Megaton English 10 Vocab List: Round 2

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abhor
to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe
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accolade
praise, an award
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ascetic
one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury
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bequeath
to hand down, to give or to leave in a will
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charlatan
one who claims to know something that he does not, a quack
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conflagration
a large fire
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dearth
a lack, a scarcity
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diffidence
shyness, reserve, unassertiveness
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effervescent
showing high spirits
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ethereal
heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible
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expunge
to remove, to erase
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guile
deceitfulness, duplicity
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implausible
not believable
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incongruity
nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility
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insularity
qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness of opinion
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invective
an utterance of violent censure or verbal attack; a denunciation
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placate
to appease or to pacify by making concessions
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poignant
piercing, incisive, and keen
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provincial
lacking sophistication, narrow-minded
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reiterate
to repeat
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acquiesce
to give in, to comply
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affinity
a likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship
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blasphemous
irreverent, profane
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buttress
a support or prop
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circumspect
careful to consider consequences, cautious, prudent
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irony
a figure of speech in which the literal meaning is opposite of what is intended
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spontaneous
having no external cause, acting on impulse
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synthesis
combining parts into a whole
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vigilant
very alert, watchful
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voluble
ability to use words easily, fluent and glib
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Corroboration
Confirmation
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deplete
to use up gradually, to lessen in amount or value
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despotic
ruling oppressively and absolutely ; tyrannical
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emaciated
very thin (usually resulting from starvation) ; wasting away
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empirical
based on observation or experiment and not on theory
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extraneous
Not essential or vital
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fallow
Inactive ; plowed but not sowed
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homogenous
Of the same kind
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hyperbole
Obvious exaggeration
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incontrovertible
indisputable
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inference
a reasonable conclusion from information actually presented
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irascible
irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross
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laconic
using a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude
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magnanimity
having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit
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obsequious
overly attentive, like a sycophant, servile
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proliferation
an increase in number, multiplication
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scrupulous
very principled, very careful and conscientious
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surreptitious
secret, clandestine, stealthy
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veracity
devotion to the truth
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zeal
enthusiasm, fervor
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ambiguous
having more than one meaning; unclear, uncertain
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amiable
friendly, sociable, and congenial; civil and urbane
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crass
coarse, crude, and unrefined
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discursive
rambling, moving from one topic to another randomly
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docile
easily managed, obedient, passive
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estrange
to alienate, to separate
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exonerate
to free from blame, obligation, or responsibility; to exculpate
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gratuitious
given freely, unwarranted
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indignation
anger as a result of something unjust
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metonomy
the name of one object is substituted for something closely related to it.
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induce
to bring on or to bring about
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intractable
stubborn, difficult to manage
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introspective
the quality of examining one's own mind or thoughts
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lucid
easily understood, mentally sound
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meticulous
taking great care
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onomatopoeia
natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words such as “buzz” or “hiss”
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plagiarize
to steal and to use another's writings as one's own
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profuse
extravagantly abundant, flowing freely
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munificent
very generous
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recluse
a person who lives in solitude, a hermit
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abstracted
removed in thought from the immediate situation, lost in one's own mind
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adulation
extreme praise or admiration
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adversity
misfortune, unfavorable happening
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burgeon
to sprout, to newly emerge
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chimera
a fantasy; a horrible creature of the imagination
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oxymoron
contradictory terms are grouped together to suggest a paradox
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sated
satisfied fully, indulged to excess
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terse
concise
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transient
quickly passing, fleeting
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virtuoso
one skilled in the fine arts as an accomplished musician, a savant
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culpable
deserving blame; guilty
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decadent
decaying
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entreaty
a plea, an earnest request
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fatuous
foolish, silly in an obnoxious way, inane
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indulgent
lenient, especially toward oneself
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ineptness
lack of competence or judgment
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ingrate
an ungrateful person
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inundate
to flood, to overflow
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miser
one who lives in wretched circumstances to save and hoard money
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parody
a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing