Essential Eleventh Grade Vocabulary: List 4

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  1. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  2. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  3. livid
    furiously angry
  4. impertinence
    the trait of being rude and inclined to take liberties
  5. stupor
    a state of being half-awake
  6. despotic
    having the characteristics of a tyrannical ruler
  7. tenet
    a basic principle or belief that is accepted as true
  8. ignominious
    deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
  9. rapt
    feeling great delight and interest
  10. imbue
    spread or diffuse through
  11. cadence
    the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  12. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  13. flagrant
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  14. doggedly
    with obstinate determination
  15. jaunty
    having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
Created on Thu Jun 05 14:15:44 EDT 2025

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