ELA Spring Final Vocab Ch. 31-Historical Notes

Question 1

[n] the fact of not having sex, or not having sex outside of marriage; the fact of not doing something, usually something that is considered harmful such as drinking alcohol or using a drug

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abstinence
([adj] abstinent, [v] abstain)

Question 2

[n] conversation that is funny and not serious

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banter
([adj] bantering, [v] banter)

Question 3

[n] a feeling of friendliness toward people that you work or share an experience with

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camaraderie

Question 4

[n] belief in something that is not true; something a person believes and wants to be true, when it is actually not true

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delusion
([adj] delusional, [v] delude)

Question 5

[n] a short trip either to take a message or to take or collect something

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errand

Question 6

[n] the act of inventing false information in order to deceive someone, or the false information itself; the act of producing a product

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fabrication
([v] fabricate)

Question 7

[n] a large group of boats or small ships esp. millitary ships

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flotilla

Question 8

[n] lack of activity or interest, or unwillingness to make an effort; the tendency not to change what is happening; the physical force that keeps something in the same position

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inertia
([adj] inert)

Question 9

[n] the quality of being happy and liking to make jokes

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jocularity
([adj] jocular)

Question 10

[n] physical or mental tiredness

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lassitude

Question 11

[n] a person who suffers greatly or is killed because of their religious or political beliefs; someone who tries to get sympathy from others when he or she has a problem or too much work, usually when that person caused the problem or chose to do the work

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martyr
([adj] martyred, [v] martyr)

Question 12

[n] the other side of something

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obverse
([adj] obverse)

Question 13

[n] the state of being very pale

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pallor

Question 14

[n] a remark or statement that may be true but is boring and has no meaning because it has been said so many times before

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platitude
([adj] platitudinous)

Question 15

[n] an event or action that introduces or prepares for something else

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preliminaries
([adj] preliminary)

Question 16

[n] something that certain people are able or allowed to do or have, but is not possible or allowed for everyone

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prerogative

Question 17

[n] the process of building or creating something again that has been damaged or destroyed; an attempt to get a complete description of an event using the information available, or to repeat what happened during the event

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reconstruction
([adj] reconstructive, [v] reconstruct)

Question 18

[n] a large group of soldiers; large number of things or people

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regiment
([adj] regimental, [v] regiment)

Question 19

[n] something that completely fails to do what it is intended or expected to do, and therefore seems ridiculous

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travesty
([v] travesty)

Question 20

[n] the power to make your own decisions

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volition
([adj] volitional)

Question 21

[v] to rouse(make something active) to action; to become active after a period of rest

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bestir

Question 22

[v] to give something as an honor or present

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bestow
([n] bestowal)

Question 23

[v] prevent access to or from an area or building by surrounding it with police or other guards

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cordon
([adj][n] cordon)

Question 24

[v] to prevent someone from or to make someone less enthusiastic about doing something by threatening bad results or making it difficult for that person to do it

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deter
([adj][n] deterrent)

Question 25

[v] to remove unwanted things from the bottom of a river, lake, etc. using a boat or special device; to drop flour, sugar, etc. over food

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dredge ([n] dredge)

Question 26

[v] to express a quality or feeling through the way that you look and behave; to come from or out of

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emanate ([adj] emanational, [n] emanation)

Question 27

[v] to show or make obvious something you are proud of in order to get admiration; to show your body in a confident and sexual manner

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flaunt ([adj] flaunty, [n] flaunter)

Question 28

[v] to dig or cut into something in a rough or violent way; to charge someone too much money for something, in a way that is dishonest

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gouge

Question 29

[v] to secretly become part of a group in order to get information or to influence the way that group thinks or behaves

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infiltrate ([n] infiltration)

Question 30

[v] to put something such as a plan or system in danger of being harmed or damaged

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jeopardize ([adj] jeopardized, jeopardizing, [n] jeopardization)

Question 31

[v] to (cause something or someone to) move suddenly and violently; to shock someone in order to change their behavior or way of thinking

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jolt ([n] jolter)

Question 32

[v] to damage something(idea, art, entertainment) severely, especially by violently removing a part

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mutilate ([n] mutilation)

Question 33

[v] to get something, especially after an effort; to get a prostitute for someone else to have sex with

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procure ([n] procurement)

Question 34

[v] to spread through all parts of something

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pervade ([adj] pervasive, [n] pervader)

Question 35

[v] to announce in public that your past beliefs or statements were wrong and that you no longer agree with them

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recant ([n] recantation)

Question 36

[v] to move farther away into the distance, or to become less clear or less bright; to get lower in value, amount, or number

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recede ([adj] receding, [n] recession)

Question 37

[v] to tear or break something violently

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rend ([adj] rendible, [n] rend)

Question 38

[v] to search for something by moving things around carelessly and looking into, under, and behind them

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rummage ([n] rummage)

Question 39

[v] to try to destroy or damage something, especially an established political system

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subvert

Question 40

[v] to take control of a position of power, especially without having the right to

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usurp ([adj] usurpative, usurpatory, [n] usurpation)

Question 41

[adj] very skillful and quick in the way you think or move

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adroit ([n] adroitness)

Question 42

[adj] more than enough; large

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ample ([v] amplify)

Question 43

[adj] not completely accurate but close; almost exact

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approximate ([n] approximation, [v] approximate)

Question 44

[adj] very confident, usually in a way that is slightly annoying

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cocky ([n] cockiness)

Question 45

[adj] consisting of shapes such as squares, triangles, or rectangles

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geometrical ([n] geometry, [v] geometrize)

Question 46

[adj] not showing emotions or thoughts and therefore very difficult to understand or get to know

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inscrutable ([n] inscrutableness)

Question 46

[adj] showing that you are happy and confident; happy and confident

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jaunty ([n] jauntiness)

Question 47

[adj] used to describe a woman who usually is not young, is fat and does not dress in a fashionable way

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matronly ([n] matron)

Question 48

[adj] very small in amount

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minimal ([n] minimalist, minimalism, [v] minimize)

Question 49

[adj] very generous with money

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munificent ([n] munificence)

Question 50

[adj] unable to be trusted, or showing no loyalty

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perfidious ([n] perfidiousness)

Question 51

[adj] humorous in an unkind way that shows you do not respect someone or something; showing an amused attitude that suggests a criticism but does not express it

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sardonic ([n] sardonicism)

Question 52

[adj] kept separate or treated differently according to race, sex, religion, etc.

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segregated ([n] segregation, [v] segregate)

Question 53

[adj] giving or expressing pleasure through the physical senses, rather than pleasing the mind or the intelligence

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sensuous ([n] sensuousness)

Question 54

[adj] walking or tending to walk while asleep; sluggish

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somnambulant ([n] somnambulation, [v] somnambulate)

Question 55

[adj] dirty and in bad condition; morally wrong and shocking

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sordid

Question 56

[adj] untidily scattered

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strewn ([v] strew)

Question 57

[adj] willing to do what other people want, or considering your wishes as less important than those of other people

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subservient ([n] subservience, [adj] subserviate)

Question 58

[adj] tending not to speak much

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taciturn ([n] taciturnity)

Question 59

[adj] looking bright and attractive but in fact cheap and of low quality; showing or having low moral standards

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tawdry ([n] tawdriness)