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Edification

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Noun- improvement or enlightenment

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Malfeasance

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Noun- misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official

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Feasible

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Adjective; capable of being accomplished

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Surfeit

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Noun: condition of being too full; overabundance

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Magnum opus

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Noun: the greatest risk of an artist, writer, or composer

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Modus operandi

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Noun: manner of working

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Opulent

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Adjective: possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent

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Synergy

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Noun: the power that results from the combination of two or more forces

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Liturgy

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Noun: a pattern of prayer or warship

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Lethargy

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Noun: a state of sluggishness inactivity and apathy

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Laborious

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Adjective: requiring mental or physical effort

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Belabor

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To discuss into much detail or to attack

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Elaborate

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Verb: to explain in great detail

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Stanch

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Verb: to stop the flow of

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Staunch

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Adjective: firm and steadfast

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Extant

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Still in existence; not destroyed

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Restive

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Adjective: resisting authority; difficult to control or restless; fidgety

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Apropos

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With regard to

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Depose

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To remove from office or power

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Static

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Having no motion or change

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Ecstasy

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Noun; intense Joy or delight

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Stasis

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Condition in which there is no change

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Entity

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Noun; A being

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Essence

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Noun: the most important ingredient; the crucial element

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Quintessential
Adjective: the most typical, ideal, or important
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Verdure
Noun: greenery; fresh and ripe vegetation
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Verdant
Adjective: green; less with vegetation
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Viridity
Noun: lack of experience; innocence
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Candid
Adjective: open and sincere
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Candor
Noun: frankness or sincerity of expression; openness
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Incandescent
Shining brightly
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Pallor
Noun: Extreme or unnatural paleness
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Pallid
Adjective: Lacking color; dull
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Appall
Verb: to fill with Horror or disapproval
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Livid
Adjective: enraged; furious
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Denaigrate
Verb: to attack the character of; to mock
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Peccadillo
Noun: a small sin or fault
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Impeccable
Adjective: having no flaws
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Peccant
Violating a moral law; sinful
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Pejorative
Adjective: negative and critical; insulting
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Impair
Verb: to cause to diminish, as in strengths, value, or quality
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Malign
Qverb: to speak of maliciously; insult
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Malinger
Verb: to pretend to be sick in order to avoid something
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Malaise
Noun: a sense of unease; depression
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Negligent
Adjective: not properly attentive
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Negligible
Unimportant; insignificant
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Negate
To cancel the effect of; nullify
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Discomfit
Verb – to embarrass and confuse
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Jocose
Adjective: cheerful ; Merry
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Jocular
Adjective: characterized by joking
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Festoon
Verb: to drape or adorn festively
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Fete
Verb: to honor with a banquet or feast
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Bacchic
Adjective: of or related to wild celebration
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Bacchanal
Noun: a drunken party or celebration
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Plaintive
Adjective: sorrowful; expressing or evoking mourning or sadness
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Plaint
Noun: a lament or complaint
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Elegy
Noun: a song or poem memorializing something or someone
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Elegiac
Adjective: morning that which is lost or past; sorrowful
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Somnolent
Adjective: drowsy; sleepy
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Soporific
Adjective: causing sleep or fatigue
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Sopor
Noun: sleep; drowsiness
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Languid
Adjective: lacking energy; weak
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Languish
Verb: to waste away
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Languor
Noun: lack of physical or mental energy
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Vigilant
Adjective: on the alert; watchful
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Vigilante
Noun: someone who takes law enforcement into their own hands
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Acquiesce
Verb: to give in
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Requiem
Noun: a song or religious service for the dead or lost
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Quittances
Noun: a repayment; compensation
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Fortuitous
Adjective: happening by lucky accident or chance
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Fortuity
Noun: chance or accident
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Auspices
Noun: protection or support; patronage
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Auspicious
Adjective: followed by favorable circumstances
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Predestination
Noun: the belief that one's fate has been determined in advance by a higher power
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Destine
Verb: intend for a specific end or purpose
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Consortium
Noun: a group of companies or institutions
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Consort
1. Verb: to keep company; associate | 2. Noun: a companion, especially a romantic one
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Propitious
Adjective: lucky; favorable
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Propitiate
Verb: to soothe or satisfy; to appease
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Importune
Verb: to urge our bed without end
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Importunate
Adjective: extremely demanding; insistent
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Rapport
Noun: a positive relationship
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Insufferable
Adjective: impossible to bear intolerable
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Preferential
Adjective: giving or showing in advantage to one over another
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Euphoria
Noun: a feeling of great happiness or well-being
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Congested
Adjective: overcrowded; too tightly packed
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Gestate
Verb: to conceive and develop in the mind and body
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Gesticulate
Verb: to make gestures for emphasis

11th grade vocab (2 decks)

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