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AP Literature Vocabulary Terms
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12/05/2010
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sop
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vb. to give a bribe or conciliatory gift
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abet
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vb. to aid, promote, or encourage to commission of
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ablution
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n. a washing or cleansing, esp. of the body
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abstemious
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adj. characterized by self denial or abstinence
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accede
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vb. to agree
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acerbity
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n. sourness
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aggrandize
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vb. to cause to appear greatly
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agglomerate
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vb. to pile or heap together
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amatory
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adj. designed to excite love
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altruism
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n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest
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ameliorate
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vb. to relieve from pain or hardship
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anathema
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n. anything forbidden, as by usage
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anhydrous
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adj. withered
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athwart
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adj. from side to side
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augur
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vb. to predict
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auriferous
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adj. containing gold
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banal
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adj. commonplace
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bellicose
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adj. war-like
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bereave
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vb. to make desolate with loneliness and grief
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biped
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n. an animal with two feet
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blase
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adj. sated with pleasure
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blazon
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vb. to make widely or generally known
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brine
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n. water saturated with salt
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bungle
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vb. to execute clumsily
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cajole
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vb. to impose on or dupe by flattering speech
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callow
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adj. without wordly experience
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calumny
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n. slander
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chattel
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n. any article of personal property
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choleric
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adj. easily angered
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comely
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adj. handsome
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maharaja
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n. a great Hindu prince
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malady
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n. any physical disease or disorder
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malediction
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n. the calling down of a curse
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manumit
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vb. to set free from bondage
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manifesto
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n. a public declaration
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mausoleum
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n. a tomb of greater than ordinary size
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mellifluous
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adj. sweetly or smoothly flowing
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mendacious
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adj. untrue
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meretricious
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adj. alluring by false or gaudy show
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mettle
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n. courage
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microcosm
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n. the world viewed on a small scale
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mien
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n. the external appearance or manner of a person
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miscreant
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n. a villian
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misnomer
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n. a name wrongly or mistakenly applied
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mordacious
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adj. biting
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orison
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adj. crying
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bigot
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n. narrow-minded, prejudiced person
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enfranchise
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vb. give voting rights
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hamper
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vb. to hinder or obstruct
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noxious
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adj. harmful, poisonous
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remuneration
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n. payment for work done
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bilk
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vb. to cheat
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replete
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adj. full
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plaudent
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n. statement giving strong praise
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reprehensible
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adj. shameful, very bad
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enigma
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n. puzzle, mystery
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ensonce
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vb. to establish firmly in a position
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tawdry
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adj. of little value
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laceration
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n. a cut
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obdurate
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adj. stubborn
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reprieve
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n. a respite; postponement of a sentence
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blighted
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adj. damaged, destroyed
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credulous
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adj. gullible
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enshroud
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vb. to cover
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lachrymose
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adj. tearful, sad
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repudiate
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vb. to shun, eschew
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tedium
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n. boredom
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blithe
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adj. free-spirited, carefree
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crepuscular
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adj. active at dawn and dusk
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lackluster
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adj. dull, monotonous
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pliable
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adj. flexible
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rescind
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retract, repeal
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temper
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vb. to moderate, soften
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blunderbuss
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n. a clumsy person
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laconic
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adj. brief, to the point
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amalgam
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n. mixture of different elements
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dichotomy
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adj. split, cut in two parts
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dregs
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n. sediment, worthless residue
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hermetic
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adj. sealed by fusion to be airtight
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sinuous
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adj. winding, bending in and out, not honest
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expedite
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vb. to hasten the process of something
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impecunious
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adj. without money
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debacle
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n. a sudden, disastrous collapse
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antiquated
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adj. obsolete, outdated
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progenitor
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n. ancestor
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repatriate
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vb. to return to one's own country
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schism
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n. a division, split
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iconoclastic
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adj. attacking cherished traditions
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volatile
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adj. changeable, explosive, evaporating
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insolvent
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adj. bankrupt
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obstreperous
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adj. noisy, loud
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contumacious
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adj. insubordinate, rebellious
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mettlesome
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adj. courageous, highspirited
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cadge
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vb. to beg
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pith
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n. heart of the matter, force
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supine
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adj. lying on the back, slow to act
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inveigh
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vb. to attack verbally
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remonstrate
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vb. to protest, object
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precepts
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n. rules establishing standards of conduct
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feckless
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adj. lacking purpose, ineffective, careless
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decorum
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n. propriety, properness
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penchant
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n. strong inclination, liking
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truculence
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n. aggresiveness
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garrulity
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n. talkativeness
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arrant
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adj. in every way, being completely such
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picaresque
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adj. involving clever rogues or adventures
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dulcet
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adj. melodious, harmonious
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insouciant
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adj. unconcerned, carefree
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desicate
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vb. to dry up, dehydrate
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harrow
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vb. to distress or create stress or torment
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pellucid
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adj. transparent, easy to understand
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pariah
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n. an outcast, rejected, and despised person
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tacitum
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adj. untalkative, silent
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multifarious
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adj. varied, greatly diversified
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torpor
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n. legarthy, sluggishness
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imprecation
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n. a curse
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hirsute
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adj. hairy, shaggy
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apostate
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n. one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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discomfit
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vb. to defeat or put down
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venal
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adj. corruptible, bribable, unprincipled
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lassitude
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adj. weariness, tiredness
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phlegmatic
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adj. calm, sluggish, unemotional
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sycophant
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n. flatterer
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reprobate
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n. person devoid of decency, hardened in sin
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raffish
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adj. low, vulgar, base, tawdry
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aver
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vb. affirm, assert, prove, justify
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demur
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vb. to hesitate, raise objections
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saturnine
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adj. gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
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epitome
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n. representative, a typical example
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quiescent
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adj. inactive, restful
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prevaricate
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vb. stray from or avoid the truth
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dogmatic
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adj. positive, certain
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felicitous
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adj. apt, well chosen
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vituperate
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vb. berate, attack verbally
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disabuse
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vb. to undeceive, correct a false impression
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