things over the summer

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What I plan to do over summer along with some definitions.

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Choose schools to apply toLook at applications for schools Begin writing essays and thingsGRE study/ practice problemsPlay pianoBeat Games1. System shock 22. Silent Hill 23. Baldurs Gate 24. Morrowind5. Dust6. Deus EX7. ArcanumJejune= Simplistic or childishDespite the mans age, his actions could only be considered jejune. He talked with childish demeanor which belied his true age.Obsolescence= old fashionedHis knowledge of medicine was obsolescent, he still believed in using leeches as a form of treatment.Desultorily= lacking in consistency, varyingThe writers books were published desultorily, sometimes he would release a book every four months while other times it would take years to simply write one.Vitiating= morally corruptingThe job as a judge was vitiating, the once candid and aboveboard man had become one of trickery and prevarication.Ingenuous= innocent and simple, open and trustingUncouth= vulgarThe man was anything but uncouth, he was scrupulous to a fault and never showed signs of temerity.Importune=urge with excessive persistenceAbrogate= to abolish or nullifySalient=significantPlangent=resounding loudly or mournfullyMalfeasance=misconduct committed by a public officialMisanthropy= loathing of peopleDefection=desertionExhonerated=absolved of guiltRecrimate= to make a counteraccustationVindicate=to free from blameExhonerate=to free from blameRepudiate=refuse to acceptAdulterate= to weaken by adding inferior elementsSurreptitious= secretive, clandestineFurtive= attempting to avoid notice, secretiveDubious= doubtfulUnsavory= disagreeableParse= to analyze critically Sanguine= confident or optimisticSanguinary=bloodthirsty Coruscant=gleamingPedant=a person who is overly concerned with minor details or displaying academic learning.Recapitulate=to summarize the main points againFactitious=artificialPatent= easily recognizableLaudable= worthy of praiseAnoint= to smear or rub, applyGarrulous=excessively talkativeEbullient=cheerful and full of energy, enthusiasticSolicitous=showing interest or concernMunificent=generousIrresolute=showing or feeling hesitancyLaconic=using very few wordsFastidious=very attuned to detailTaciturn=reserved, saying littleAspiration=hope or ambitionMendacity=untruthfulnessPrevarication=evasive lyingInsensitivity=Baseness=worthlessAvarice=greedProbate=a legal documentStaid=respectableFoil=Inveterate=having a particular habit.He was an inveterate drinkerFatuous= silly and pointlessHalcyon= tranquil, peacefulScotched= cutGermane= relevant to a subject under considerationSalubrious= healthyJuvenescence= youthful in appearancePerquisite= perk, something regarded as a special rightNugatory= of no value or importanceFeckless=lacking strength or characterExacting=making great demands on ones skillHedonistic= engaging in the pursuit of pleasureMendacious= lyingAppellation= a name or titleSqualid= extremely dirty and unpleasantNoisome= having an extremely offensive smell.Mephitic=noxious, foul smellingSpecious=misleading in appearance but actually wrongAbstruse=difficult to understandaesthete= one who loves beautysecularist= opposite of spiritualchauvinist= think they are better than others.Philistine=uncultured and proudComensurat= equal to in proportionPrevarication=evasivenessEquivocation= to lie through the use of dual meaningsPrevarication= misleadingCircumscribed= limited,Poring= looking closelyFaltering=a quick glanceDerisive=mockingCursory= not thoroughly detailedDesultory=lacking enthusiasmTentative=uncertain, unconfirmedTemerity= rashnessOpulence=wealthInsofar= to the extent thatAver= attest something is truePliable= influancable, moldable.Cogent= forceful and persuasiveSlipshod= sloppy, messy lookingSlovenly= sloppy. Messy lookingPerfunctory=carried out with minimal effortPolemic a stong verbal attackInchoate= not fully formedFrivolous= carefreeSartorial=relating to clothsQuerulous= complaining in a whining manner Petulant= childish/bad tempered.Doting= Excoriate= express strong disapproval ofInsipid=flavorlessAcquiescence=agreement without protestLauded= hailedAdjudicate=to settle a disputeDelineate= to outlineRemiss= negligent/ not doing ones dutyTempestuous=full of emotionStringent= harshUntoward=unexpectedTorrid= dryPropitious=favorableFastidious=concerned with detailPunctilious= focus on smaller detailsIndecorously= not following proper etiquette.Fulsome=excessiveBenightedness= ignoranceInsularity= ignoranceBeatification= blessedAustere= harsh, simpleAgog= enthusiasticForthcoming=honestStudied=planned out, measuredImportune=to ask persistentlyInimical=hostile toward, antagonistic.Conducive= to make a situation possible.Antithetical=directly opposed to something, related to the antithesis.Machinate=to plot or schemeHobnobbing=schmoozingMuckraking= publicizing scandalous material in an underhanded way.Tantamount=virtually the same.Celeritous= swiftRemiss=negligentPerfunctory= carelessMyopic= short sightedEnnoble= to make nobleSutlify=stagnatingPrecarious= dangerousSpurius= counterfeit or false

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