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• Subtopic: Vocabulary Power Plus for College and Career Readiness **Lesson Nine** 1. **Penultimate** (pəˈnʌl tɪ mɪt) adj. Next to last. The penultimate step before graduation will be passing my final examinations. 2. **Bumpkin** (bump' kɪn) n. An unsophisticated, awkward person. Pickpockets often prey on bumpkins who forget to protect their wallets while visiting the city. syn: yokel; hayseed; rube ant: intellectual 3. **Pervasive** (pər ˈveɪ sɪv) adj. Permeating; spreading throughout. In two days, everyone in the small town had heard the pervasive rumor. syn: sweeping; persistent ant: contained; restricted; limited 4. **Provocative** (prə ˈvɒk ə tɪv) adj. Tending to excite or stimulate. The daughter considered her mother's short skirt too provocative. syn: provoking; exciting ant: dull; boring 5. **Recrimination** (rɪ ˌkrɪm ɪ ˈneɪ ʃən) n. A counteraccusation. The burglar had the nerve to express recriminations against the homeowner for hitting him with a shovel. 6. **Soporific** (sɒp ə ˈrɪf ɪk) adj. Tending to induce sleep. I stopped reading the soporific novel and found a more exciting one. syn: somnolent; monotonous ant: dramatic; ...