Vocab Semester I, Grade 10

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amiss

Back 1

faulty; out of proper order

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antithesis

Back 2

direct contrast

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auspicious

Back 3

favorable circumstances

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avaricious

Back 4

greedy

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behoove

Back 5

to be necessary or proper for

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belie

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to picture falsely

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blase

Back 7

sophisticated due to frequent exposure

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calumnious

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slanderous

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castellated

Back 9

having battlements

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circumvent

Back 10

to get around by artful maneuvering

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cleft

Back 11

split of divided

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coalesce

Back 12

to fuse; grow together

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collateral

Back 13

property pledged as security for a loan

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contrition

Back 14

sincere remorse for wrong doing

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cyrstalline

Back 15

strikingly clear or sparkly

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cynical

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suspicious of others' motives

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dearth

Back 17

scarce supply

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depreciate

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to lessen the value of

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despotic

Back 19

possessing and abusing unlimited power

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desultory

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random

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dire

Back 21

urgently desperate

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dominion

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realm; soverignty

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droll

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amusingly odd or whimsical

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encompass

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to surround

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entreat

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to plead earnestly

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equivocation

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intentionally avoid giving a direct answer

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expostulate

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to reason with in attempt to correct

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felicity

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great happiness

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filial

Back 29

of or befitting a son or daughter

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garish

Back 30

gaudy

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hone

Back 31

to sharpen

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idiom

Back 32

manner of speaking particular to a certain people

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imminent

Back 33

impending; about to happen

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impeccable

Back 34

flawless; perfect

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incantation

Back 35

ritual recitation to produce magic

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incarnate

Back 36

invested in bodily nature

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indiscriminate

Back 37

unselective

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inexorable

Back 38

relentless

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inexplicable

Back 39

difficult to explain

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infuse

Back 40

to introduce as if by pouring

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incognito

Back 41

with one's identity disguised

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jocund

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cheerful and lighthearted in disposition

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lilting

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cheerful or lively manner of speaking

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myriad

Back 44

consulting a large, indefinite number

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nascent

Back 45

coming into existence

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nonchalant

Back 46

cooly unconcerned

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opaque

Back 47

impassable by light

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pall

Back 48

a cover for a coffin; gloomy effect

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pedagogical

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pertaining to teaching

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perdition

Back 50

loss of the soul

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peruse

Back 51

to read or examine

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pervasive

Back 52

having the ability to spread throughout

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portentous

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full of unspecified significance

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precept

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a rule of conduct

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prodigal

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wastefully extravagant

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proficient

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skillful

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provocative

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tending to stimulate

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pulsate

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vibrate

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qualm

Back 59

a sudden misgiving

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quandary

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dilemma

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rapt

Back 61

engrossed

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reiterate

Back 62

to say or tell again

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requiem

Back 63

hymn for the dead

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rueful

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inspiring pity or compassion

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suave

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smoothly agreeable

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subversive

Back 66

intending to overthrow

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sullen

Back 67

morose; sulky

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superfluous

Back 68

beyond what is necessary

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surcease

Back 69

to come to an end

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tactual

Back 70

pertaining to touch

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transfix

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to pierce; to render motionless with terror or amazement

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umbrage

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offense or resentment

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usurp

Back 73

to seize without authority

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voracious

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ravenous; large appetite

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zephyr

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gentle breeze