200 Words Every 11th Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 8

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  1. acolyte
    a devoted follower or assistant
  2. anneal
    bring to a desired consistency by heating and cooling
  3. anodyne
    capable of relieving pain
  4. bedizen
    decorate tastelessly
  5. bilious
    relating to a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  6. cadge
    obtain or seek to obtain by wheedling
  7. catharsis
    purging the body to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
  8. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  9. chiffonade
    a preparation of finely shredded vegetables or herbs
  10. chimerical
    like a grotesque product of the imagination
  11. hirsute
    having or covered with hair
  12. imbroglio
    an intricate and confusing interpersonal situation
  13. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  14. innuendo
    an indirect and usually malicious implication
  15. kinesiology
    the study of the mechanics and anatomy of human movement
  16. lyceum
    a public hall for lectures and concerts
  17. misanthropic
    hating mankind in general
  18. neologism
    a newly invented word or phrase
  19. riposte
    a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying
  20. risibility
    a disposition to laugh
Created on Wed Aug 30 14:03:02 EDT 2023 (updated Wed Aug 30 14:08:38 EDT 2023)

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