Honors Vocab

Question 0

To shorten

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Truncate

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A suspension of activity an authorized delay

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Moratorium

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Fragile or easy to break

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Frangible

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Causing mental or physical pain

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Wrenching

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Any long, repetitive, dull recital

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Litany

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To dry out. To remove moisture

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Desiccate

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Full abondent

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Replete

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Tiresome long seemingly endless

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Interminable

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Fervent, fanatical

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Zealous

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Occurring or seeming to occur everywhere

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Ubiquitous

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Rapport or goodwill

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Camaraderie

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Composure and calmness

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Equanimity

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Everyday language

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Vernacular

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Mournful gloomy

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Lugubrious

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Suitable for cultivation

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Arable

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Someone who participates in a conversation

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Interlocutor

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Dark and forbidding

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Stygian

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A deliberately deceptive or misleading argument

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Sophistry

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Unconcerned indifferent

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Nonchalant

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A transformation or dramatic change

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Metamorphosis

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Strictly disregarding individual differences or circumstances

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Procrustean

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A fight an uproar

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Donnybrook

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Technical names or naming system in an art or science

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Nomenclature

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Familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures

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Cosmopolitan

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A trace or evidence of something that once existed

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Vestige

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Boundless authority unlimited power

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Carte Blanche

Question 26

A chant a recited magical spell

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Incantation

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A robber it bandit

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Brigand

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Haughty scornful

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Contemptuous

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Abundant prevalent

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Rife

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no longer current or acceptable; antiquated

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archaic

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to take over to seize power

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usurp

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keen mentally sharp

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perspicacious

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not allowing refusal or delay; imperative

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peremptory

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transparent; clear

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pellucid

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an evil wicked act

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iniquity

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melodious; pleasing to the ear

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dulcet

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to waver; sway indecisively

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vacillate

Question 38

a universal truth; an established rule

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axiom

Question 39

a magic charm or superstitious object for protection or good luck

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talisman

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one who bears blame for others

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scapegoat

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to remove vulgar or objectionable material

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expurgate

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treating with condescension; acting superior

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patronizing

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using or consuming sparingly

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abstemious

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an artists or designers workshop

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atelier

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Effective producing the desired outcome

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Efficacious

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A release of emotional tension

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Catharsis

Question 47

An established principal a truth or rule of conduct

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Maxim

Question 48

To alienate

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Estrange

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Of or relating to a things basic nature inherent

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Intrinsic

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To overwhelm to fill beyond capacity

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Inundate

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Mutually destructive

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Internecine

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To regard with respect awe or adoration

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Revere

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Relating to laughter laughable

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Risible

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Marked by luxury or pleasure

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Sybaritic

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Pertaining to twilight

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Crepuscular

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Acclaim or praise

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Kudos

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Rotten and foul smelling

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Putrid

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Submissive slavish

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Servile

Question 59

Of questionable authenticity but widely believed

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Apocryphal