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AITE 9th Grade ELA Honors (Mr. Wolff) > Vocab Lists 1-16 > Flashcards

Vocab Lists 1-16 Flashcards

This was hell to put together

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Fabrication

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Lie; something made up

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Frugal

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Economical; not wasting money

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Furtive

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Sneaky; secretive

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Futile

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Useless; hopeless; having no positive result

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Gregarious

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Friendly; outgoing

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Hapless

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Unlucky

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration (especially used as a figure of speech to make a point)

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Imminent

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About to happen

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Impartial

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Fair; unbiased; not favoring one side or the other

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Incisive

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Cutting right to the heart of the matter

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Indolent

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Lazy

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Instigate

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To provoke; to stir up; to initiate a conflict

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Insolent

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Disrespectful; insulting; arrogant

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Inept

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Incompetent; totally lacking in skill or ability

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Laconic

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Untalkative; using very few words

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Laud

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To praise highly

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Loquacious

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Talking a lot or too much

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Mortify

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To be humiliated

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Mentor

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Coach; teacher; guide

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Minuscule

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Tiny

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Aberration

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Something out of the ordinary; not fitting the normal pattern

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Abhor

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To hate.

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Adamant

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Stubborn; unyielding

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Admonish

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To scold or to warn.

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Affluent

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Wealthy

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Avarice

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Greed

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Belligerent

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Combative; quarrelsome; seeking conflict

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Candor

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Openness; honesty

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Castigate

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To criticize severely

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Callow

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Immature

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Culpable

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Deserving blame; guilty

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Dearth

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Lack; shortage; scarcity

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Disinterested

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Impartial; not favoring one side or the other

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Docile

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Easily controlled; obedient

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Dubious

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Doubtful

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Elusive

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Hard to catch or pin down; evasive

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Emulate

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To imitate (something you admire)

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Equitable

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Fair; just

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Exasperate

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To annoy; to irritate; to cause to lose patience

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Extol

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To praise highly

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Novel

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Original; New

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Ostentatious

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Pretentiously excessive; “show-offy”

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Paltry

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Meager; insignificant; worthless

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Parsimonious

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Stingy; cheap; overly frugal

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Pedestrian

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Ordinary; unimaginative; run of the mill

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Peruse

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To read carefully or thoroughly

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Petulant

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Irritable; cranky; ill-tempered

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Prolific

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Productive; fruitful; fertile

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Proficient

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Skillful

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Prudent

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Careful; sensible

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Reclusive

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Hermit-like; withdrawn from society

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Refute

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To disprove by argument or evidence

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Relinquish

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To release; to let go of; to give up

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Replenish

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To resupply; to refill; to restock

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Reprehensible

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Worthy of blame or criticism

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Revere

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To respect highly; to worship

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Sagacious

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Wise; having good judgment

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Scrutinize

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To examine carefully

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Sloth

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Laziness

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Squander

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To waste

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Succinct

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Brief and to the point; concise

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Surreptitious

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Sneaky; furtive

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Taciturn

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Untalkative by nature

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Tenacious

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Persistent; not giving up; not letting go

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Tentative

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Uncertain; hesitant; not definitely decided

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Temerity

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Boldness; recklessness; audacity

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Ubiquitous

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Being everywhere at once

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Uniform

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Consistent; unchanging; the same throughout or the same for everyone

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Unwitting

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Unintentional; ignorant; not aware

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Urbane

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Suave; refined, smooth and sophisticated in manners or style

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Veracity

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Truthfulness

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Verbose

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Using too many words; not succinct or concise

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Vex

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To annoy; to irritate

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Vilify

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To say vile (bad) things about

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Vindictive

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Vengeful (seeking revenge); spiteful

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Absolve

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To forgive; to free from blame or sin

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Accolade

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An award, honor or expression of praise

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Antipathy

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Strong dislike

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Benevolent

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Generous; kind; charitable; doing good deeds

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Destitute

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Extremely poor

AITE 9th Grade ELA Honors (Mr. Wolff) (3 decks)

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