English Vocab Midterm

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Adjunct

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Something joined or added to a thing but not necessarily part of it accessory

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Anomalous

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Out of place, abnormal Not normal

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Belligerent

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Waging war; inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness combative,

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Censure

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To blame or to condemn Fault

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Compliance

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A yielding; acquiescence consent

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Defile

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To make dirty, to desecrate, to pollute degrade,

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Diligent

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Characterized by steady, attentive and energetic effort in a pursuit or study Working hard

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Expedient

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Appropriate for a purpose but not necessarily moral, right, or just beneficial,

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Flout

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To treat with contempt Disobey

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Galling

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Very irritating Annoying

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Heralded

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Announced or publicized Indicated

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Incantation

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A spell, written or recited formula or words designed for a particular effect Prayer

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Indigenous

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Native to a certain area Local, ethnic

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Luscious

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Very pleasant to the taste Delicious, scrumptious, succulent

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Nomadic

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Chacterized by moving about from place to place as nomads No permanent home

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Parry

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To deflect or to ward off a blow Block

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Precipitate

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To cause to speedily, to throw headlong Hurried, hasty, swift, quick, rapid

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Pungent

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Sharp or irritating to the taste or smell Strong, spicy, bitter

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Ratify

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To give formal approval Approve, authorize

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Sagacious

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Wise, shrewd, very discerning Intelligent

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Slovenly

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Messy, untidy, carless Careless

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Spiteful

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Full of spite or malice; malevolent; malevolent Mean, nasty, hurtful

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Tangential

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Slightly connected, divergent Loose

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Taper

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To decrease in thickness or width Reduction

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Vagrant

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A wanderer who does not have a home Home-less

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Abstemious

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Sparing in eating or drinking

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Admonish

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To caution or advise

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Amity

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Friendship

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Bastion

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A fortification

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Callous

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Hardened, unsympathetic, indifferent, insensitive

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Clemency

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Leniency

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Debunk

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To expose the falseness of something

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Diffuse

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To spread in all directions

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Dupe

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To trick, fool, or to cheat

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Exorcise

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To expel an evil spirit, to get rid of something troublesome

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Finesse

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Delicate skill

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Humility

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The quality or state of being humble in spirit

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Imperious

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Extremely overbearing

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Larceny

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The act of stealing another’s property

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Mirth

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Gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter

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Mollify

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To soothe or to appease to assuage

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Neologism

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A newly coined word or phrase, new use of word

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Orthodox

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Conforming to establish standards, conventional

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Plight

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Difficult adverse situation

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Repertoire

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A list of works of music or readings that are ready for performance

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Rupture

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To break apart, burst

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Solicitous

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Worried, concerned

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Stolid

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Showing little emotion

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Tempestuous

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Turbulent, stormy

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Untenable

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Not able to be defended

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Accord

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Agreement, state of harmony

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Annulment

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A voiding, invalidation

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Arduous

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Very difficult to accomplish/achieve

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Astute

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Shrewd, perspicacious, perceptive

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Carping

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Finding, fault

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Covert

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Secret, concealed

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Desecrate

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To violate the sanctity of something, to profane, to adulterate

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Dilatory

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Delaying, slow

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Esteem

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Estimate value; approval and respect often blended with fondness

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Expatriate

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An exile

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Fortuitous

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Something that happens by accident of by chance

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Guileless

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Without deceit

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Hackneyed

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Trite, banal, lacking freshness

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Illustrious

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Notably outstanding, famous

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Insatiable

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Incapable of being satisfied

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Loquacious

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Very talkative

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Neurotic

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An emotionally unstable person, emotionally unstable

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Parch

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To become dry from heat, to shrivel from heat

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Porous

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Something that permits the passage of substance through pores

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Rancid

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Having a foul of offensive smell

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Reconcile

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To reestablish friendship, to resolve a dispute

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Saccharine

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Overly sweet attitude

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Sonorous

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Resonant , producing a full of rich sound

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Tentative

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Not fully worked out, uncertain

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Utility

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Usefulness