1st Vocab of Year (Word, Def, POS, Sentence w context clue)

a spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for someone or something.

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Affinity

affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting.spiteful; bad-tempered.

Adjective

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Bilious

(of a word) having the same linguistic derivation as another; from the same original word or root. related; connected

Adjective, noun

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Cognate

a proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved.(Noun)forming a proposition that follows from one already proved.(adjective)

Noun, adjective

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Corollary

a street or passage that is closed at one end.

Noun

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Cul-de-sac

action displaying heroic courage.

Noun

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Derring-do

the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means.

Noun

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Divination

a magical or medicinal potion.a particular type of medicinal solution.

Noun

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Elixir

trivial or nonsensical fuss.

Noun

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Folderol

the complete range or scope of something.

Noun

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Gamut

the masses; the common people.

Noun

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Hoi polloli

too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.

Adjective

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Ineffable

study; meditation.

Noun

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Lucubration

a device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something. (Noun) aiding or designed to aid the memory.(adjective)

Noun, adjective

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Mnemonic

strong public criticism or verbal abuse.

Noun

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Obloquy

a numerical or other measurable factor forming one of a set that defines a system or sets the conditions of its operation.

Noun

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Parameter

an expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called on to give opinions about it to the public.

Noun

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Pundit

such as to provoke laughter.

Adjective

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Risible

serving as a symptom or sign, especially of something undesirable.

Adjective

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Symptomatic

an act of turning around so as to face in the opposite direction.an abrupt and complete reversal of attitude, opinion, or position.

Noun

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Volte-face