Honors English 1 Final Reveiw

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Fallacy

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a deceptive misleading or flasenotion. Bias deception error falsehood

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Benevolence

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desire to do good to others; goodwill; charitableness.

Compassion friendship sympathy

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Deduce

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to derive as a conclusion from something known or assumed

Assume conclude presume reason

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Obtuse

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not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensible or observant

Dull dumb thick insensitive

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Deficient

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lacking some element or characteristics; defective

Bad damaged flawed incomplete

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Paramount

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chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent

Commanding controlling primary

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Efficacy

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capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness

Performance capability ability

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Pallid

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pale; faint or deficent in color

Dull colorless blanched faded

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Malignant

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disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred

Lethal destructive poisonous

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Immune

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protected from a disease or the like

Allowed protected irresponsible

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Capricious

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subject to, led by, or indicating of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change

Careless moody odd unpredictable

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Tangible

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capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial Actual distinct manifest obvious

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Subtle

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thin, tenuous or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor Deep fine ingenious mental

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Utilitarian

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pertaining to or consisting in utility

Realistic down to earth sensible

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Beguiled

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to influence by trickery, flattery, etc

Bluff cheat double cross

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Centrifugal

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moving or directed outward from the center

Divergent radical diffusive

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Meander

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to proceed by or take winding or indirect course

Roam ramble stroll drift

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Nocturnal

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of or relating to the night

Night late after dark

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Omnipresent

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present everywhere at the same time

Everywhere infinite pervasive

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demoralize

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to deprive of spirit, courage, discipline

blow out disorganize disturb embarrass

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eminently

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highly; very extreme outstanding notable exceeding

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livid

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having a discolored, bluish appearence caused by a bruise gloomy discolored pallid pasty

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passive

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not reading visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling asleep cool hands off laid-back

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denounce

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to condemn orcensure openly or publicily accuse blacklist criticize impeach

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patriarch

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a person regarded as the father or founder author creator father head

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inclination

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a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference

affection capacity desire weakness

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hiatus

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a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action

breach break interval lapse

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glean

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to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit accumulate deduce gather select

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inarticulate

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lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech

blurred halting mumbling speechless

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magnanimous

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generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness forgiving generous unselfish

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nuances

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a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc. shadow graduation suggestion

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acclaim

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to welcome or salute with shouts or sounds of joy and approval

applause honor recognition stroking

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bivouac

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a military enampment made with tents or improvised sheltors usually without shelter or protectection from enemy fire camp dormitory headquarters quarters

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endear

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to make dear, esteemed, or beloved

attach captivate engage value

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fiasco

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a complete and ignominious failure abortion disaster error stunt

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hoary

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gray or white with age

antique elderly rusty venerable

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indelible

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making marks that cannot be erased, removed, or the like enduring lasting permanent unforgettable

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noxious

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harmful or injurious to health or physical well being

foul harmful spoiled toxic

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oracle

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an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry

answer canon fortune prediction

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pensive

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dreamily or wistfully thoughtful

absorbed preoccupied reflecting serious

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innocuous

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not harmful or injurious; harmful

bland innocent inoffensive weak

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lassitude

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weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate

apathy exhaustion fatigue weakness

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libertine

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a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained

cyprian lecher paillard satyr

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lucid

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easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensive

clear comprehensible luminous plain

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gluttonous

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tending to eat and drink excessively

gorging prodigious starving wolfish

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homage

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respect or reverance paid or rendered

adoration honor service tribute

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indictment

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any charge, accusation, serious criticism, or cause for blame

blame citation detention prosecution

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salient

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projecting or pointing outward

arresting famous marked obvious

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parsimonious

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characterized by or showing parsimony

close greedy mean selfish

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sanctimonious

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making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness

false self satisfied smug hypocritical