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10th Grade: 10th Grade Word List: Language Arts (Difficult Words 2) |
calcimine
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n. a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings |
colossus
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n. someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful; a person of exceptional importance and reputation |
conciliate
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v. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; make one thing compatible with another |
consumptive
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a. afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; tending to consume or use often wastefully |
contumacy
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n. obstinate rebelliousness; resistance to authority; willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order |
cosmopolitanism
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n. ideology that all human beings belong to a single community, based on a shared morality |
digraph
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n. two successive letters, especially two letters used to represent a single sound as 'sh' in 'shoe' |
dispensation
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n. a share that has been dispensed or distributed; an exemption from some rule or obligation |
dissuasion
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n. persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action |
furtherance
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n. encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something; the advancement of some enterprise |
improvisation
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n. an unplanned expedient; a performance given extempore without planning or preparation |
interpolation
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n. a message, spoken or written, that is introduced or inserted; the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts |
inundation
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n. an overwhelming number or amount; the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land |
ionization
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n. the condition of being dissociated into ions; the process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules |
irruption
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n. a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence; a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population |
juridical
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a. relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge; of or relating to the law or jurisprudence |
litigious
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a. of or relating to litigation; showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits |
necrology
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n. a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography; a list of people who died recently |
nether
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a. situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; lower; under; |
perspicacity
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n. the capacity to assess situations shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions; intelligence manifested by being astute |