Lit Comp 2 Tri1Exam Vocab

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Anthipathy

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(n) strong dislike

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Ardently (ardent)

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(adv) With passion or energy

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Ascertain

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(v) to figure out, to find out for sure, to determine

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Audacious (audacity)

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(adj) Recklessly, bold

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Chastisement (chastise)

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(n) punishment

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Desist

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(v) to cease, to stop

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Ravenous

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(adj) exessevily hungry

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Solace

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(n) relief for grief or anxiety, peaceful resbite

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Abrubtly

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(adv) suddenly, without courtesy

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Hector

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(v) to harass, to bully

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Salubrious

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(adj) beneficial to or promoting good health

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Limpid

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(adj) clear and transparent, emotionaly calm or composed.

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Fetid

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(adj) with a rotten or offensive odor.

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Malevolent (malevolence)

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(adj) having or showing a desire to harm others, having a harmful or evil effect

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Paltry

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(adj) insignificant or unimporant

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Ribaldry (ribald)

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(n) language and behavior that is humerous but rude and vulgar

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Seraph

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(n) angel (of the highest order or rank)

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Countenance

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(n) face or expression

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Neophyte

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(n) beginner, novice, inexperienced person

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Intimate

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(v) to hint at something, an indirect or subtle suggestion

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Bane (baneful)

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(n) something that causes pain or misery

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Dross (drossy)

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(n) of a low standard or quality, something that is worthless

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Sententious

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(adj) moralizing, preachy more than is merited

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Arrogate

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(v) to take and claim something without the right to do so

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Coquetry

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(n) flirtatious behavior

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Imperious (imperial)

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(adj) commanding, dominant

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Lugubrious

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(adj) extremely mournful, sad or gloomy

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Confabulate

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(v) to give a fictitious account of past events

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Phlegmatic

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(adj) characterized by a lack of emotion, not easily worried or annoyed

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Nonchalantly (nonchalant, nonchalance)

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(adv) cooly, with out concern

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Piquant

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(adj) stimulating or spicy

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Prattle

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(v) to babble, to chatter incessantly

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Quell

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(v) to put to rest, to supress

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Harangue

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(v) to criticize or question somebody in an effort to persuade them

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Atone (atonement)

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(v) to make amends

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Contumacy

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(n) outward disobedience or rebelliousness

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Saturnine

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(adj) gloomy, dark in manner or appearance

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Extripate

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(v) to destroy completely, to get rid of something undesirable

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Incubi (incubus)

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(n, plural) something that causes great anxiety or worry as a nightmare or an obsession would

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Caprice (capricious)

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(n) impulsiveness, tendency towards whimsical, unpredictable behavior

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Anathematize

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(v) to formally curse or denounce somebody or something

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Feign

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(v) to pretend

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Sardonic(ally)

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(adj/adv) sarcastic, ironically mocking often with a bitter edge

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Culpable

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(adj) deserving blame or punishment for a wrong, guilty, responsible

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Penchant

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(n) a strong tendancy towards or a strong liking of something

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Apoplectic

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(adj) over come with anger or rage

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Peremptory (peremptorily)

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(adj) communicating urgency, insisting on immediate attention

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Ascetic

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(adj) practicing strict self denial, austerity

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Visage

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(n) face or expression (syn of countenance)

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Supercilious

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(adj) arrogant, full of contempt, pompous, condencending

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Despot (despotic)

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(n) a ruler with absolute power

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Ire (ireful)

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(n) a feeling or display of deep anger or fury

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Dubious

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(adj) doubtful, questionable

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Impediment (impede)

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(n) an obstical

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Vehemence (vehement, vehemently)

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(n) intense emotion or force

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Fractious

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(adj) irritable, unruly, complaining

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Fastidious

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(adj) concern with precise accordance to detail and accuracy, overly particular

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Asperity

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(n) harshness in severity or tone

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Approbation

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(n) approval

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Austere

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(adj) harsh, severe

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Averse

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(adj) opposed

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Fetters

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(n or v)
v- to confine or restrain
n- something that confines or restrains

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Inexorable

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unyielding, unalterable, impossible to stop

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Profligate

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(adj) utterly and shamelessly immoral

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Avaricious

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(adj) greedy

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Noxious

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(adj) harmful to health or physical well being

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Stoicism

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(n) Repressing emotions, indifference to pleasure or pain

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Discourse

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(n) communication through words