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Sophomore Vocabulary List
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| Week 1 affinity - natural attraction tantamount - equal to brazen - rudely bold misanthrope - one who hates mankind purloin - to steal Week 2 robust -strong and healthy mettle - courage solace- comfort in sorrow pejorative - insulting truncate - to shorten or cut off Week 3 urbane - polite and elegant qualm - feeling of uneasiness ungainly - clumsy; awkward scoff - to mock or jeer judicious - wise; careful Week 4 surly - rude or bad-tempered animosity - active dislike devoid - entirely without garbled - confused; mixed-up ubiquitous - seeming to be everywhere Week 5 corroborate - to confirm euphony - pleasing or sweet sound cogent - convincing; reasonable magnate - person of power surreptitious - secretive; deceptive Week 6 germane - related to; relevant bequeath - to pass along indomitable - unable to be conquered antithesis - direct opposite diverge - to alter a course |
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Week 13 flippant - disrespectfully frivolous munificent - very generous grovel - to act in a demeaning way bulwark - defensive wall sequester - to remove from view Week 14 conflagration - wide spreading fire unseemly - improper; indecent austere - somber; stern encumber - to weigh down; burden pugnacious - eager to fight Week 15 intractable - not easily managed philistine - smugly narrow-minded recluse - person who avoids society whet - to sharpen or make stronger preclude - to shut out; prevent Week 16 lassitude - feeling tired and weary propensity - natural leaning arcane - secret; hidden sedition - treason ruminate - to contemplate or ponder Week 17 luminary - person of great stature calamity - misfortune; disaster squander - to waste goad - to urge or prod amiable - likable Week 18 tout - to praise highly sublime - lofty; majestic respite - period of rest or relief interminable - unending simpleton -person of little brainpower |
Week 19 adulation - extravagant praise bellow - to cry out in a loud manner exorbitant - outside normal boundaries impeccable - perfect; beyond reproach droll - amusingly odd or comical Week 20 obdurate - stubborn dilatory - tending to delay incursion - attack on enemy territory concede - acknowledge as true stringent - severe; strict Week 21 paltry - of little or no worth bestow - to give or grant gumption - courage; initiative infallible - incapable of making a mistake progeny - offspring Week 22 heinous - shockingly awful capacious - roomy, spacious expedite - to speed up the process cryptic - intentionally mysterious listless - indifferent; uncaring Week 23 jostle - to shove or bump indignant - angry; insulted foible - minor character flaw drivel - childish or foolish talk emollient - softening and soothing Week 24 reprove - to correct with kindness illicit - illegal antipathy - strong feeling of dislike quibble - to make a minor objection risible - laughable; funny |
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