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AP English Midterms
Vocabulary List #6
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01/13/2005

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prosaic
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dull, unimaginative
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profuse
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flowing, extravagant
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expedient
Definition
providing an immediate advantage; serving one's immediate self-interest
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fastidious
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meticulous, demanding, finicky
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belligerent
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combative; quarrelsome; waging war
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astute
Definition
shrewd; keen in judgement
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languish
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to become weak, listless, or depressed
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censure
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to condemn severely for doing something bad
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stagnation
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motionless; inactivity
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mitigate
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to moderate the effect of something
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reprehensible
Definition
worthy of blame or censure
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engender
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to bring into existence; to create; to cause
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exemplary
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so good or admirable that others would do well to copy it
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neutral
Definition
not belonging to, favoring, or assisting any side in a war, dispute, contest, etc
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relegate
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to banish; to send away
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anecdote
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a short account of a humorous or revealing incident
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pervade
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to spread throughout
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discourse
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a serious or lengthy speech or piece of writing about a topic
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conjure
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to summon or bring into being as if by magic
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sanction
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official permission or approval for a course of action
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