Tunkhannock Final Exam Review Words

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Acquisitive

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able to get and retain ideas or information

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Acuity

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sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)

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Articulate

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to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints

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Aesthetic

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pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty

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Askance

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with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval

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belabor

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to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

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cacophonous

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harsh-sounding raucous, discordant, dissonant

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carping

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tending to find fault, especially in a petty way, nasty, or hairsplitting

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cavort

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to ramp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry

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charlatan

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one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, imposter, or quack

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cognizant

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aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction

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coherent

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stick together, connected, unified, consistent

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complicity

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involvement in wrongdoing, being an accomplice

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congeal

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liquid to solid, thicken, harden

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credence

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belief mental acceptance, credit, trust

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delineate

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portray, sketch, depict

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derelict

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someone who is abandoned, neglected, vagrant, delinquent

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diatribe

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bitter and prolonged verbal attack, tirade

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echleon

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level, rank, organized military unit

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eclectic

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from different sources, selective, synthetie

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embellish

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decorate, adorn, touch up, ornament, garnish

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emulate

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irritate equally, copy, mimic

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espouse

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take up and support, become attached to, adopt, embrace, wed

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euphemism

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mild or offensive expression used in place of another, substitue

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exacerbate

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make more violent, severe, bitter, aggravate, worsen

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fetish

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object believed to have magical powers, charme, talisman, obsession

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figment

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a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion

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foible

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a weak point , failing, minor flaw

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garish

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glaring; tastlessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way

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germane

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relevant appropriate, apropos, fitting

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hallow

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to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere

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idiosyncrasy

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a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify

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increment

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an enlargement, increase, addition

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incumbent

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obligatory, required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

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indigent

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needy, impoverished

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innate

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natural, inborn, inherent; built-in

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insatiable

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so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

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jocular

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humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

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lackadaisical

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lacking in pririt or interest, halfhearted

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ludicrous

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ridiculous, laughable, absurd

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macabre

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grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject

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mesmerize

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to hyponotize, entrance; to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch

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mundane

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earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concered with what is ordinary

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mutable

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open to or capable of change, fickle

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nettle

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a prickly or stinging plant; to arouse displeasure, impatience or anger; to vex or irritate severely

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nuance

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a subtle or slight variation, delicate gradation or shade of difference

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overt

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open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized

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paucity

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an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

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pejorative

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tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory

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penitent

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regretful for one's sins or mistakes; one who is sorry for wrongdoing

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portend

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to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of

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propinquity

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nearness in place or time; kinship

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rebuff

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to snub; to repell, drive away;a curt rejection, a check

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recumbent

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in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

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reputed

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according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputaion; alleged

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rife

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common, prevalent, widespread, happening often; full, abounding; plentiful, adundant, replete

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sacrilege

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improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

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substantiate

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to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

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taciturn

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habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

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travesty

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a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially in the clothing of the oppposite sex; to ridicule by imitating ina broad or burlesque fashion

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unremitting

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not stopping, maintained steadily, never letting up, relentless

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propriety

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the state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable