11th Grade Mastery Words

Jane R. (United States of America)
These are all the words that Juniors are expected to know by the end of the year at Hill-Murray.
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  1. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  2. adventitious
    associated by chance and not an integral part
  3. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  4. amenable
    disposed or willing to comply
  5. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  6. anomalous
    deviating from the general or common order or type
  7. apathetic
    showing little or no emotion or animation
  8. apparition
    a ghostly appearing figure
  9. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  10. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  11. austerity
    excessive sternness
  12. beneficence
    the quality of being kind or helpful or generous
  13. bizarre
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  14. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  15. complacent
    contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
  16. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
  17. contiguous
    having a common boundary or edge
  18. contingency
    the state of being dependent on something
  19. corpulent
    excessively large
  20. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  21. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  22. defunct
    no longer in force or use; inactive
  23. demeanor
    the way a person behaves toward other people
  24. denizen
    a plant or animal naturalized in a region
  25. dilatory
    wasting time
  26. disconcert
    cause to lose one's composure
  27. dispassionate
    unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
  28. encumber
    hold back, impede, or weigh down
  29. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  30. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  31. equanimity
    steadiness of mind under stress
  32. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  33. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  34. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  35. expiate
    make amends for
  36. expostulation
    an exclamation of protest, opposition, or criticism
  37. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
  38. forbearance
    a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges
  39. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  40. gauntlet
    a glove of armored leather that protects the hand
  41. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  42. ignominy
    a state of dishonor
  43. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  44. inadvertent
    happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
  45. inauspicious
    boding ill
  46. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
  47. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  48. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  49. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
  50. invariably
    without change, in every case
  51. lurid
    glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
  52. modicum
    a small or moderate or token amount
  53. opportune
    suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
  54. ostracize
    expel from a community or group
  55. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  56. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  57. privy
    informed about something secret or not generally known
  58. prolific
    intellectually productive
  59. proximity
    the property of being close together
  60. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  61. recondite
    difficult to understand
  62. requisite
    necessary for relief or supply
  63. satiate
    fill to satisfaction
  64. scintillating
    having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
  65. scurrilous
    expressing offensive, insulting, or scandalous criticism
  66. sedentary
    requiring sitting or little activity
  67. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  68. transcend
    go beyond the scope or limits of
  69. transient
    lasting a very short time
  70. tumultuous
    characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  71. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  72. vacuous
    devoid of matter
  73. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
Created on Mon Oct 14 12:23:51 EDT 2013

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