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AP English Vocab
Vocabulary Page 9
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12th Grade
10/14/2008

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austere
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stark, or severe and stern in manner
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denizen
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a citizen, an inhabitant
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leviathan
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a whale, a monster of vast size
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strumpet
Definition
a doxy, whore, prostitute, trollop
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cuckold
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a man whose wife cheats on him with the implication that he cannot satisfy her physically
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nuptial
Definition
having to do with marriage or weddings
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to discern
Definition
to see, to perceive, to understand
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to descry
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to see at a distance, to perceive something far away
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sagacious, sage, sagacity
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wise, full of knowledge and wisdom
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pusillanimous
Definition
cowardly, not brave but totally chicken
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consternation
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serious concern or dismay
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tremulous
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shaking, quivering, trembling (often from fear)
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vagaries
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unpredictable, whimsical acts or happenings or instances
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to obfuscate
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to make unclear, to make obscure and hard to understand, to render murky
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to deride
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to mock, to make fun of in a nasty way
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to denigrate
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to bad mouth, to blacken by saying bad things about, to defame by criticizing in derogatory way
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to decry
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to publicly denounce or criticize
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diaphanous
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transparent, see-through
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epitaph
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final word, inscription on a tombstone
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epithet
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a characterizing or stereotyping phrase, often, but not always, derogatory
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epigram
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short witty expression
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