Semester 1 Vocab (10th Grade) Flashcards
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Anthropomorphism
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Attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena
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Apotheosis
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Deification; exaltation to divine rank
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Appease
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To bring peace or calm to; to soothe
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Archetype
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A model or prototype; an ideal example of a type
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Atonement
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A making up for past wrongs
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Bane
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A cause of death, destruction, or ruin
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Beseech
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To request earnestly; to beg
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Exonerate
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To free from blame
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Expiate
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To make amends or reparations for; to atone
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Matriarchal
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Dominated by a female figure or authority
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Desolation
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Devastation or ruin; Dreariness or barrenness
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Slovenly
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Untidy or unclean in appearance or habits
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Churlish
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Of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl; vulgar; Marked by a lack of civility or graciousness; surly
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Listless
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Characterized by a lack of energy, interest, or spirit
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Curate
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A clergyman in charge of a parish
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Aut, Auto
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Self
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Am, Amor
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love; liking; friendliness
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Monomyth
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One story common to all cultures and peoples
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Monotheism
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The belief in only one god
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Patriarchal
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Dominated by a male figure or authority
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Penitence
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Regret for wrongdoings
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Pestilence
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A plague or disease
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Polytheism
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A worship of or belief in more than one god
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Precipice
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An overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; a cliff
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Reconcile
To restore to harmony; to resolve or settle
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Reticence
The state or quality of being reserved or reluctant
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Servile
Submissive or slavish
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Soliloquize
To utter a soliloquy; to talk to oneself
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Impertinence
The quality or state of being improperly bold or forward; insolence
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Misanthrope
One who hates or mistrusts humankind
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Compel
To force, drive, or constrain; to necessitate by pressure or by force
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Degradation
The act or process of reducing in grade, rank, or status; A decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
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Cracy
Government
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Anim
Mind, will, spirit
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Ardor
Fiery intensity of feelings
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Formidable
Causing fear, apprehension, or dread
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Guile
Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit
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Peril
Exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger
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Plunder
To rob of goods or valuables by open force
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Ponderous
Of great weight; heavy; massive
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Profusion
Abundance; a great quantity or amount
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Shun
To avoid deliberately
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Tumult
A general outbreak, riot, uprising, or other disorder
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Valor
Boldness or determination in facing great danger
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Abode
A place in which a person resides; An extended stay in a place
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Conjecture
Inference or judgement based on incomplete evidence; to infer from inconclusive evidence
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Interloper
One that interferes with the affairs of others, often for selfish reasons
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Vociferous
Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry
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Dem, Demo
People
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Fin
End, boundary, limit
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Parry
to deflect, evade, or avoid
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Aloof
Distant physically or emotionally; reversed and remote
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Contentious
Given to contention; quarrelsome; argumentative
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Cower
To cringe in fear
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Implacable
Impossible to appease, satisfy, or soothe
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Impudence
The quality of being offensively bold; offensively held behavior
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Insidious
Intended to entrap; treacherous; Beguiling but harmful
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Rebuke
To critics or reprove sharply; to reprimand
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Revelry
Boisterous merrymaking
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Revulsion
A feeling of violent disgust or loathing
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Supplication
The act of asking for earnestly, as by praying or beseeching
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Expostulate
To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct them; to protest or dispute
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Prognosticate
To predict or foretell; to foreshadow
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Poignant
Profoundly moving; touching; near skillful and to the point
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Munificent
Very liberal in giving; generous
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Deplorable
Wretched or bad
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Pan
All; complete
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Flu, fluc, flux
Flow
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Abash
