Words every high school graduate should know - 2

Ms. Bowen (United States of America)
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  1. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  2. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  3. circumnavigate
    travel completely around something
  4. fiduciary
    relating to or of the nature of a legal trust
  5. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  6. impeach
    bring an accusation against
  7. incontrovertible
    impossible to deny or disprove
  8. incognito
    without revealing one's identity
  9. kinetic
    relating to the motion of material bodies and their forces
  10. nihilism
    complete denial of established authority and institutions
  11. nonsectarian
    not restricted to one religious or political group
  12. pecuniary
    relating to or involving money
  13. reparation
    something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
  14. recapitulate
    summarize briefly
  15. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  16. soliloquy
    speech you make to yourself
  17. subjugate
    make subservient; force to submit or subdue
  18. tempestuous
    characterized by violent emotions or behavior
  19. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  20. vacuous
    devoid of matter
Created on Wed Oct 25 21:37:19 EDT 2017

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