200 Words Every Eleventh Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 12

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  1. braggadocio
    vain and empty boasting
  2. misanthropic
    hating mankind in general
  3. nugatory
    of no real value
  4. hirsute
    having or covered with hair
  5. thespian
    a theatrical performer
  6. indefeasible
    not liable to being annulled or voided or undone
  7. simulacrum
    a representation of a person
  8. argot
    a characteristic language of a particular group
  9. teleological
    explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes
  10. distrait
    having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
  11. riposte
    a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying
  12. denigrate
    attack the good name and reputation of someone
  13. avuncular
    being or relating to an uncle
  14. etiology
    the cause of a disease
  15. beatification
    the act of making someone supremely blessed and happy
Created on Thu Jun 05 14:44:50 EDT 2025 (updated Mon Jun 09 15:24:00 EDT 2025)

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