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SET #2
1. Blasé (adj.) indifferent or bored; unimpressed
2. Exhibitionist (n.) a person who behaves in ways intended to attract attention or show-off
3. Conscientious (adj.) guided by principle; careful and hardworking
4. Boisterous (adj.) noisily jolly or rowdy
5.Fiend (n.) a person who is extremely interested in or obsessed with something
6. Digression (n.) movement away from the central or main point
7. Innumerable (adj.) countless
8. Sterling (adj.) extremely fine; pure; authentic
9. Verification (n.) the process of establishing the truth, accuracy, or validity of something; confirmation.
10. Reciprocal (adj.) given, felt or done in return; mutual


SET #1
1. Ostracize (v) to expel from a community or group

2. Recuperate (v) to restore to good health or strength
3. Sadistic (adj)- deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on another 
4. Nonchalant (adj) having an air of easy unconcern or indifference
5. Rile(v) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
6 Qualm (n) uneasiness about the fitness of an action; doubt
7.  Incognito (adj) without revealing one's identity
8. Suave (adj) having a sophisticated charm
9. Pacifist (n) someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
10. Compulsory (adj) necessary: required by law or an authority; forced: caused by force, or using force to make somebody do something


You are responsible to have all definitions in your notebook along with an

original sentence for each word.



Set #2
1. unscrupulous (adj.) conscienceless; unaffected by principles of right and wrong
2. lavish (adj.) extravagant
3. louse (n.) singular of lice; (slang) a good-for-nothing person
4. Blasé (adj.) indifferent or bored; unimpressed
5. Exhibitionist (n.) a person who behaves in ways intended to attract attention or show-off
6. Conscientious (adj.) guided by principle; careful and hardworking
7. aristocratic (adj.) having the manners, values, or qualities associated with the ruling class or nobility
8. boisterous (adj.) noisily jolly or rowdy
9.  fiend (n.) a person who is extremely interested in or obsessed with something
10. digression (n.) movement away from the central or main point
11. pedagogical (adj.) related to teaching
12. provocative (adj.) inciting, stimulating, irritating
13. Innumerable (adj.) countless
14. Sterling (adj.) extremely fine; pure; authentic
15. Reciprocal (adj.) given or felt by each toward the other; mutual


Set #1
1. Ostracize (v) to expel from a community or group
2. Recuperate (v) to restore to good health or strength
3. Sadistic (adj)- deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on another
4. Nonchalant (adj) having an air of easy unconcern or indifference
5. Rile(v) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
6 Putrid (adj) of or relating to or attended by putrefaction

7. Qualm (n) uneasiness about the fitness of an action
8.  Invective: Speech or writing that abuses, denounces, or attacks; it can be directed against a person, cause, idea, or system. It employs a heavy use of negative language. (**this should also go into your literary/rhetorical device section)
9. Suave (adj) having a sophisticated charm
10. Incognito (adj) without revealing one's identity
11. Pacifist (n) someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
12 Compulsory (adj) necessary: required by law or an authority; forced: caused by force, or using force to make somebody do something
13 Sacriligious  (adj) grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
14. Bourgeois  (adj) conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
15. Inane (adj) devoid of intelligence



13. Chisel (v) engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud 


     6.Furlough (n) a temporary leave of absence from military duty; a period of time when an employee is told not to come to work and is not paid

18.Psychoanalysis  (n) a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud  












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