END OF YEAR VOCABULARY FINAL – UNITS 1-12 (STUDY GUIDE)

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END OF YEAR VOCABULARY FINAL – UNITS 1-12 (STUDY GUIDE)

1.

[in] retrospect – looking back

2.

ambiguous – unclear

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62.

liability – a handicap liaison – a link

3.

ante, anti – preceding

4.

attrition – a natural loss of individuals

5.

autonomy – freedom from control

6.

berate – to scold

7.

bibl, biblio – book

8.

bolster – to support

9.

bureaucratic – over-regulated

10.

charlatan – a con artist

11.

chron, chrono – time

12.

–cide – kill

13.

circumvent – to avoid

14.

clandestine – concealed

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16.

17.

cohesive – connected collaborate – to team up contingency – possibility

18.

corroborate – to confirm

19.

de - separation

20.

depreciate – to become less valuable

21.

despondent – depressed

22.

23.

24.

25.

detriment – a disadvantage dexterous – skilled discretion – good sense disseminate – to spread

26.

dissident – a rebel

27.

diverge – to go in a different direction

28.

dorm – sleep

29.

dormant – inactive

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31.

32.

33.

egocentric – self-involved embellish – to decorate equivocate – to be unclear estrange – to drive away

34.

euphoric – very happy

35.

exonerate – to be found not guilty

36.

extra – beyond

37.

facetious – funny

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39.

40.

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fid – loyalty fortuitous – accidental gregarious – outgoing grievous – terrible hoist – to raise

43.

illicit – unlawful

44.

impeccable – perfect

45.

impetuous – impulsive

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47.

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49.

inadvertent – not intended inane – silly incongruous – contradictory indigenous – native

50.

indiscriminate – unselective

51.

infallible – flawless

52.

inquisitive questioning

53.

instigate – to cause

54.

inundate – to flood

55.

irrevocable – not reversible

56.

–ism – doctrine

57.

-ject – throw

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64.

65.

liber, liver – free mandate – an authorization maudlin – overly emotional

66.

nebulous – indefinite

67.

nov – original

68.

oblivious – not noticing

69.

optimum – ideal

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74.

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prim, prime – first

76.

proliferation – a rapid increase

77.

prolific – creating abundantly

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81.

propensity – readiness raucous – disorderly recourse – a way to get help

-rect – straight

82.

regress – to go backward

83.

reinstate – to put back

84.

reiterate – to repeat

85.

relegate – to send

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87.

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90.

reticent – quiet

91.

robust – strong and well

92.

rudimentary – basic

93.

sanction – to grant approval of

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96.

97.

scoff – ridicule scrupulous – ethical sedentary – involving much sitting sensory – of the senses

98.

sham – something confusing; fake

99.

solace – relief

100.

solicitous – attentive

101.

sporadic – irregular

102.

squander – to spend carelessly

103.

104.

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106.

sym, syn – together

107.

tantamount – just like

108.

tenacious – grasping strongly

109.

tenet – a principle

110.

111.

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113.

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116.

117.

ostentatious – showy ostracize – to reject pan – all precipitate – to bring on predisposed – likely relinquish – to yield replete – filled reprehensible – shameful resilient – quick to recover squelch – to hold back subsidize – to pay for superfluous – unnecessary terse – short ubiquitous – found everywhere utopia – a paradise venerate – to honor ver – true vicarious – indirect vit, viv – life voc, vok – call

58.

juxtapose – to put side by side

59.

lacking – a, an

60.

lethargy – inactivity

118.

vociferous – loud

119.

zealot – an extremist

120.

zenith – the highest point

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