12th Grade Word List: Language Arts
Words for students of 12th Grade, the page is for arts words (Difficult Words 2), which are important supplementary words for 12th Grade academic classes.
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adulation 
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n. excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise | |
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androgyny
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n. showing characteristics of both sexes | |
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apogee
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n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited | |
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attenuate
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v. make slender, fine, or small; weaken; lessen density of | |
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betimes
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ad. in good time; before the usual or expected time | |
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billiards
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n. any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory balls | |
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bumptious
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a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing | |
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cajolery
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n. flattery intended to persuade | |
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caparison
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n. stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially for a warhorse | |
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chimerical
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a. fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative | |
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coddle
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v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point | |
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colloquy
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n. a conversation, especially a formal one | |
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concatenate
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v. combine two strings to form a single one; add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series | |
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confederacy
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n. a league or compact for mutual support or common action; alliance | |
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conspirator
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n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter | |
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contrivance
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n. an artificial or unnatural arrangement of details or parts; inventive skill; skill to bring something about or create something | |
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corollary
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n. natural consequence or effect; result | |
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cosmogony
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n. the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe | |
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debilitate
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v. make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of | |
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degeneracy
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n. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | |
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dendrology
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n. the scientific study of trees | |
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derogation
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n. a communication that belittles somebody or something; a partial repeal or abolition of a law | |
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desultory
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a. aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with subject | |
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didactic
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a. instructive, especially excessively | |
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disavowal
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n. denial of any connection with or knowledge of | |
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disputation
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n. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | |
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dissonant
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a. not in accord; lacking in harmony; characterized by musical dissonance | |
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diversity
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n. point or respect in which things differ; difference | |
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divination
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n. successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck; the art or gift of prophecy by supernatural means | |
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ductile
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a. easily influenced; flexible; pliable | |
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eccentricity
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n. oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from center | |
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effluvium
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n. a foul-smelling outflow or vapor, especially a gaseous waste | |
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elide
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v. omit a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation; leave or strike out | |
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emulate
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v. be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel | |
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encomium
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n. high praise; formal expression of praise; tribute | |
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epicycle
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n. a circle that rolls around inside or outside another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid | |
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eulogize
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v. praise formally and eloquently | |
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execration
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n. hate coupled with disgust; an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone; the object of cursing | |
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expeditious
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a. marked by speed and efficiency | |
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extrude
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v. force or push out; drive away; displace or remove, as a person from a place or office | |
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fervid
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a. extremely hot; eager; impassioned; burning | |
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flay
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v. strip off the skin or outer covering of | |
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freethinker
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n. a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it | |
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gelid
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a. very cold, icy, or frosty | |
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hacienda
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n. the main house on a ranch or large estate | |
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immunosuppressant
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n. a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | |
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inexpedient
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a. not appropriate to the purpose; not suitable or advisable | |
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interlocutor
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n. one who speaks in dialogue or takes part in conversation | |
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introspect
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v. reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings | |
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involution
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n. the shrinkage of an organ in old age or when inactive; the act of sharing in the activities of a group; the action of enfolding something | |
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irrefrangible
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a. not to be broken or violated; inviolable; incapable of being refracted | |
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jocular
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a. humorous, amusing or joking; sportive; not serious | |
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lariat
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n. a long noosed rope used to catch animals | |
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lethargy
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n. inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy | |
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liege
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n. a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service; a person holding a fief | |
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lithograph
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n. a flat surface, of stone or metal, is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern; a print produced by lithography | |
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luminescent
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a. emitting light not caused by heat | |
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mandibular
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a. relating to the lower jaw, either the upper or lower part of the bill of a bird | |
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merino
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n. white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality | |
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microscopy
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n. research with the use of microscopes | |
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missal
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n. a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year; any books of prayers or devotions | |
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monocracy
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n. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator, not restricted by a constitution, laws or opposition | |
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muffle
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n. bare end of nose between nostrils | |
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nasalization
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n. the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators | |
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neopaganism
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n. a modern religious movement that seeks to incorporate beliefs or ritual practices from traditions outside the main world religions | |
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nostrum
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n. patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; quack medicine | |
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obstreperous
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a. noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry | |
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opprobrium
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n. state of disgrace resulting from public abuse; state of extreme dishonor | |
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outrigger
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n. a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull | |
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pariah
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n. social outcast; person who is rejected from society or home | |
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pedant
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n. one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning | |
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pentameter
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n. a verse line having five metrical feet | |
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perspicacious
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a. having keen insight; mentally perceptive; astute | |
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pestilential
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a. tending to produce infectious disease; destructive | |
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planisphere
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n. a representation of the circles of the sphere on a plane surface, such as a polar projection of the celestial sphere onto a chart | |
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prattle
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v. speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly; talk artlessly and childishly | |
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prehension
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n. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands or the tentacles | |
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pseudonymity
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n. the fact or state of being signed with a pseudonym | |
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rejuvenescence
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n. a renewal of youthfulness or vigor | |
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repugnance
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n. extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense | |
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runnel
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n. a small stream, brook, rivulet; a small channel, as for water | |
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saponaceous
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a. resembling or having the qualities of soap | |
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sinuosity
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n. having curves; a turn, curve, or intricacy | |
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submersible
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n. a warship designed to operate under wate; capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged | |
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unmitigated
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a. unrelieved or immoderate in intensity or severity; without exception; absolute | |
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vociferate
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v. utter in a very loud voice | |