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AP English Vocab
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12th Grade
10/13/2008

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meretricious
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cheaply showy, flashy and trashy
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daunted
Definition
intimidated
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intrepid
Definition
fearless, undaunted
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disdain
Definition
to scorn, to treat with contempt; (n) scorn, contempt
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a trifle
Definition
thing of little significance or importance
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to trifle with
Definition
to treat cavalierly, to use without respecting (to trifle with someone's feelings)
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to deign to do
Definition
to be willing to do although you have to lower yourself to someone else's level, to condescend (always implies a feeling of superiority on the part of the one who deigns)
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to condescend
Definition
to deign, to lower oneself to a lower level
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germane
Definition
relevant, pertinent, related to
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manifestation
Definition
a showing forth, a revealing
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manifest
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to show forth, to reveal
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impetus
Definition
a driving force, an inspiration
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impetuous
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heedless, rash, impulsive
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genre
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a type or classification, esp. of literature, film, or art
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parody
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an imitation whose goal is to mock and make fun of the thing imitated, a form of satire
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elegy
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serious poem about death, someone's death
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elegiac
Definition
somber in tone, evoking serious, doleful responses
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foil
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a contrasting character in literature
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rhetoric
Definition
the use of words to create a specific effect
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rhetorical
Definition
crafted with words to create a specific effect
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paradox
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a seeming contradiction that expresses a higher truth
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