Vocabulary - 9Th Grade - Random

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hegemony

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n. domination

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rampant

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adj. unchecked

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apprise

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v. to inform

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ostentatious

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adj. of excessive display
(kua zhang)

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expiate

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v. to atone

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expletive

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n. profane exclamation

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sachet

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n. small bag with perfume

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prosaic

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adj. dull, boring

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conundrum

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n. a riddle

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futile

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adj. useless, trivial

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pallor

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n. paleness

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gloat

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v. to think with triumphant/malicious delight

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bemirch

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v. to soil

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pillory

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n. wooden frame used for punishment

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egregious

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adj. notably bad

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gadfly

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n. biting fly or a person who annoys w/criticism

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maladroit

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adj. inept, not adroit

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perdition

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n. eternal hell

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contusion

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n. bruise

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palpable

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adj. tangible, obvious

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insinuate

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v. to hint

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wan

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adj. sickly, dim

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stigma

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n. mark or flower part

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ramification

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n. branching out

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besiege

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v. to persistently attack

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cloister

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n. monastery/court passage
v. to isolate

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chicanery

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n. trickery

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negate

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v. to deny

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necromancy

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n. magic

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rostrum

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n. stage for public speaking

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albeit

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conj. although

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incapacitate

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v. to make incapable

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finesse

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n. refinement/cunning

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homily

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n. sermon

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mountebank

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n. faker

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conglomerate

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adj. made up of parts from everywhere
v. to form with parts from everywhere
n. something made with parts from everywhere

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doff

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v. to take off

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puissance

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n. power

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cupola

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n. small roof/building structure

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ell

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n. extension at right angles of building

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contentious

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adj. quarrelsome

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ubiquitous

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adj. existing or being everywhere

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salient

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adj. jutting forward; prominent

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ramshackle

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adj. rickety, tumbledown

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anticlimax

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n. something [story ending] less than expected

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demote

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v. to reduce to a lower rank

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ire

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n. anger

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artifice

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n. trick

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inveigle

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v. to entice

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augury

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n. omen

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consternation

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n. amazed confusion

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capacious

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adj. able to contain a lot

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syntax

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n. the way in which words are put together

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recondite

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adj. obscure, profound

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deign

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v. condescend; to assume an air of superiority

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seigneur

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n. feudal lord

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largess

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n. a gift

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reverie

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n. daydream

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decorum

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n. orderliness

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abash

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v. to embarrass

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cohort

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a group of people with a common characteristic

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queue

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v. to line up
n. a line

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disconcerted

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adj. to confuse

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pithily

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adv. brief, concise

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sheaf

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n. any bundle

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ostracized

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v. to exclude by general consent from a group

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surpassed

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v. to exceed

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obliterate

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v. to destroy completely

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revile

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v. to speak of abusively

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curtly

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adv. rudely short/brief in speech

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indefatigable

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adj. untiring

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remonstrance

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n. act of opposition or protest

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imperceptibly

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adj. very gradual or subtle

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indigent

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adj. needy; poor

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barrage

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n. a heavy barrier of artillery fire

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unscathed

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adj. unhurt