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Vocabulary Term 1

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Capricious   Characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable  
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Conjecture   Inference or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork  
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Derision   Contemptuous or jeering laughter; ridicule  
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Emulate   To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation  
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Fitful   Occurring in or characterized by intermittent bursts, as of activity; irregular  
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Hapless   Luckless; unfortunate  
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Inarticulate   Uttered without the use of normal words or syllables; incomprehensible as speech or language  
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Lexicon   A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary  
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Permeable   That can be permeated or penetrated, especially by liquids or gases  
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Ruddy   Having a healthy, reddish color  
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Stupor   A state of reduced or suspended sensibility  
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Venial   Easily excused or forgiven; pardonable  
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Benign   Of a kind and gentle disposition  
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Carafe   A glass or metal bottle, often with a flared lip, used for serving water or wine  
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Consort   A husband or wife, especially the spouse of a monarch  
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Fledgling   A young bird that has recently acquired its flight feathers  
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Harbinger   One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner  
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Incorrigible   Incapable of being corrected or reformed  
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Liaison   An instance or a means of communication between different groups or units of an organization, especially in the armed forces.  
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Pernicious   Tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly  
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Enigma   One that is puzzling, ambiguous, or inexplicable  
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Indigent   Experiencing want or need; impoverished  
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Lithe   Readily bent; supple  
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Notorious   Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous  
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Plethora   A superabundance; an excess  
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Rustic   Of, relating to, or typical of country life or country people  
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Vertigo   The sensation of dizziness  
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Admonish   To reprove gently but earnestly  
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Cataclysm   A violent upheaval that causes great destruction or brings about a fundamental change  
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Cower   To cringe in fear  
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Discernible   Perceptible, as by the faculty of vision or the intellect  
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Florid   Flushed with rosy color; ruddy  
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Hermitage   A place where one can live in seclusion; a retreat  
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Innocuous   Having no adverse effect; harmless  
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Livid   Discolored, as from a bruise; black-and-blue  
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Numismatist   The study or collection of money, coins, and often medals  
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Prodigal   Rashly or wastefully extravagant  
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Sadistic   The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others  
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Sylvan   Relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions  
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Unanimity   The condition of being unanimous  
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Obliterate   To do away with completely so as to leave no trace  
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Schism   A separation or division into factions  
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Taint   To affect with or as if with a disease  
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Uncanny   Peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature; eerie  
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Allay   To reduce the intensity of; relieve  
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Bleak   Providing no encouragement; depressing  
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Crestfallen   Dispirited and depressed; dejected  
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Eviscerate   To remove the entrails of; disembowel  
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Fortuitous   Happening by accident or chance  
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Hedonism   Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses  
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Itinerant   Traveling from place to place, especially to perform work or a duty  
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Offal   Waste parts, especially of a butchered animal  
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Puerile   Belonging to childhood; juvenile  
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Scrupulous   Conscientious and exact; painstaking  
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Tawdry   Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance  
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Visage   The face or facial expression of a person; countenance  
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Allege   To assert to be true; affirm  
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Bludgeon   A short heavy club, usually of wood, that is thicker or loaded at one end  
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Cauterize   To burn or sear with a cautery  
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Exhume   To remove from a grave; disinter  
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