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Junior Year- Vocab Unites 4-9

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umbrage   shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; offense; a vague suspcion  
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surmise   to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof  
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unctuous   excessicely smooth or smig; trying too hard to give an impression of earnstness; fatty, oily  
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proclivity   a natural or habitual inclination or tendency  
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expiate   to make amends, make up for  
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petunlant   peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset  
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ingratiate   to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others  
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exhort   to urge strongly  
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expostulate   to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnst reasoning  
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inadvertent   resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional; accidental  
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lurid   causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint  
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transcend   to rise above, or beyond, exceed  
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ferment   a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulance; to be in or work into such a state  
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commiserate   to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress  
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lassitude   weariness of body or mind, lack of energy  
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inveigh   to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval  
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bombastic   pompous or overblown in language; full of high sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas  
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aplomb   poise, ,assurance, great self-confidence  
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provincial   pertaining to an outlying area; narrow in mind or outlook; a person with a narrow point of view  
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peculate   to steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's one use  
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appropation   the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval  
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assuage   to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench  
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hackneyed   used so often as to lack freshness or originally  
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callow   without experience; immature; not fully developed  
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adventitious   resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental  
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sangfroid   composure or coolness especially in trying circumstances  
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prerogative   a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence  
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innuendo   a hint; indirect suggestion or reference  
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interloper   one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder  
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drivel   saliva or mucus flowing form the mouth or nose;foolish;aimless talk; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly  
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ex officio   by virtue of holding a certain office  
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stringent   strict, severe; regorously or urgently binding or compelling, sharp or bitter to the taste  
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coalition   a combination, union, or merger or some specific purpose  
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permeate   to spread through, penetrate, soak through  
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occult   mysterious, magical, supernatural; matters involving the supernatural  
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hiatus   a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)  
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vitriolic   bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong hold)  
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infringe   to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds  
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decadence   decline, decay or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence  
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epitome   a summary, condensed account; represents a larger reality  
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circuitous   roundabout, not direct  
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noncommittal   not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no  
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simulate   to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs  
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wheedle   to use coaxing or falttery to gain some desired end  
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abominate   to have an intense dislike or hatred for  
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ameriorate   to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming  
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elicit   to draw forth, to bring out from some source (such as another person)  
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meritorious   worhty, deserving recognition and praise  
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precipitate   to fall as moisture; to hurl down from a great height; characterized by a distinct haste  
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ascribe   to assign or refer to, attribute  
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intrinsic   belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent  
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intercede   to plead on behalf of someone else; to seve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement  
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acculturation   the modification of the social patterns, traits; the resultant blend  
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nominal   existing in name only, not realtoo small to be considered taken seriously  
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millennium   a period of one thousand years, a period of great joy  
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jaded   wearied, wornout, dulled ( in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence  
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enjoin   to direct or order; to prohibit  
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obium   hatred, contempt  
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ignoble   mean, low, base  
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squeamish   inclined to nausea; easily chocked or upset  
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corpulent   fat; having a large, bulky load  
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bovine   resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive  
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acrimonious   stinging, bitter in temper or tone  
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gauntlet   a challenge  
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susceptible   open to; easily influenced  
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expurgate   to remove objectionable passage or words from a written text; to purify  
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disspassionate   impartial, calm, free from emotion  
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perfidy   faithlessness, treachery  
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disavow   to deny responsibility for or connection with  
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intemperate   immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement  
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dissipate   to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure  
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dissension   disagreement, sharp difference of opinion  
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impugn   to call into question, to attack as false  
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hypothetical   based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation  
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relegate   to place in a lower position; to assign, to refer, turn over; to banish  
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abate   to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit  
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grandious   grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affection or granduer; exaggerated  
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redoubtable   inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent  
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stalwart   strong, sturdy, brave; a strong supporter  
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mitiagte   to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity  
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desecrate   to commit sacrilege upon, pollute  
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infraction   a breaking of a law or obligation  
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cadaverous   pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse  
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inconsequential   trifling, unimportant  
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beneficent   performing acts of kindness or charity; confering benefits, doing good  
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austere   severe or stern in manner; harsh or sour in flavor  
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punctilious   very careful and exact; attentive to fine points  
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pillage   to rob of goods; booty, act of looting  
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crass   coarse, unfeeling; stupid  
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restitution   the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position  
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vulnerable   open to attack  
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prate   to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion  
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reprove   to find fault with, scold, rebuke  
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debase   to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade  
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disconcert   to confuse; disturb the composure of  
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concoct   to create  
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penury   severe poverty  
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pretentious   doing for show  
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adulation   extreme flattery  
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novice   beginner  
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nebulous   cloudlike  
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dilatory   intending to delay  
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recapitulate   to review a series of facts, to sum up  
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culpable   deserving blame  
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anathema   an object of extreme dislike  
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supposition   something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence  
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torpid   sluggish; dull; inactive  
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egregious   standing out in a bad way  
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irresolute   RON KLOSKA (can not make up somes mind)  
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equivocate   talking in a way that allows more than one interuption  
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resuscitate   bring back to life  
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avarice   a greedy desire  
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slovenly   untidy, dirty, careless  
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astute   shrewd, crafty  
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evanescent   passing by  
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expedite   to make easy  
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consternation   dismay, confusion  
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subservient   subordinent in capacity or role; submissively obiedient; seving to promote some end  
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seditious   resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government  
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tenuous   thin' slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness, of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported  
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