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AP ELA III Vocabulary 4
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11th Grade
11/07/2013

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Abnegation
Definition
renouncing, giving up his rights
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Abstruse
Definition
difficult, deep, recondite
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Acrid
Definition
biting, sharp, caustic
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Affront
Definition
insulted, offended, was offensive when face to face with
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Anachronism
Definition
an outmoded thing, an anomaly
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August
Definition
impressive, awe inspiring, dignified
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Cacophony
Definition
noise, discord, disharmony
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Chagrin
Definition
embarrassment, mortification, discomfiture
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Clandestine
Definition
secret, furtive, surreptitious
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Contumely
Definition
scorn, contempt, insolence
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Deprecate
Definition
oppose, plead earnestly against, disapprobate
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Desultory
Definition
occasional, random, haphazard
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Eclectic
Definition
gathered from many sources
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Egregious
Definition
bad, obvious, flagrant
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Enamored
Definition
fond, loving
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Eschew
Definition
stay away from, shun, abstain from
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Facile
Definition
easily influenced, complaisant
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Fickle
Definition
changing, unstable, inconstant
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Generic
Definition
common, widespread, general
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Harbinger
Definition
sing, forteller, presager
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Hypochondriac
Definition
worried abut his health, taken with imaginary illness
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Impute
Definition
charge, attribute, ascribe
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Ineptitude
Definition
clumsiness, unfitness, inefficiency
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Intrepid
Definition
brave, fearless, dauntless
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Juxtapose
Definition
set together, put in proximity
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Labyrinth
Definition
confusing patter, entanglement, maze
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Machiavellian
Definition
sly, wily, astute
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Mellifluous
Definition
sweetly flowing, smooth, honed
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Nomad
Definition
wanderer,gypsy, itinerant
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Ostentatious
Definition
showing off, pretentious
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Paradox
Definition
inconsistency, apparent contradiction
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Pathos
Definition
pitifulness, sympathy-evoking nature
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Pensive
Definition
meditative, absorbed
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Philistine
Definition
so uncultured, unrefined, ignorant
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Poignant
Definition
sharp, painful, keen
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Prate
Definition
chatter, babble
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Propinquity
Definition
nearness, closeness, proximity
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Redress
Definition
repayment, remedy, reparation
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Reticent
Definition
reluctant to speak, reserved
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Satitated
Definition
fed up, wearied,ssurfeited
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Staccato
Definition
sharp-noted, disconnected
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Succinct
Definition
concise, compressed, laconic
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Sycophant
Definition
flatterers, hangers-on, toadies
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Tenacious
Definition
firm, fast-holding, pertinacious
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Tyro
Definition
beginner, youngster, novice
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Vainglorious
Definition
proud, pompous, inordinately elated
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Verbosity
Definition
wordiness, redundancy, superfluity of words
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Virtuouso
Definition
master of technique, accomplished performer, brilliant artist
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Vivacity
Definition
liveliness, animation, sprightliness
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Wanton
Definition
loose, immoral, lascivious, pleasures of woman and wine
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