To make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert
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Ardor
Fiery intensity of feeling
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Contrive
To plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise
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Countenance
Appearance, especially the expression of the face
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Indignation
Anger aroused by something unjust, mean, or unworthy
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Insolent
Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech, arrogant
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Shrewd
Marked by keen awareness, sharp intelligence, and often practicality
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Vex
To annoy or bother
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Wily
Full of wiles; cunning
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Wrathful
Full of wrath; fiercely angry
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Flog
To beat severely with a whip or rod
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Infernal
Of or relating to a lower world of the dead; fiendish; diabolical
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Perdition
Loss of the soul; eternal damnation
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Covetousness
The state of extreme desire for that which belongs to another
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Propriety
The state or quality of being proper
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Chron, Chrono
Time
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Gen, Gener
Birth, kind, class
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Agitation
A state of excitement, disturbance, or worry
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Ewer
A large jug or pitcher with a wide mouth
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Ignoble
Dishonorable; base; despicable
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Indiscriminate
Lacking discrimination or careful choice; random or promiscuous
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Perpetual
Eternal; permanent
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Pious
Having or expressing reverence for a god or gods; religious; devout
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Rapture
The state of mind resulting from feelings of high emotion; joyous ecstasy
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Semblance
Outward appearance, especially without any inner substance or reality
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Vengeance
The act of or desire for taking revenge; retributive punishment
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Wretched
In poor or pitiful circumstances; characterized by or causing misery
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Fiend
A person who is extremely wicked, especially in being very cruel or brutal
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Coquette
A woman who flirts
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Imprecation
A malediction; curse
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Paragon
A model of excellence; pattern
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Acquiesce
To comply with; assent to without protest
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Propriety
The quality or state of being appropriate, proper, or fitting
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Mania
Madness
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Greg
Herd or flock
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Brusquely
Roughly, abruptly
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Derogatory
Belittling, Condescending
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Imperiously
Overbearingly; in a domineering way
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Mollify
To soothe, pacify, or satisfy
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Morosely
Gloomily, sullenly
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Ominously
Threatening; in a way that suggests harm
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Pathos
The quality an author achieves to bring sympathy to the reader
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Plaintively
Sorrowfully, mournfully, sadly
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Pugnacious
Quarrelsome; ready to fight
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Recumbent
Leaning, reclining
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Elicit
To give rise to; to evoke
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Fret
To distress or be distressed; worry
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Epistle
A letter, especially one that is long, formal, or didactic
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Deportment
The manner in which a person behaves, especially in physical bearing
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Sanguine
Cheerful and confident; optimistic
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Ped
Child
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Here, hes
Stick
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Alienation
Withdrawal or detachment, as from one's society
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Avert
To turn away from
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Belligerently
In a way that shows readiness to fight
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Bemused
Lost in thought; preoccupied
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Contemptuously
Without respect; scornfully
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Contorted
Twisted
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Crestfallen
Dejected, disheartened
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Derision
Ridicule
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Euthanasia
An easy and painless death
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Retort
To reply quickly, sharply, wittily, or angrily
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Pertinacious
Unyielding; stubborn or persistent
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Doleful
Sorrowful; sad
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Paltry
Insignificant; very small; worthless
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Evince
To make evident; to show clearly
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Physiognomy
The art of judging human character from facial features
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Ortho
Straight, upright, correct
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Litera
Written; of letters
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Abet
To assist or encourage, especially in crime or wrongdoing
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Coerce
To compel or restrain by force or authority without regard to individual wishes or desires
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Divulge
To make known; to disclose
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Dogmatic
Forcibly asserted as if authoritative and unchallengeable
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Extraneous
Not essential, irrelevant
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Gregarious
Enjoying the company of others, social
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Insipid
Lacking spirit; boring
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Jaundiced
Affected by or exhibiting envy, prejudiced, or hostility
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Meticulous
Extremely careful and precise
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Temerity
Fearless, daring
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Apathetic
Having or showing little or no emotion; indifferent
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Adjuration
A solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
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Diabolical
Excruciatingly bad; outrageous
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Culpable
Deserving censure; blameworthy
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Peruse
To read or examine with care; study
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Gen, geno, genea
Race, kind, birth
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Luc, lum
Light
