness

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banal

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lacking originality or freshness; common

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anecdote

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a short narrative, commonly of an amusing or interesting incident

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assuage

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to lessen the intencity

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apothecary

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a pharmacist

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piety

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the quality of showing respect for religion

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dictum

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a formal pronouncment of authority

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impotent

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lacking power or strength

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Tactirurn

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silen

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derive

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a formal pronouncment or authority

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amble

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to walk leisurely

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Detachment

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an unconcern

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entity

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a being or thing

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repertoire

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a list or supply of performances

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vapid

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flat or uninteresting

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stealthy

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slow deliberate and secret

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commision

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to appoin or assign someone a task

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concession

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the act of giving in or admitting defeat in an arguement.

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saccharine

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overly sweet

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stringent

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strict or severe with rules or standards

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unobtrusive

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not prominent

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squander

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to waste

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guile

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cunning or deceitfulness

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temper

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to moderate or soften

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acclaim

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to praise