Sem Test For English (Vocab)

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Impotent

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Lacking physical strength, (weak)

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Antithesis

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Contrast of the opposite thoughts

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maelstrom

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to grind, whirl round (whirl pool)

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Emendation

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The act of emending, correction or change made in a text

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Chagrin

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Emberassment

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Bauble

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something showy but worthless

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Diphanous

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So fine or gauzey in texture as to be transparent or translucent.

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Impediment

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Obstruction

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Bestial

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Of beasts or lower animals

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Nihilism

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the Doctrine that exesting social, political, and economic institution must be completely destroyed in order to make way for new Institution

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Adventitious

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Added from outside, accidental

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Fecund

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Fertile

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Obfuscate

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To darken, confuse

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Extenuate

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to lessen or seem to lessen the seriousness of

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Parochial

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restricted to a small area, or scope, narrow

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Glower

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To state with sullen anger

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Edify

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To build, construct. improver

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Ambigous

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having 2 or ore possible meanings

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Cataclysm

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Any great upheaval, as an earthquake or a war.

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Importune

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to trouble with request or demands, to Beg

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Debacle

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Overwhelming defeat..failure

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Quasi

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Seemingly in part

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Sacrosanct

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Sacred, HOly

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Demeanor

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To rule, govern ourselves

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Facetious

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Joking or trying ot be jovule

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Imprecation

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A curse

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Non sequitor

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A remark having nothing to do with what has been said

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Sanguine

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cheerful and confident

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Boulderize

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To remove passages considered offensive from

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Panegyric

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high or hyperbolic praise

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Quandary

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A state of uncertainty

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Ebullient

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overflowing with enthusiasm

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Defrence

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showing honor, regard. Respect

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Nebulous

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unclear

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Pedantic

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Show off knowledge

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Antipathy

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strong or deep dislike

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Elucidate

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to make light or clear

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Obdurate

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not giving in readily, stubborn

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imminent

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threatning

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Afluence

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an abundance of riches

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Scurrilous

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using indirect or abusive language, foul mouthed

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Parody

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a poor or weak immitation

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Sedulous

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working hard and steadily

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Amoral

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without moral sense or principle

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Macroscopic

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Visible ot hte naked eye

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Fatuous

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complacently stupid or inane;silly

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Affectation

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pretending to like, meant to impress others

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Knell

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to ring in a slow solaom way

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Laconic

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brief in tense or expression.

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Pecadillo

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A minor or petty sin

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Deride

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to laugh at in contempt or scorn.

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immolate

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to Sacrifice

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Recondite

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Beyond the grasp of the ordinary mind or understanding

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Quagmire

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Hard to get out of

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Gibe

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to handle roughly

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Agape

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Open mouth with surprise

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Carcinogen

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Cancer causing agent

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Grosteque

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ludicrously eccentric or stange

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imperious

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overbearing, arrogant

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Neologism

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A new word or a new meaning for an established word.

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Adroit

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Skillfull

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Callow

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young and inexperieced

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Dichotomy

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division into 2 parts

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Oblique

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morally, ethically or mentaly wrong

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Perfunctory

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Lacking interest,done without care

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Peruse

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to survey or examine in detail

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Recapitulate

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Summary

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Sagacious

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wise

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Fortuitous

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by chance, lucky