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High School English Vocabulary

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prone

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having a tendency; inclined; likely to do or have something

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obfuscate

Front

to make difficult to understand; to darken; to make dim or difficult to see

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modulate

Front

to adjust or adapt to a certain level or proportion; to regulate

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abstruse

Front

difficult to understand

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acumen

Front

quickness and keenness of insight or judgment

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ruminate

Front

to think deeply about; to turn a matter over and over in one's mind

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protean

Front

readily taking on different forms, characteristics, or meanings

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proclivity

Front

a natural inclination; a tendency

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inveterate

Front

firmly established and having existed for a long time; deep-rooted

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eventuality

Front

something that may occur; a possibility

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inconceivable

Front

impossible to comprehend or grasp fully; so unlikely as to be thought impossible

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malleable

Front

capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure

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patois

Front

a regional dialect, especially a nonstandard one that has no written tradition

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metamorphosis

Front

a marked change in form, character, or function; a transformation

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ascertain

Front

to discover or determine with certainty, especially through examination or experimentation

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contingent

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conditional; dependent on other things

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neologism

Front

a new word, expression, or usage

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malapropism

Front

ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by confusing it with one of similar sound

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faculty

Front

a natural power or ability; a division of a university or a group of teachers

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volatile

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tending to vary often or widely, as in price; subject to wide variation

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tenet

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a principle or belief held by a person or an organization

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implausible

Front

difficult to believe; not likely or credible

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theoretical

Front

restricted to ideas; abstract or unproven

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linguistics

Front

the study of the nature, structure, and variation of language

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parlance

Front

a particular manner of speaking

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polyglot

Front

using several languages; a person who speaks several languages

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immutable

Front

unchangeable; not subject or susceptible to change

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transmute

Front

to change from one form to another

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sporadic

Front

scattered; having no regular pattern; isolated

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cerebral

Front

of or relating to the brain; appealing to or requiring the use of intellect; intellectual

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preposterous

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absurd

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stymie

Front

to prevent from making progress; to frustrate or thwart efforts

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eponym

Front

a person whose name is the source of the name of something

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annotation

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a critical or explanatory note

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surmise

Front

to guess; to draw a conclusion without sufficient evidence; a guess

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in vain

Front

without success; completely ineffective

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appellation

Front

a name, title, or designation

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vulgar

Front

of or related to the language of the common people; crude, indecent; offensively excessive in the display of one's self or one's wealth

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perchance

Front

perhaps; possibly

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evolve

Front

to develop or achieve gradually

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