11th Grade Word List: Language Arts
Words for students of 11th Grade, the page is for arts words (Difficult Words 2), which are important supplementary words for 11th Grade academic classes.
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amplitude 
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n. the maximum displacement of a periodic wave; the property of copious abundance | |
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anode
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n. the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current | |
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asymmetric
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a. not identical on both sides of a dividing central line | |
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batik
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n. a method of producing colored designs on textiles by dyeing them, having first applied wax to the parts to be left undyed | |
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belabor
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v. discuss repeatedly; attack verbally; work hard upon | |
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bifurcation
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n. the place where something divides into two branches; the act of splitting into two branches | |
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brusque
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a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly | |
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cadenza
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n. a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music | |
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canto
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n. part or division of poem of some length | |
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censorious
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a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure | |
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coagulant
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n. an agent that produces coagulation | |
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collate
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v. examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order | |
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commissariat
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n. a stock or supply of foods | |
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complacent
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a. contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions | |
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concordance
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n. agreement of opinions; an index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts | |
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conscript
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v. enroll into service compulsorily, typically into the armed services | |
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contiguity
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n. the attribute of being so near as to be touching | |
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convalesce
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v. recover gradually from an illness | |
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corpulent
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a. very fat; large in body; overweight | |
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cryptogram
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n. a piece of writing in code or cipher | |
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defalcate
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v. misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one | |
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demonstrative
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a. serving to demonstrate; given to or marked by the open expression of emotion | |
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deportment
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n. manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carriage | |
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despotism
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n. dominance through threat of punishment and violence; a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator | |
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diaphanous
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a. so thin as to transmit light; very sheer and light; almost completely transparent | |
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diplomatist
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n. an official engaged in international negotiations | |
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discrepant
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a. not compatible with other facts; not in agreement; not in accord | |
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dissever
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v. separate into parts or portions | |
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dissipate
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v. spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse | |
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distemper
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n. any of various infectious viral diseases of animals; an angry and disagreeable mood | |
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drachma
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n. formerly the basic unit of money in Greece; a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains | |
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dutiable
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a. subject to customs duty, as imported goods | |
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efflorescence
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n. the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms; any red eruption of the skin; the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | |
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egotist
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n. a conceited and self-centered person | |
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embrasure
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n. an opening, in a wall or ship or armored vehicle, for firing through | |
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entomology
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n. study of insects; branch of zoology which treats of insects | |
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eugenic
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a. pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced | |
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execrable
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a. very bad; extremely inferiorl; intolerable; very hateful | |
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exiguous
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a. extremely scanty; excessively scanty; meager and small | |
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extempore
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a. with little or no preparation or forethought | |
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federate
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v. enter into a league for a common purpose; unite on a federal basis or band together as a league | |
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filial
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a. having or assuming relationship of child or offspring to parent | |
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foresail
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n. the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel | |
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fusillade
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n. rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms | |
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guano
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n. the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer | |
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histology
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n. the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues | |
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indolence
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n. inactivity resulting from a dislike of work | |
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inroad
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n. entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment | |
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intestacy
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n. the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will | |
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inveigh
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v. speak against in an impassioned manner; complain bitterly | |
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irksome
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a. causing annoyance, weariness, or vexation; tedious | |
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isochronous
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a. equal in duration or interval | |
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lactation
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n. the production of milk by the mammary glands; the period following birth during which milk is secreted; feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast | |
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leeward
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n. the direction in which the wind is blowing; the side of something that is sheltered from the wind | |
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licentious
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a. amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint | |
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lionize
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v. look on or treat a person as celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them | |
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loch
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n. an arm of the sea, especially when narrow or partially landlocked | |
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magistracy
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n. the position of magistrate; the office or function of a magistrate | |
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mawkish
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a. insincerely emotional; showing a sickly excess of sentiment | |
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mettlesome
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a. willing to face danger; having a proud and unbroken spirit | |
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minutia
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n. petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact | |
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molt
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v. shed or cast off hair or feathers | |
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moribund
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a. dying; in dying state; approaching death; about to die | |
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munificence
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n. liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit | |
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necropolis
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n. a tract of land used for burials | |
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niggardly
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a. petty or reluctant in giving or spending | |
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obstetrician
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n. physician specializing in delivery of babies | |
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odium
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n. strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute | |
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orthography
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n. a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols | |
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pantheism
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n. the doctrine or belief that God is the universe and its phenomena or the doctrine that regards the universe as a manifestation of God | |
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pauperism
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n. a state of extreme poverty or destitution | |
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peninsular
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a. of or forming or resembling a peninsula | |
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perambulate
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v. make an official inspection on foot of the bounds of a property; walk with no particular goal | |
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pertinacity
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n. persistent determination; quality of sticking with something | |
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pied
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a. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; multicolored | |
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polycracy
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n. form of government ruled by more than one person, as opposed to a monocracy | |
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precocity
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n. intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules | |
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propound
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v. put forward; offer for consideration or debate | |
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rapprochement
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n. the reestablishing of cordial relations | |
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reparable
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a. capable of being repaired; admitting of repair | |
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rivulet
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n. small brook or stream; streamlet | |
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salubrious
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a. healthful; favorable to health; promoting health; wholesome | |
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sedulous
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a. diligent; hardworking; persevering and constant in effort or application | |
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somnolence
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n. a very sleepy state; tending to cause sleep | |
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titian
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n. a reddish-brown or golden-brown color | |
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viol
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n. any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family | |