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Ap English vocab 4
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Undergraduate 1
09/30/2008

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Touchstone
Definition
A TEST OR CRITERION FOR the QUALITIES of a thing.
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Germane
Definition
Having a SIGNIFICANT BEARING upon the point at hand; PERTINENT.
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Unconscionable
Definition
NOT governed or RESTRAINED BY CONSCIENCE; UNREASONABLE; EXCESSIVE.
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Iota
Definition
A VERY SMALL AMOUNT; BIT
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Ilk
Definition
TYPE or KIND (connotation is normally negative)
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Satiate
Definition
To SATISFY FULLY; to GRATIFY TO EXCESS; SATE
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Juncture
Definition
a POINT OF TIME, especially one MADE critical or IMPORTANT BY CIRCUMSTANCES
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Savoir-faire
Definition
[French] The ability to SAY AND DO THE RIGHT THING IN ANY SITUATION; COURTEOUS; Adroitness; Fact.
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Apocryphal
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Of QUESTIONABLE AUTHENTICITY; FALSE.
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Avatar
Definition
an EMBODIMENT OR concrete MANIFESTATION OF AN ABSTRACT CONCEPT.
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Officious
Definition
EXCESSIVELY FORWARD IN OFFERING ONES SERVICES or ADVICE to others.
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Exacerbate
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To increase the severity of; WORSEN; AGGRAVATE.
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Regale
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TO DELIGHT OR ENTERTAIN; give pleasure to; PROVIDE FEAST FOR
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Renege
Definition
TO FAIL TO CARRY OUT A PROMISE OR COMMITMENT; not following suit in cards.
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Usurp
Definition
TO SEIZE AND HOLD as the POWER, POSITION, or RIGHTS OF ANOTHER BY FORCE and WITHOUT lagal right and AUTHORITY.
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Stymie
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To HINDER or BLOCK
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Arcane
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KNOWN OR UNDERSTOOD ONLY by those having SPECIAL SECRET KNOWLEDGE
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Intrinsic
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of or pertaining to the ESSENTIAL NATURE OF A THING; INHERENT.
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Quixotic
Definition
CAUGHT UP IN THE ROMANCE of noble deeds or unreachable ideals; ROMANTIC WITHOUT REGARD TO PRACTICALITY.
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Misanthrope
Definition
A HATER OF MANKIND
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