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Wave Group 2
10th grade wave words for FLASH CARD, STUDY STACK AND STUDY TABLE GAMES ONLY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| PAINSTAKING "painstacking research" | THOROUGH; CAREFUL; PRECISE |
| NOTORIOUS "a notorious gangster" | infamous; widley known and usually unfavorably |
| Utopia "To a warden, utopia is an escape-proof jail" | an imaginary and remote place of perfection |
| Privy "a privy place to rest and think" | confidential; secret |
| Epitome "he is seen...as the epitome of the right-of-central intellectual" | a model; a typification; a represenation |
| Ornate "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato" | elaborate; lavish; decorated |
| Plethora "a plethora of workers helped make this possible" | an extreme excess or abundance an extreme excess or abundance |
| Derivative "a highly derivative prose style" | taken directly from a source; unoriginal |
| Forbearance "he needs a calm forbearance until his rage slows" | patience; self-restraint |
| Gallivant "gallivanting around town in his new car" | to wander; to roam about in search of amusement |
| Nebulous "nebulous distinction betwwen pride and conceit" | vaguely defined; cloudy |
| Quagmire "he was struggling in the deepening quagmire of the Algerian war" | a messy, difficult situation |
| Surmise "I surmised that the butler did it" | to infer with little evidence |
| Extol "extol the virtues of one's children" | to praise; to revere |
| Lurid "a lurid account of the crime" | ghastly; gruesome; sensational |
| Usurp "usurp a neighbor's land" | to seize by force; to take possession of without right |
| Succinct "a succinct reply", "a succinct style" | marked by compact precision |
| Ingratiate "She quickly sought to ingratiate herself with the new administration" | to gain favor with someone by conscious effort |
| Myriad "the myriad fish in the ocean", "the myriad life of the metropolis" | numerous, countless, (n.) a very large number |
| Cognizant "our youth are cognizant of the law" | aware, mindful |
| Deprecate "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts" | to belittle; to depreciate |
| Corroborate "We have no records to support and corroborate what we deliver" | to support with evidence; to make more certain |
| Invective "he let loose at him with a mess of invective about writers" | abusive, reproachful, or accusatory language |
| Bane "the bane of my life" | source of harm or ruin |
| Rhapsodize "poets who know no better rhapsodize about the peace of nature" | to be overly enthusiastic about something |
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