Vocab Final 10-21

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Causing to excite or inflame

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1. incendiary

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The finest example

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2. apotheosis

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Making contact; side by side

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3. contiguous

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Favorable or promising

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4. auspicious

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Loud; marked by noise

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5. vociferous

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Similar to an uncle

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6. avuncular

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Working class or lower class

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7. proletariat

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Strongly held; not easy to separate

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8. tenacious

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Deceptive; misleading

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9. specious

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Difficult to control; willful

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10. refractory

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Cannot be imitated

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11. inimitable

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Poor conduct or wrongdoing

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12. malfeasance

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Absence of romance or physical attraction

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13. platonic

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Speak in dignified or dogmatic way

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14. pontificate

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Given to lustful or lewd thoughts

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15. prurient

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Not able to be overcome

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1. insuperable

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Highest point of something

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2. apex

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Sharp taste or smell

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3. acrid

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Voice disapproval; protest

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4. fulminate

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Without interest, dull

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5. jejune

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Influence or domination

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6. hegemony

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Marked by ferocity

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7. truculent

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Willingness to believe too readily; gullible

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8. credulity

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Refuse or waste

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9. dross

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Appearance of truth

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10. verisimilitude

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Thick or sticky consistency

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11. viscous

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Relating to symptoms of emotional problems

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12. psychosomatic

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Denial; unwilling to admit to reality

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13. abnegation

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Know two or more languages

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14. polyglot

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Seriousness

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15. gravitas

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Difficult to manipulate

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1. intractable

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To disperse or scatter

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2. disseminate

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Job that requires little to no work

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3. sinecure

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Biased in perspective; preferring one view over another

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4. tendentious

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Prudent or tactful

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5. politic

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Done without planning; spur of the moment

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6. extemporaneous

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Jumping from one topic to another

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7. discursive

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Dispersion of people from their homeland

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8. Diaspora

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Religious service for the deceased

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9. requiem

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Slander someone’s reputation

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10. traduce

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Sarcastic in mood, tone, or temper

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11. acerbic

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State of happiness; joy

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12. beatitude

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Not resourceful or cunning; inept

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13. maladroit

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Having features of both sexes

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14. androgynous

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Fortune-teller based on omens

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15. augur

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Witty remark or saying

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1. bon mot

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Various laborers; landless

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2. peon

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Member of controlling upper class

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3. plutocrat

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Complete in every way; full

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4. plenary

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Deviate from original subject

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5. digress

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A leave of absence

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6. furlough

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Hatred toward females

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7. misogyny

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Showing little or no emotion

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8. stolid

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Help; aid

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9. succor

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Distortion; poor representation

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10. travesty

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Adapted to dry habitat

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11. xeric

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Secretive

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12. clandestine

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Poorly done artistic work for quick profit

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13. potboiler

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Arousing fear

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14. redoubtable

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Short, descriptive literary sketch

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15. vignette