Kourtney Coven Period 5 Vocabulary 1-50

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permeate

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to pass into and penetrate throughout; to spread or diffuse into

Hint 1

perm, tear

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etymology

Back 2

study of word origins, development & changes in accepted meaning; such as the history of the word.

Hint 2

mythology, evolution

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prevaricator

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prevaricator one who evades the truth; a liar

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prevent, vary

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gyration

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a revolving action around an axis; a whirling or spinning motion

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turn, rotate

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nefarious

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wicked; vicious

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furious, far

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gregarious

Back 6

gregarious living in groups; sociable

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group, school

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ostracized

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banished and excluded

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dissapear, seized

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diurnal

Back 8

of the daytime; during the course of a day

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day, a.m.

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officious

Back 9

forcing one's service or attention on another; overly meddlesome

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force, office

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stereotyped

Back 10

following a pattern; unoriginal; conventional; trite; formalized

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type, order

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stilted

Back 11

stiffly formal; pompous

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Lit, stilts

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askance

Back 12

disapprovingly; disdainfully; distrustfully

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chance, glance

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inscrutable

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incapable of being searched into and understood

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unable, sanskrit

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Insidious

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progressing harmfully but hardly noticed; treacherous

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dangerous, sinful

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Insouciance

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lack of concern; carefree

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inconsiderate,sophmores

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Insulation

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non conductive material; the state of being separated

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insulate, solution

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Intelligentsia

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the highly educated and cultured

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intelligent, genius

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Intercessor

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one who acts between two parties; a mediator

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intercept, inner

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Interim

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time between; meantime

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meanwhile, intermission

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Interstellar

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among the stars

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stellar, stars

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Interstices

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narrow spaces between things; small gaps

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tiny, inch

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Intransigent

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refusing to come to terms; uncompromising; unyielding

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signet, stingy

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Intrepid

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Intrepid fearless; dauntless

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daring, pretadors

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Foment

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to arouse; to cause; to incite

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form, torment

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Fortuitous

Back 25

happening by chance; accidental

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fortune, fortunit

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gourmet

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one who appreciates and is a good judge of fine food and drinks

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meal, great

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aphorism

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a terse saying embodying the truth; an adage; a maxim

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promise, phrase

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aplomb

Back 28

self assurance; self confidence; self possession; poise

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assure, lamb of god

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maudlin

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overly sentimental; emotionally silly

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moody, mad

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apocryphal

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of uncertain authenticity; suspect

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authentic, cry foul

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appurtenances

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Things added to a more important thing; supplementary equipment; accessories

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add on, pertinent

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arabesque

Back 32

gracefully elaborate design with interwoven lines; such a form in ballet or music

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ballet, arab

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archaic

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of an earlier or primitive time; ancient; no longer in popular use; outdated

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ancient, chalk

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archipelago

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a sea with many islands; such a group of islands

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island, hawaii

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grandiloquent

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pompous in speech; bombastic; flamboyant

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grand, dilligent

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pandemonium

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Wild tumult; disorder on grand scale

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mayhem, monstar

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panegyric

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Tribute; a speech of praise

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praise, energy

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fraught

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Teeming with; laden; full of

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upset, fake

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fructify

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To make fruitful; to make productive

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fruitful, crops

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arterial

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Related to the tubes carrying blood from the heart; serving as a major carrier or thoroughfare

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route, road

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nectar

Back 41

very pleasant-tasting drink; drink of gods in mythology; plant secretion used by bees to make honey

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taste, ant

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nemesis

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Deserved punishment or its source; anything or anyone that always seems certain to defeat

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enemy, siding

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nepotism

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Favoritism shown to relatives, especially in job appointments

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partiality, number one

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abnegation

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willing self-sacrifice, renunciation

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abandon, negate

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noisome

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Harmful; offensive to smell; disgusting

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smell, nasty

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nomadic

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Wandering from place to place; having no fixed location

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no place, mad

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nominal

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In name only, not in fact; relatively trifling or quite small in value

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nombre, mini

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nonplussed

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Baffled; confused;

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puzzled, surprised

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grotesque

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Distorted; strangely ugly; outlandish; bizarre

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structureless, gross

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habiliments

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Clothing; garb; attire

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garments, linen