IB English Paper 1 and Paper 2 Vocab.
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accordance
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agreement; conformity
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acrimonious
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filled with bitterness
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antecedent
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preceding
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antithesis
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contrast
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antithetical
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directly opposite or contrasting
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aphorism
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a terse saying embodying a general truth or astute observation
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ardent
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passionate
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aversion
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dislike
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axiom
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self-evident
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banal
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devoid of freshness or originality; trite
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benevolent
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characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings
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brigand
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one who lives by robbery and plunder
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burgeon
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grow; flourish; put forth new roots
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catharsis
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Purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music
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circumlocution
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a round-about way of speaking; wordy
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clandestine
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secretive
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collusion
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a secret agreement for wrongful purpose
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to commiserate
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to sympathize
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commutation
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the act of exchanging one thing for another
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to construe
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to deduce by inference
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cormorant
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a greedy person
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debauched
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dishonest; corrupt; debased
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deletrious
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harmful
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denoument
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the final resolution of the intricacies of plot; the outcome or resolution
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diametrical
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in direct opposition
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dichotomy
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duality; division into two mutually exclusive, opposed, or contradictory groups
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to discern
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to perceive
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disconsolate
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hopelessly sad
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to divulge
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to expose; to reveal
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efficacious
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effective
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to elicit
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to draw forth; to bring out; to evoke
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to elucidate
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to throw light on; to make clear; to explain
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to emanate
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to come from a source; to emerge
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eminent
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noteworthy; prominent
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enigma
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puzzling or inexplicable occurance
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to envision
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to picture mentally
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ephemeral
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fleeting; lasting a short time
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equivocal
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ambiguous; intentionally unclear; capable of being interpreted in more than one way
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erudite
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characterized by great knowlege; learned or scholarly; sophisticated
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euphemism
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a polite phrase to cover something unpleasant
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to exacerbate
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to make worse
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exemplary
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serving as an illustration
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to exhort
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to advise; to urge
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to expedite
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to facilitate
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extrinsic
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being outside or external
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facade
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a superficial appearance or illusion of something
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fastidious
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very particular
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to fathom
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to be aware of; to understand
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felonious
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archaic evil; wickedness
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filiation
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descent as from a parent; derivation
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fortitude
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mental and emotional strength; great courage; a statement that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
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genteel
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polite
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homologous
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having the same or similar relation; corresponding
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ideation
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the process of forming ideas or images
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imbue
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to impregnate or inspire as with feelings or opinions
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imposition
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burden
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incipience
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beginning to exist or appear; in the inital stages
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inclement
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severe
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incredulous
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indicating or showing disbelief
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inordinate
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excessive
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intrinsic
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belonging to; within
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lexicon
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vocabulary of a certain class or group of people
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maladroit
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unskillful; awkward; bungling
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malevolent
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evil; harmful; injurious
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mansuetude
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mild; tame
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matutinal
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occuring early in the morning
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melee
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confused conflict or turmoil
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menagerie
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unusual and varied group of people
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misoneism
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hatred of change
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to necessitate
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to make necessary
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obsequious
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obediant; dutiful
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obtuse
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not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect
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omnipotent
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all powerful
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paradox
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a self-contradictory and false preposition
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parsimonious
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stingy; extremely frugal; miserly
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to perturb
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to agitate
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to postulate
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to hypothesize
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predilection
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a tendancy to think favorably of something in particular; partiality
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preeminence
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superiority
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proliferate
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to increase in number or spread rapidly
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to promulgate
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to make know by open declaration
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propensity
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a natural inclination or tendancy
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pulchritude
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physical beauty
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anonymity
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the state of being anonymous
