11th Grade Cards for Hyde Park, New York

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 11th Grade Flashcards for Hyde Park Central School District
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aberration
n. a disorder in one's mental state; a state or condition markedly different from the norm
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abstract
a. theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
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accolade
n. award of merit; expression of approval; praise
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accommodate
v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable
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aesthetic
a. elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
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affinity
n. natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
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altercation
n. noisy quarrel; contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy
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ameliorate
v. make or become better; improve; grow better
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amicable
a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
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anarchy
n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
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anomaly
n. irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order
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appall
v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
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archaic
a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated
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arduous
a. demanding great effort or labor; difficult
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articulate
a. expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language
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astute
a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
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authoritarian
a. expecting absolute obedience; completely dominating another's will
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aversion
n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
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biased
a. favoring one person or side over another; prejudiced
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brevity
n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
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cajole
v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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callous
a. emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened
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capitulate
v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
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catalyst
n. agent which brings about chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
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catharsis
n. purging or cleansing of any passage of body
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caustic
a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
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censure
v. expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
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chastise
v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
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clamor
n. noise; loud outcry; expression of discontent or protest
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coalesce
v. combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite
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cognizant
a. having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
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commiserate
v. feel or express pity or sympathy for
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composure
n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
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conciliatory
a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
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contract
v. constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
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copious
a. plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply
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cordial
a. gracious; showing warm and friendliness
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dearth
n. scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
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debilitate
v. make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
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decadence
n. process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay
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deference
n. willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
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delineate
v. portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
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deprecate
v. express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
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despot
n. tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; eastern Orthodox bishop
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devious
a. departing from correct or accepted way; misleading; not straightforward
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didactic
a. instructive (especially excessively)
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disparage
v. belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank
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dissonance
n. discord; disagreeable sounds; harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds
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duplicity
n. double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith.
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edifice
n. building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls
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effervescent
a. used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide
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egregious
a. notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking
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elusive
a. difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind
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equivocal
a. open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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erroneous
a. containing or derived from error; mistaken
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exemplary
a. serving as model; outstanding; typical
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expedient
a. suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
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extraneous
a. not essential; coming from outside
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formidable
a. arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat
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frivolous
a. lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
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grueling
a. by effort to the point of exhaustion, especially physical effort
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haphazard
a. not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance
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heretic
n. one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion
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hindrance
n. something that holds back or causes problems with something else; obstacle
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hypocrisy
n. practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold; falseness; expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
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iconoclast
n. a destroyer of images used in religious worship
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incessant
a. uninterrupted; unceasing; continuing without interruption
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incidental
a. happening, as occasional event, without regularity; coming without design
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incite
v. arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
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incorrigible
a. not correctable; difficult or impossible to control or manage
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indict
v. charge; accuse formally of a crime
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indoctrinate
v. teach with biased or one-sided ideology; teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
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insurgent
a. rising in revolt against established authority; rebelling against leadership of political party
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intangible
a. not able to be perceived by senses, as touch; vague
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judicious
a. exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent
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lavish
a. liberal; wasteful; excessive spending
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listless
a. lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort
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meager
a. deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble
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meander
v. follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction
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negligent
a. careless; inattentive
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obliterate
v. destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
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ponderous
a. slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull
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preclude
v. make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate
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prerequisite
n. something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition
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proximity
n. state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation
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rectify
v. set right; correct by calculation or adjustment
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rescind
v. cancel; make void; repeal or annul
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resolution
n. determination; resolving to do something; formal statement of a decision
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rigorous
a. full of rigors; harsh; rigidly accurate; precise
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scrutinize
v. examine closely and critically
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substantiate
v. establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support
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surmise
v. guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
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tirade
n. extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
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turbulence
n. state of violent agitation; eddying motion; unstable flow of a liquid or gas; state of violent disturbance and disorder
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unimpeachable
a. free of guilt; not subject to blame; completely acceptable
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unobtrusive
a. inconspicuous; not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable
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usurp
v. seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
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vacillate
v. sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate
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whimsical
a. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious