English Ii-H Vocabulary & Roots Sets 1-7

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torpor

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laziness, inactivity,dullness

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paucity

Back 2

an extreme lack of

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ebullience

Back 3

intense enthusiasm

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farce

Back 4

an absurdly ridiculous situation

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frenetic

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wildly excited or active

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garrulous

Back 6

given to excessive, rambling talk

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gratuitous

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given freely, unearned, unwarranted

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insipid

Back 8

uninteresting, without challenge

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ponderous

Back 9

having great weight (seriousness), massive

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sonorous

Back 10

having or producing sound

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squalor

Back 11

a filthy condition or quality

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superfluous

Back 12

extra, unnecessary

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specious

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having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false

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slander

Back 14

false charges and malicious oral statements or reports about someone

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ruse

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a crafty trick

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egregious

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conspicuously bad or offensive

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facetious

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playfully humorous

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pander

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to cater to the lower tastes and desires of others or exploit their weaknesses

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propriety

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appropriateness of behaviors, manners

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fabricated

Back 20

made, concocted in order to deceive

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recalcitrant

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defiant of authority, stubborn, not easily managed

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spurious

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not genuine, false

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capricious

Back 23

impulsive and unpredictable

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disdain

Back 24

to regard or treat with contempt, to look down on

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glower

Back 25

to look or stare angrily or sullenly

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pejorative

Back 26

describing words or phrases that belitle or speak negatively of someone

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plagiarism

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the act of passing off as one's own ideas or writings of another

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trite

Back 28

unoriginal, overused, stale

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vacuous

Back 29

devoid of matter, empty

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vilify

Back 30

to make vicious statements about someone or something

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disparage

Back 31

to speak of in a slighting way or negatively, to belittle

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aberration

Back 32

a deviation from the way things normally happen or are done

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dubious

Back 33

doubtful, or unlikely authentic

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ostentatious

Back 34

describing a showy or pretentious display

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quandary

Back 35

a state of uncertainty or perplexity

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stymie

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thwart, stump, block

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wily

Back 37

cunning

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aesthetic

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having to do with the appreciation of beauty, artistic

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decorous

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proper, marked by good taste

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embellish

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to make beautifully ornamenting

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idyllic

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excellent and delightful in all respects

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mural

Back 42

a large picture or painting applied directly to a wall

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serene

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calm, peaceful, tranquil; unruffled

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ornate

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showy, ostentatious, elaborately ornamented

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pristine

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uncorrupted, unspoiled, unsullied

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amenable

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open to influence; agreeable, submissive

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affable

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showing warmth and friendliness; easy to approach

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lucid

Back 48

easily understood; characterized by clear perception

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opulent

Back 49

wealthy, rich, or affluent; abundant or plentiful

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medley

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a jumbled assortment, a mixture, often of musical pieces

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amiable

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good-natured and likeable

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camaraderie

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good will between friends

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cordial

Back 53

warm and sincere, friendly

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gregarious

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enjoying the company of others, sociable

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salutary

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promoting good health

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sanguine

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cheerfully confident, optimistic

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innocuous

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having no bad effect, harmless

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brusque

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describing a rudely abrupt manner

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cantankerous

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grumpy, disagreeable

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wry

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dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony

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lampoon

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a broad satirical piece; or to mock or ridicule

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parody

Back 62

an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect

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abdicate

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to formally give up power

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annihilate

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to destroy completely

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benevolent

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kind, generous

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despotic

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characterized by exercising absolute power tyrannically

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dictatorial

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domineering, oppressively overbearing

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haughty

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condescending, proud

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imperious

Back 69

arrogantly domineering or overbearing

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omnipotent

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all-powerful

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miso-

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hatred of

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lith-

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stone

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topo-

Back 73

place

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anthropo-

Back 74

human being

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bio-

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life

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dem-

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people

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chrono-

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time

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ethno-

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nation

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graph-, gram-

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to write, draw, record

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biblio-, bibli-

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book

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photo-

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light

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phob-

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fear

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hypno-

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sleep

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aud-

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to hear

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soph-

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wise

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ortho-

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straight

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ann-, enn-

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year

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curs-, curr-, corr-

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to run

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eu-

Back 89

good, well

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cert-

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to be sure, to trust

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psych-

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mind, soul, spirit