Vocab And Spelling

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Perceptive

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Having awareness or understanding

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Receptacle

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Anything used to hold something else

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Preconceptions

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Ideas formed in advance

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Recipient

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One who receives

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Perceptible

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Noticeable

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Inception

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Beginning; start

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Incipient

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Just beginning to exist

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Inconceivable

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Unbelievable; unmanageable

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Reception

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A greeting or welcome

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Precipitious

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Sheer; very steep

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Ms. Bryant is …… about her students’ feelings.

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Perceptive

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To ensure pick up, the trash ….. was placed in the driveway

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Receptacle

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Maria’s ……. About what a vacation should be led to disappointment.

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Preconceptions

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Michael was the proud …….. of the mvp award.

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Recipient

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After the police officer heard all the facts, there was a ….. in his tone

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Perceptible

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Dave has been with the youth sports program since its ………

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Inception

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Thanks to the efforts of many villagers, the …….. racial tension was diffused

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Incipient

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After five undefeated seasons, it was ……. The swim team to lose an event

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Inconceivable

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The visiting dignitary from the troubled nation received a warm ……….

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Reception

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Ned liked challenges, but the ……… facing him subdued his zeal to climb.

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Precipitous

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Cadent

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Having inflection or rhythm in tone

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Decadent

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Deteriorated

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Cascaded

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Fell or poured in a succession of stages

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Coincidence

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An accidental occurrence of events

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Casualty

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A person or thing lost, injured, or destroyed

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Occasional

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Happening infrequently

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Cadaver

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A dead body

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Coincided

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Occurred simultaneously

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Occidental

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Western

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Incidental

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Unplanned

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Word roots -Ceive-, -cept-, -cip- mean?

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Take or receive

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Word roots -cad-, -cas-, -cid- mean?

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Fall; an act of falling upon; affecting; an occurrence

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Charitable

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Altruistic/beneficent/generous

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Attacked

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Beleaguered/battered/beaten

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Furtive

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Clandestine/covert/secretive

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Extensive

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Copious/ample/broad

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Scarcity

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Dearth/paucity/insufficiency

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Verbose

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Voluble/loquacious/wordy

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Glaring

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Egregious/flagrant/flaming

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Deceptive

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Spurious/deceitful/false

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Lethal

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Poisonous/malignant/virulent(deadly)

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Profuse

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Voluminous/abundant/lavish

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Kate is greatly admired because she devotes her time to …….. causes

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Altruistic

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After hours of continuous enemy fire, the ……… troops surrendered to the union army

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Beleaguered

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The agency was contacted to investigated the ……… activities of the spy

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Clandestine

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Amanda took …….. notes, hoping to ensure a passing grade on the final exam

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Copious

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When she began writing her paper, Lisa had a ……… of research on her topic

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Dearth

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It was difficult to imagine Edward, a …….. man, listening while others voiced their opinions.

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Voluble

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The interior decorated called the lamp an …….. example of bad taste

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Egregious

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Because of poor organization. Ted’s financial records appeared to be ………….

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Spurious

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When consumed, even a small amount of poisonous substance can be …………

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Virulent

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Only a portion of the author’s ……….. correspondence has been published

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Voluminous

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Extolled

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Criticized

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Enthralled

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Exhausted

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Repudiated

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Embraced

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Regimen

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Location

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Appeased

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Inspired

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Inscrutable

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Understandable

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Delectable

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Flavorless

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Laconic

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Rambling

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Elucidate

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Emulate

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Acrimonious

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Amiable

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Partisan committee members were not ………. By the president’s concessions

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Appeased

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The music critic …….. by the natural ability and talent of the young prodigy

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Extolled

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A new architect ………. The designs of frank Lloyd wright in favor of a contemporary designer

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Repudiated

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The kindergarten children were absolutely ……….. with the mystifying magic tricks performed by the magician

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Enthralled

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Louis embarked on a strict ……….. of exercise that included grueling hours at the gym

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Regimen

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The debate began in a cordial manner, but it quickly degenerated into an …………. Dispute

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Acrimonious

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Although the main entree was tasteless, the desserts at the restaurant were ………….

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Delectable

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Because many students in the class misunderstood the poem, ms.cisneros tried to …………. The meaning

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Elucidate

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The ………. Writing of Ernest Hemingway was in sharp contrast to use more verbose writers of the 1920s

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Laconic

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As the poet’s works became darker and more ……….., her fans found her verses difficult to understand

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Inscrutable

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Disoblige

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-offend someone by not acting in accordance with their wishes. -appease/compliment

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Disputatious

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-fond of having heated arguments -jovial/favorable

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Anomaly

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-something that deviates from what is standard,normal,or expected -normality/regularity

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Obfuscate

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-make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible -clarify/enlighten

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Impervious

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-not allowing fluid to pass through -pénétrable/accessible

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Disaffected

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-no longer supporting or being satisfies with and org or and idea -sensitive/emotional

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Nefarious

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-typically of an action or activity; wicked or criminal -benevolent/virtuous

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Paltry

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-very small and of little or no value -significant/impressive

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Percipient (antonym)

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-having good insight or understanding’ perceptive -obtuse/naive

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Pejorative

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-expressing disapproval, or suggesting that something is not good or is of no importance -flattering/genial