CP English 12 Final
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- Ubiquitous
- omnipresent
- Ephemeral
- living / lasting for a day
- Discursive
- Covering a wide field of subjects; rambling
- Conflux
- streams that run together
- Vagary
- erratic notion or action
- Idiomatic
- Peculiar to ar characteristic of a given language
- Vicissitude
- A change or variation
- Berserk
- unrestrained, derranged
- Colossus
- Something likened to a huge statue, as in size or importance
- Genesis
- Origin
- Apothegm
- A terse, witty instructive saying
- Continuity
- An uninterrupted succession or flow
- Blatant
- Unpleasently loud and noisy
- Extenuate
- To lesson the magnitude or seriousness of
- Quixotic
- impulsive
- Deference
- A leader of common people in ancient times
- Hegemony
- The predominant influence of a state over another
- Chimera
- a fire breathing female monster
- Histrionic
- Excessively dramatic
- Facsimile
- Anexact copy ot reproduction, as of a document
- Tantamount
- Equivalent
- Apogee
- The farthese or highest point
- Ineluctable
- inevitable
- Clandestine
- Kept or done in secret
- Scintillate
- to be animated & brilliant
- Fiasco
- A complete failure
- Epitome
- A brief summary
- Coalescence
- fusion
- Oscillate
- To waver between conflicting opinions
- Taciturn
- not spoken
- Aversion
- A fixed, intense dislike
- Quietus
- a final discharge, as of duty
- Anecdote
- A short account of an interesting or humorous incident
- Stentorian
- Extremely loud
- Nascent
- Coming into existence
- Indigent
- impoverished
- Raucous
- boisterous and disorderly
- Alchemy
- turning base metals into gold
- Cozen
- To mislead by means of petty trick or fraud; decieve
- Decorous
- exhibiting decorum
- Parody
- equivalent to intentional mockery
- Judicious
- Having sound judgment
- Laconic
- concise
- Panacea
- a cure-all
- Nemesis
- opponent who commot be beaten
- Ebullience
- Zestful enthusiasm
- Corollary
- A deduction or inference
- Mercurial
- quick changeable temperment
- Immaculate
- Impeccably clean; spotless
- Gargantuan
- Of immense size
- Facetious
- humorous
- Gourmand
- a gluttonous eater
- Halcyon
- Hence: Clam; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy
- Iridescent
- brilliant in apperance
- Mitigate
- alleviate
- Repartee
- A swift, witty reply
- Replete
- Abundantly supplied
- Kibitzer
- one who gives meddlesome advice