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CP 12 Final Vocabulary

CP 12 Final Vocabulary. Fall 2012. Cogent Convincing, compelling Inexorable Relentless, unstoppable Milieu Environment or social surroundings Recidivism Relapsing into crime Assuage Calm or soothe; appease Dichotomy Division into two, especially a sharply defined one. Germane

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CP 12 Final Vocabulary

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  1. CP 12 Final Vocabulary Fall 2012

  2. Cogent • Convincing, compelling • Inexorable • Relentless, unstoppable • Milieu • Environment or social surroundings • Recidivism • Relapsing into crime • Assuage • Calm or soothe; appease • Dichotomy • Division into two, especially a sharply defined one

  3. Germane • Relevant • Insouciant • Carefree; unconcerned • Vitriolic • Caustic or hostile speech or criticism • Acrimonious • Bitter in manner or temper • Bromide • Compound used as a sedative; trite, boring remark • Emulate • Try to equal or excel; imitate

  4. Recalcitrant • Obstinately disobedient; objecting to restraint • Deleterious • Harmful • Gaffe • blunder; indiscreet remark or act • Nefarious • Wicked • Obfuscate • Obscure or confuse; stupefy; bewilder • Angst • A feeling of dread, anxiety, or fear

  5. Corporeal • Bodily; physical; material • Invidious • Likely to cause resentment • Paradigm • Example or pattern • Bucolic • Of shepherds; rustic, pastoral • Chutzpah • Brashness, audacity • Debacle • Utter defeat, collapse, or chaos

  6. Misanthrope • Person who hates or avoids human society • Abhor • Detest; regard with disgust • Coup • Violent or illegal seizure of power • Petulant • Peevishly impatient or irritable • Wanton • Licentious; capricious, arbitrary • Brouhaha • Commotion, sensation

  7. Copious • Abundant; productive • Esoteric • Intelligible only to those with special knowledge • Sedition • Conduct of speech inciting to rebellion • Ascetic • Severely abstinent; self-denying • Edict • Order proclaimed by authority • Pernicious • Very harmful or destructive; deadly

  8. Sycophant • Flatterer; toady • Ad lib • Improvised • Contumely • Insolent language or treatment; insult • Rapacious • Grasping; extortionate; predatory • Vacuous • Expressionless; absence of thought or intelligence; empty

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