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English II Vocab.

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One thousandth of a second millisecond
to surrender often after negotiation of terms capitulate
a slender, tubular instrument used for internal diagnostic examination and surgical procedures endoscope
the quality in something that makes people feel pity or sadness pathos
evenness of temper equanimity
to walk around circumambulate
an irresistible impulse to steal kleptomania
resembling or made to resemble a human form anthropomorphic
a physical disorder that is caused or influenced by the emotional state of the patient psychosomatic
abnormal fear of women gynophobia
a handwritten or typed composition as distinguished from a printed copy manuscript
showing the naïve lack of judgment that accompanies immaturity sophomoric
causing disgust and repulsion loathsome
100th anniversary centennial
fear of heights acrophobia
tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate cordial
involving a great deal of sitting and little movement sedentary
government by the few oligarchy
deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful perfidious
marriage to one person monogamy
confined to a narrow purpose or belief sectarian
a sum of money payable yearly annuity
the state or quality of being unreasonably ill-tempered petulant
commonplace; ordinary pedestrian
of the same kind or general nature homogeneous
watchful and cautious; well-considered circumspect
just; right; fair; reasonable equitable
without interest, care, or enthusiasm perfunctory
the eating of human flesh; cannibalism anthropophagy
rule by mothers or women matriarchy
the crime of marrying while one still has a living spouse bigamy
neither clearly male nor female; bearing traits of both androgynous
an irresistible impulse to burn things pyromania
strongly negative feeling antipathy
fear of public or open spaces agoraphobia
to go around or bypass circumvent
to use double meaning in order to mislead; to be shifty equivocate
an inability to focus one’s attention or concentrate psychataxia
a subtle, tricky method of reasoning that seems logical but actually is not sophistry
to approve or confirm officially homologate
unnecessarily wordy and indirect language, often used to mislead circumlocution
marked by a tiresome focus on narrow, unimportant details pedantic
in agreement; harmonious concordant
sleight of hand; trickery; deception legerdemain
a period of 2,000 years Bimillennium
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