English Iii Vocab Semester I

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Chasm

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Deep cleft or gap in eath
Marked by separation, division or rift

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Importune

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To press or urge persistently. To plead

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Inopportune

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Inconvenient or unseasonable

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Fractious

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Tending to be troublesome, unruly or causing discord

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Querulous

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Habitually complaining, fretful, whining

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Surfeit

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an overabundant supply (plethora) Overindulgence in something

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Capricious

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Impulsive, unpredictable, inconsistent

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Trepidation

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Nervous, shy apprehension. Uncertain agitation

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Splenetic

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Marked by bad temper, spite, malevolence. Historic idea of Spleen

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Ubiquitous

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Existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered

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Prevarication

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Deviation from the truth; equivocation; straddling both sides - not direct

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Effrontery

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Shameless, boldness, insolence

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Ersatz

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Artificial inferior substitute or imitation

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Evince

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To vanquish or win a point' to provide direct evidence of something

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Bravado

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Blustering, swaggering conduct. Bumptious

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Blase

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An unruffled, calm, even bored response to external events

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rake

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a dissolute person

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Bourgeois

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Middle class; conventional, materialistic, mundane, unoriginal

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incognito

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disguised

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Foray

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sudden raid/ military advance. a venture outside the norm

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immutable

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not subject to change

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jettison

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to cast overboard. TO discard as unwanted

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juxtapose

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to place side by side for purposes of contrast/ comparison

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milieu

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environment or setting

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mellifluous

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Flowing with sweetness/ honey; smooth and persuasive

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craven

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characterized by great fear

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flotsam/jetsam

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wreckage or cargo afloat after a shipwreck; discarded odds and ends

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hoary

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gray/white with age; so ancient as to inspire veneration

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inure

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to grow accustomed to something, often something undesireable

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invective

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a denunciation, vituperation. an abusive discourse or speech

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obviate

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to make unnecessary/ To get rid of or do away with

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histrionic

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Excessively emotional, dramatic. Of/relation to actors

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hirsute

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covered in hair

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jejune

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dull, not interesting. Childish and lacking maturity

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magniloquent

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lofty, grand speech

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philistine

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middle class person ignorant of culture and intellectual ideas; smug and arrogant

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esoteric

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usually relates to ideas/arts understood by only a few people

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collusion

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a secret agreement/ verb; to act together secretly

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conflagration

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a large destructive fire. often used metaphorically.

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belie

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to picture falsely; to misrepresent. to be a lie

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sanguine

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1. color of blood 2. cheerful, confident, optimistic

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germane

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being pertinent and fitting and appropriate to subject; closely connected

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extol

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to praise highly; exalt

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repudiate

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to reject the validity or authority. to disown

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loquacious

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very talkative

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minutia

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a small, trivial detail

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garrulous

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given to excessive, tiresome, trivial talking; wordy; prolix

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voluble

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Fluent or marked by a ready flow of speech

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Promethean

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boldy creative defiantly original; reminds one of prometheus

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atone

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to make up for a sin or fault. to reconcile through forgiveness

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umbrage

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offense/resentment. something that gives shade

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sultry

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hot, humid.Torrid; arousing passion or desire (salacious)

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pastiche

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a dramatic/ musical/ literary work often imitating previous works. a mix, hodgepodge or potpourri of items

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explicit

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fully and clearly expressed. Forthright and unreserved. Graphic

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implicit

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Implied/understood, but not directly expressed. Something inherent

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cavalier

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A chivalrous man. A knight. Showing an arrogant, off hand disregard; dismissive. Carefree, nonchalant

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largess

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generosity in spirit or attitude. Liberal bestowing of gifts or money

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mercurial

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Having characteristics of shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness. 2. quickly changing intemperate; volatile

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abscond

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To leave quickly and secretly and hide, often to avoid arrest

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acrimonious

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bitter or sharp tone of language

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antipathy

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a strong feeling of aversion, repugnance or hatred

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bildungsroman

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a novel whose subject is the moral, emotional and intellectual maturing of a young person

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desultory

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moving or jumping from one thing to another, disconnected and random.

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duplicity

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deliberately deceptive behavior or speech. double dealing

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diatribe

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a bitter, abusive renunciation

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capacious

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spacious, roomy; capable of containing a large quantity

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languid

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lacking energy or vitality; weak. Listless. Showing little animation

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manifesto

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A public declaration of principles, policies or intentions; usually political

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melee

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confused hand to hand fighting. a tumult or battle

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pandemic

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widespread. an epidemic over a wide area

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parity

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equality in status or value. Functional equivalence of 2 or more item on different scales

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paroxysm

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a sudden outburst of emotion. a spasm or fit. a sudden attack or recurrence

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slake

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to satisfy/quench a craving. to lessen the force of an activity. to cool/refresh

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denizen

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an inhabitant, resident, citizen. someone who frequents a particular place

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peculate

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to embezzle funds or engage in embezzlement

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pecuniary

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of or relating to money. requiring payment of funds

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scion

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a descendant or heir. also a detached twig containing buds from a plant

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effulgent

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shining brilliantly, bright, resplendent

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peripatetic

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walking about from place to place. traveling randomly by foot

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sedulous

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persevering. constant in effort, assiduous

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unctuous

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characterized by affected exaggerated or insincere earnestness. Fulsome. Literally or metaphorically having the quality of oil or slipperiness

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vilify

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to make vicious, defamatory, hurful statements against someone

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vituperation

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abusive criticism or censure. sustained hash, criticism

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Forte

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something at which a person excels

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contentious

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quarrelsome, argumentative and likely to cause controversy

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contention

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an assertion put forth in an argument. striving in controversy/debate

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Plethora

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a superabundance, excess.

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deride/ derisive

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to speak or treat contemptuously; to laugh at

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Ephemeral

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lasting a brief time; short lived

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Efficacious

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capable of producing a desired effect