Vocabulary List 2nd Semester

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whimsical

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subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable

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inconsequential

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unimportant

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superficial

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concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow

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tenuous

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having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak

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trivial

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of little importance or significance

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assiduous

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hard-working

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compelling

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forceful; urgently demanding attention

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diligent

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marked by painstaking effort; hard-working

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dogged

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stubbornly persevering

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endure

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to put up with; to survive a hardship

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intrepid

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courageous; fearless

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maverick

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one who is independent and resists adherence to a group

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obdurate

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stubborn; inflexible

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obstinate

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stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action

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proliferate

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to grow or increase rapidly

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Tenacity

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Persistence

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Vitality

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Energy; power to survive

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Assimilation

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To absorb; to make similar

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Consensus

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General agreement

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Context

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Environment ; circumstances of a situation

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Derived

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Copied or adapted from a source

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Incumbent

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Imposed as a duty; obligatory

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Inevitable

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Certain to happen; unavoidable

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Malleable

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Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced

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Subdue

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To restrain ; to hold back

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acquired

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developed or learned; not naturally occurring

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conception

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the ability to form or understand an idea

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conviction

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a fixed or strong belief

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dogmatic

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stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs

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enlightening

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informative; contributing to one's awarness

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impression

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a feeling or understanding from an experience

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intuition

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the power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight

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misconception

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an incorrect understanding or interpretation

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perception

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awareness; insight

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perspective

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point of view

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profound

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having great depth or seriousness

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inherent

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inborn; built-in

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innate

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possessed from birth; inborn

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inveterate

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long established; deep-rooted; habitual

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omnipotent

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all-powerful

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proximity

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closeness

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elusive

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difficult to capture, as in something actually fleeting

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emigrate

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to leave one country or region and settle in another

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transient

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passing away with time; passing from one place to another

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transitory

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short-lived or temporary

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affable

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easy-going; friendly

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amenable

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responsive; agreeable

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camaraderie

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good will between friends

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cordial

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friendly; sincere

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facetious

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playfully humorous

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impinge

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hinder; interfere with

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lament

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express grief for; mourn

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melancholy

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sadness; depression

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sanction

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an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country

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truncated

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shortened; cut off

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aesthetic

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having to do with the appreciation of beauty

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anthology

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a collection of literary pieces

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contemporary

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current, modern; from the same time

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dilettante

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one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge

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eclectic

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made up of a variety of sources or styles

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Excerpt

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A selected part of a passage or scene

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Genre

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Describing a category or artistic endeavor

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Medley

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An assortment or a mixture especially of musical pieces

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Mural

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A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface

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Narrative

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Characterized by the telling of a story . a story

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Parody

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An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect

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Realism

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Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy

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Virtuoso

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A tremendously skilled artist

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Decorous

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Proper; marked by Good taste

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Equanimity

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The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure

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Modest

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Quiet or humble in manner or appearance

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Propriety

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Appropriateness of behavior

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Prudent

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Exercising good judgement or common sense

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Serene

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Calm

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Staid

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Unemotional; serious

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Stoic

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Impassive

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Condemn

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Denounce

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Discredit

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To cause to be doubted

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Disparage

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To belittle

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Pejorative

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Describing words that belittle someone

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Plagiarism

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The act of passing off the ideas of writing of anothers as one's own

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Vilify

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To make vicious statements about

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Brusque

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Rudely abrupt

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Caustic

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Bitingly sarcastic

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Fractious

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Quarrelsome

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Incorrigible

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Unable to be reformed

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Ingrate

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An ungrateful person

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Insolent

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Insulting in manner or speech

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Notorious

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Infamous

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Pugnacious

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Combative

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Reprehensible

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Worthy of blame

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brittle

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easily broken when subjected to pressure

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deleterious

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having a harmful effect; injurious

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enmity

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mutual hatred or ill-will

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heinous

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hatefully evil; abominable

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malfeasance

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wrongdoing, misconduct

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malice

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extreme ill-will or spite

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putrid

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rotten

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rancorous

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hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will

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toxic

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poisonous

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archaic

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characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned

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hackneyed

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worn out through overuse; trite

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medieval

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referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned

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obsolete

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no longer in use; old-fashioned

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austere

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without decoration; strict