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AP Vocab 6
For Higgins AP Vocab Test Week 6
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11th Grade
10/21/2009
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antagonism
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opposition; hostility; resistance
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arbitrary
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subject to individual judgment
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austere
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severe; without frills
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expedite
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to make easier or faster
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heresy
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an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs
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compromise
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to settle by concession or surrender
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condescend
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to talk down to
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fallacious
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false; untrue
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intangible
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abstract; not capable of being touched or felt
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arrogant
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acting superior to others; snooty
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compatible
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able to co-exist; harmonious
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dubious
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doubtful
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solicit
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to ask for; to seek
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elusive
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tough to catch; hard to pin down
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static
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stationary; not moving
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facilitate
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to make easier; to help
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ironic
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satiric; unexpected
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irrational
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unreasonable; unpredictable
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dogmatic
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stubbornly opinionated
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flagrant
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shocking; oustandingly bad
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