English Iii Semester Finals

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Abate

Back 1

To reduce, make less intense, lessen

Hint 1

In an hour or so the storm would abate and they could leave

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Abhor

Back 2

To hate

Hint 2

I abhor her dress

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Adversity

Back 3

Difficulties, unfavorable fortune of fate

Hint 3

They showed a picture of a man who, having faced adversity, has tackled it on

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Allocate

Back 4

Distribute for a purpose

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I need to allocate some time to go grocery shopping this week

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Ambiguous

Back 5

Unclear, having more than one meaning

Hint 5

By making my art ambiguous, I allowed space for individual interpretation

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Amorous

Back 6

Sexual desire, strongly moved by love

Hint 6

The amorous couple were eating each other's faces

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Ardor

Back 7

A strong feeling of love/passion/emotion

Hint 7

The dancer danced with great ardor because she knew the audience was there for a show

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Arduous

Back 8

Difficult/tiring

Hint 8

It was an arduous climb up the mountain

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Avarice

Back 9

Extreme greed

Hint 9

The avarice of the king led to a revolution

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Benevolent

Back 10

Well meaning and kindly

Hint 10

His benevolent nature lead him to be loved by everyone

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Beseech

Back 11

To implore or ask

Hint 11

I beseeched the guy to stay away from me

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Bucolic

Back 12

Pertaining to rural areas

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The bucolic suburb made life a lot more peaceful

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Chimerical

Back 13

A bizzare crazy thing

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The idea of a unicorn is chimerical

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Copious

Back 14

Large amounts of something

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The copious amount of studying I have to do is making me crazy

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Coroborate

Back 15

Confirm or give support

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The story was corroborated by evidence

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Curtail

Back 16

Imposé à restriction on

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Until the celebrities stalker is caught we need to curtail her public appearances

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Delineate

Back 17

To describe or portray precisely

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I put a fence around our house to delineate our space from our neighbors

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Demeanor

Back 18

A person personna

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That person's demeanor made them more likeable

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Didactic

Back 19

Teaching

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James was a very didactic person, he loved teaching

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Discordant

Back 20

Contradicting or disagreeing

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We divorced due to our discordant relationship

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Efface

Back 21

Erase

Hint 21

Daylight effaced the stars

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Enigma

Back 22

Person/thing that is mysterious or puzzling

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The magicians trick was an Enigma to everyone in the audience

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Equivocation

Back 23

The use of ambiguos language to avoid the truth or situation

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My sister is a chronic liar who will equivocate even when it's easier to tell the truth

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Exasperate

Back 24

Irritate, infuriate

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Because I am a hard worker, I get exasperated when I am placed on a team of lazy people

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Expedite

Back 25

To accelerate a process

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Please expedite the delivery of the package

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Extol

Back 26

Praise enthusiastically

Hint 26

I get angry when my parents extol my sisters accomplishments and ignore the good things I do

Front 27

Fabricate

Back 27

To make up something for the purpose of deception

Hint 27

Many parents fabricate stories about mythical creatures to help kids sleep

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Foreboding

Back 28

A feeling that something bad will happen

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The dark clouds are forboding a storm

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Forlorn

Back 29

Pitifully sad or lonely

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The forlorn widow was so alone it lead to depression

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Glutton

Back 30

Excessively greedy eater

Hint 30

The depressed woman's gluttony has made her extremely obese

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Hinder

Back 31

To interfere or delay

Hint 31

The tall person in front of me hindered my vision of the movie

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Implored

Back 32

To beg someone desperately

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I implored my teacher to raise my grade by one point

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Inexorable

Back 33

Impossible to stop or prevent

Hint 33

Most movies end in an inexorable tragedy

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Juxtapose

Back 34

To compare two or more things

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I juxtaposed the color red and blue

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Lethargic

Back 35

Lazy, sluggish, inactive

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At home you can find my lethargic cat curled up asleep

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Loquacious

Back 36

Obsessively Talkative, chatty

Hint 36

After drinking, my normally quiet best friend becomes quite loquacious

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Nefarious

Back 37

Evil

Hint 37

Her nefarious plan involved a bank and a ton of money for herself

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Obliterate

Back 38

Destroy utterly, wipe out

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Cheating is sure to obliterate their relationship

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Obscure

Back 39

Relatively unknown, concealed

Hint 39

The obscure writer was not known in the literary community

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Obselete

Back 40

Outdated, no longer of use

Hint 40

Many people believe the Internet has made the postal serve obselete

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Ominous

Back 41

Suggesting that something bad is going to happen

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Because of the ominous music, we knew something bad was gonna happen

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Paramount

Back 42

Superior to all, of the greatest concern

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My daughter health is of Paramount importance to me

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Predicament

Back 43

A difficult, unpleasant or embarrassing situation

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Many student find themselves in the predicament of not being able to afford college

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Predilection

Back 44

Preference

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Between apples and mangos my predilection is for mangos

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Pugnacious

Back 45

Eager to quick to argue, quarrel or fight

Hint 45

The pugnacious white boy talks back to his mother

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Quell

Back 46

To put an end to, typically by force

Hint 46

I ate a sandwich to quell my hunger

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Querulous

Back 47

Full of complaints in an annoying manner

Hint 47

Forgive me for sounding querulous but my bacon isn't crispy enough

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Repose

Back 48

A state of rest

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After a long day at school I just wanna go home and repose

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Reverence

Back 49

Honor or respect felt or shown

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We can never show enough reverence for our military service workers

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Sanguine

Back 50

Confident and hopeful, color of blood

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It amazes me how having cancer does not prevent him from being sanguine

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Serendipitous

Back 51

Occurring or discovered by chance in a happy /beneficial way

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The lottery is something one wins by serendipity not by design

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Superficial

Back 52

Shallow

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He chose his dates solely on their superficial qualities, he could care less about their personalities and goals

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Ubiquitous

Back 53

To be present everywhere

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Computers have become ubiquitous I'm everyday life

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Vilify

Back 54

To say or write very harsh things

Hint 54

The Internet has made it easier for people to vilify their enemies

Front 55

Volatile

Back 55

Tending to erupt in violence

Hint 55

The snow storms in Chicago are extremely volatile