200 Words Every 12th Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 5

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  1. asylum
    a shelter from danger or hardship
  2. clientele
    customers collectively
  3. condescending
    characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance
  4. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  5. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  6. homonym
    a word pronounced or spelled the same with another meaning
  7. illustrious
    widely known and esteemed
  8. innumerable
    too many to be counted
  9. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  10. intuitive
    spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency
  11. jargon
    technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
  12. lassitude
    a feeling of lack of interest or energy
  13. lobbyist
    someone who is employed to persuade how legislators vote
  14. longevity
    the property of having lived for a considerable time
  15. maelstrom
    a powerful circular current of water
  16. obnoxious
    causing disapproval or protest
  17. ordinance
    an authoritative rule
  18. parsimony
    extreme stinginess
  19. reconciliation
    the reestablishment of cordial relations
  20. superficial
    of, affecting, or being on or near the surface
Created on Wed Aug 23 13:54:58 EDT 2023 (updated Wed Aug 30 13:38:19 EDT 2023)

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