English 12 Final

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Comport

To conduct oneself

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Proliferate

To multiply in numbers rapidly

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Prosaic

Commonplace; lacking beauty, and ordinary

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Concerted

Coordinated with

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Conjecture

A guess

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Protocol

A procedure or system

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Connotation

An idea or feeling a word gives in addition to its literal meaning (Latin)

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Consummate

1. (Verb) To complete, 2. (Adj) Completed or perfect

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Contrivance

A device which gives off a sense of artificially

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Providence

Foresight, fate (destiny)

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Puerile

Childishly silly

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Convalescence

A period of improving health after a sickness

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Puritanical

Extremely moralistic and unbending (Latin)

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Convoluted

Needlessly complicated

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Pyrrhic

Destroying oneself in victory

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Depravity

Moral corruption

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Reproach

To speak to someone in a disapproving way

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Decrepit

1. Elderly and broken down, 2. Ruined out of neglect

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Reconcile

1. Restore friendly relations, 2. Settle a dispute, argument, or inconsistency.

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Degenerate

Morally decayed

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Reclusive

Like a hermit; withdrawing from the company of others

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Corroborate

To support with evidence

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Quintessence

A supreme example of something

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Culminate

To reach the highest point of something (Latin)

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Rankle

To disturb (Rankling)

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Cumbersome

To support with evidence

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Ravenous

1. Incredibly hungry or starving, 2. Of relentlessly

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Debacle

A disaster or enormous failure

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Rebuff

Turn down abruptly or rudely

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Rescind

To cancel or revoke

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Resilience

Toughness, persistence (resilient)

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Desultory

Lacking a plan or purpose

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Resonance

To be filled with deep sound

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Delineate

To mark out or explain thoroughly

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Derision

Ridicule (derisive, deride)

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Relentlees

To continue without ceasing

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Hegemony

Dominate by a group or nation

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Vernacular

Ordinary speech without special terms

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Impervious

Invulnerable not able to be affected by immune

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Zenith

The top part of an arc; the highest point or height of achievement

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Demagogue

A political leader who exploits the desires and prejudices of the crowd

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Relinquish

To give something up

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Diffident

Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence

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Reticent

Reserved about thoughts and feelings

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Disconcerting

Causing worry or concern (negative connotation)

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Rubicon

A point of no return

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Dilatory

Slow and likely to cause delay (negative connotation)

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Rhetoric

1. Speech or writing intended to be persuasive, 2. The study of using language effectively

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Dogmatic

Adhering to a strict code of rules, no matter what

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Savoir Faire

Having a natural ability to do well socially (Positive connotation)

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Dubious

Doubtful or hesitating (French)

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Seethe

To have a boiling but restrained anger (negative connotation)

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Eccentric

(Of a person) unconventional and slightly strange

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Shibboleth

A custom that distinguishes a group, especially when it's used as a test for membership (Hebrew)

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Eclectic

Using the best ideals, styles, or tastes from a diversity of sources. (Greek)

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Smattering

A small, superficial amount of something

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Effeminate

(Of a Male) Having or displaying feminine characteristics

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Solace

Comfort consolation

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Egalitarian

Impartial. Fair-minded; believing in equality

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Sordid

Degenerate or sleazy

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Egregious

Extreme in an offensive way. (Latin)

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Spurious

Lacking logic

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Eloquent

Well spoken; classy

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Stalement

A tie where no one has an advantage

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Eminence

Fame or high regard in a field

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Stigma

A mark of disgrace

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Emissary

A representative sent somewhere for something

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Strident

Harsh, and forceful (negative connotation)

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Endemic

Regularly appearing in a specific place

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Stymie

To prevent or hinder progress (Scottish)

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Enigmatic

Puzzling; something that defies easy explanation (Greek)

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Subjective

Taken from a strictly personal point of view

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Eradicate

To eliminate completely

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Surrealistic

Bizarre, utterly strange and nonsensical

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Erratic

Inconsistent

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Surrogate

A substitute for

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Esoteric

Obscure and overly technical (Greek)

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Taciturn

Quiet and withdrawn

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Fallacious

False; logically unsound (Latin)

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Temerity

Arrogance; excessive boldness

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Distaff

Female or having to do with woman

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Salacious

Lustful or appealing to sexual desire (negative connotation)

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Disparity

A great difference between 2 things (Latin)

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Salient

Very important or noticeable with respect to something. A part that juts

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Dissuade

To convince from something

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Sanguine

Optimistic

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Eviscerate

To disembowel or remove the contents of

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Tandem

Having two things arranged close together or in order

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Exonerate

To free from guilt of suspicion (positive connotation)

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Tangible

Able to be touched

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Extrapolate

To project forward

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Tautology

Something that is obviously true

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Hierarchy

A system of ranking or ordering (Greek)

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Vestige

A trace of something that is disappearing

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Feckless

Irresponsible; worthless; useless; lazy (Scottish)

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Tertiary

Third hand; not directly related (Latin)

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Fiat

A decree or order (Latin)

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Therapeutic

Producing healing

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Fastidious

Exceedingly clean, paying close attention to detail

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Tenet

A principle or belief