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AP English Vocab
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English
12th Grade
09/01/2008

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to want; a want
Definition
archaic sense of lacking something essential to life, of profound essential need
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to augment
Definition
to increase, to make bigger
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to glean
Definition
to pick out little by little
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panache
Definition
great style, flair and flamboyance
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to vex, ir, peeve, or exasperate
Definition
to annoy, bother, or irritate
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to rankle
Definition
to bother or annoy
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compunction
Definition
a sense of guilt or remorse, a feeling sorry for wrong doing
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the orient; oriental
Definition
Asian culture and nations, Asian
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the occident; occidental
Definition
the west, western (as in civilization)
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to mitigate
Definition
to soften or reduce the harsh effects of somthing
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to exonerate
Definition
to free or clear from blame or guilt
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culpable
Definition
guilty
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tangible; palpable
Definition
so intense as to seem physically touchable, perceptibly through touch
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poignant
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deeply emotionally moving, bittersweet
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nuance
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a shade or slight, subtle variation of meaning, color, feeling
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clarion
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clear in sound or meaning as a trumpet call
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stentorian
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at times rather pompously yet grandly and powerfully loud
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