English 10H – Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Words (Level G): Semester Two

Question 1

Acuity:

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(n) – sharpness (particularly of the mind or sense)

Question 2

Depraved:

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(adj) – marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles

Question 3

Esoteric:

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(adj) – intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret

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Figment:

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(n) – a fabrication of the mind

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Garner:

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(v) – to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use

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Idiosyncrasy:

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(n) – a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify

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Mundane:

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(adj) – earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary

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Penchant:

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(n) – a strong attraction or inclination

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Sumptuous:

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(adj) – costly, rich, magnificent

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Ubiquitous:

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(adj) – present or existing everywhere

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Agnostic:

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(n) – one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic
(adj) – without faith, skeptical

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Effigy:

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(n) – a crude image of a despised person

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Equity:

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(n) – the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim

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Inane:

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(adj) – silly, empty of meaning or value

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Indubitable:

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(adj) – certain, not to be doubted or denied

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Intermittent:

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(adj) – stopping and beginning again, sporadic

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Neophyte:

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(n) – a new convert, beginner, novice

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Surveillance:

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(n) – a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation

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Sylvan:

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(adj) – pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody

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Travesty:

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(n) – a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation

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Allay:

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(v) – to calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve

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Bestial:

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(adj) – beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility

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Coterie:

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(n) – a circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest

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Embellish:

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(v) – to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details

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Ephemeral:

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(adj) – lasting only a short time, short lived

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Indigent:

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(adj) – needy, impoverished

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Jettison:

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(v) – to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome

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Furtive:

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(adj) – done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen

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Garish:

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(adj) – glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way

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Allege:

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(v) – to assert without proof or confirmation

Question 31

Echelon:

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(n) – one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangment

Question 32

Exacerbate:

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(v) – to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful

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Irrefutable:

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(adj) – impossible to disprove; beyond argument

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Juggernaut:

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(n) – a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path

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Illusory:

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(adj) – misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality

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Lackadaisical:

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(adj) – lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted

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Litany:

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(n) – a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant

Question 38

Macabre:

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(adj) – grisly, gruesome; horrible; distressing; having death as a subject

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Paucity:

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(n) – an inadequate quantity, scarcity

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Portend:

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(v) – to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of

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Raze:

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(v) – to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out

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Recant:

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(v) – to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed; renounce

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Saturate:

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(v) – to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully

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Saturnine:

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(adj) – of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood

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Slough:

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to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary