English honors vocab

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Belligerent
Given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive
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Benevolent
Kindly, charitable
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Cursory
Hasty, quick, not thorough
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Duplicity
Treachery, deceitfulness
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Extol
To praise extravagantly
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Feasible
Possible, Able to be done
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Grimace
A wry face; facial distortion
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Holocaust

A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering 

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Impervious
Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
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Impetus
A moving force, impulse, stimulus
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Jeopardy
Danger
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Meticulous
Extremely careful; Particular about details
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Nostalgia
A longing for something past
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Quintessence
The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
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Retrogress
To move backward; to return to an earlier condition
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Scrutinize
To examine closely
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Tepid
Lukewarm; unenthusiastic; marked by an absence of interest
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Adversary
An enemy; opponent
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Alienate
To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
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Artifice
A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
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Coerce
To compel; to force
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Craven
Cowardly; a coward
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Culinary
Of or related to cooking or the kitchen
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Demise
A death, especially of a person in a lofty position
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Exhilarate
To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
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Fallow
Plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish
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Fallow (noun)
Land left unseeded
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Fallow (verb)
To plow but not seeded
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Harass
To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
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Adulterate
To corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
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Ambidextrous
Able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful; hypocritical
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Augment
To make larger, increase
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Bereft
Deprived of, made unhappy through a loss
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Deploy
To position or arrange; to utilize; to form up
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Dour
Stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill
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Fortitude
Courage in facing difficulties
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Gape
To stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide
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Gibe
To utter taunting words
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Gibe (noun)
An expression of scorn
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Guise
An external appearance, cover, mask
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Insidious
Intended to deceive or entrap; sly; treacherous
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Intimation
A hint, indirect suggestion
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Opulent
Wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose
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Pliable
Easily bent, flexible; easily influenced
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Reiterate
To say again, repeat
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Stolid
Not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull
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Tentative
Experimental in nature; uncertain; hesitant
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Unkempt
Not combed, untidy, not properly maintained, unpolished, rude
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Verbatim
Word for word
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Warily
Cautiously; with great care
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Adroit
Skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
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Amicable
Peaceable; friendly
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Averse

Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

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Inclement (Adjective)
Stormy, harsh, severe in attitude or action
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Liquidate (Verb)
To pay a debt, settle an account; to eliminate
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Muse (Verb)
To think about in a dreamy way; to ponder
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Negligible (Adjective)
So unimportant that it can be disregarded
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Perpetuate (Verb)
To make permanent or long lasting
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Precedent (Noun)
An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
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Punitive (Adjective)
Inflicting or aiming at punishment
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Redress (Verb)
To set right, remedy
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Sojourn (Noun)
A temporary stay
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Urbane (Adjective)
Refined in manner or style; suave