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Edwards AP Vocab List 1
Mrs. Edwards JHS
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English
11th Grade
08/20/2009

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abeyance
Definition
a temporary suspension of activity
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abstinence
Definition
voluntarily refraining from eating vertain foods or drink or from doing something pleasant but not good for you
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abstruse
Definition
hard to understand or grasp
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adumbrate
Definition
to suggest partly, to give a hint of things to come, to foreshadow vaguely
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alacrity
Definition
cheerful readiness, liveliness or eagerness
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ambulatory
Definition
able to walk or move about
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apocryphal
Definition
false, spurious, of a doubtful orgin
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arbiter
Definition
a judge, one who decides
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ascetic
Definition
hermitlike, self-denial, austere
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assiduous
Definition
hardworking, busy, diligent
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capricious
Definition
whimsical, fanciful, impulsive
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castigate
Definition
to punish, chastise, criticize severely
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chary
Definition
careful, cautious, wary
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chicanery
Definition
deception or trickery
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chimerical
Definition
wildly fanciful, absurd
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circumlocution
Definition
wordy language, an indirect, roundabout expression
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contentious
Definition
argumentative over a point, quarrelsome
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belie
Definition
to run counter to, to show something as false
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brook
Definition
to tolerate, to put up with something
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debacle
Definition
a disaster or violent breakdown
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deleterious
Definition
harmful
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descry
Definition
to discern, to see something, to catch sight of
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desiccate
Definition
to dry out
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discomfit
Definition
to confuse, deceive
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doff
Definition
to take off (usually clothing) as a sign of greeting
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doggerel
Definition
comic, sometimes crude, informal verse
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dossier
Definition
a file of documents, letters and records
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dulcet
Definition
having a nice, agreeable melodious soung
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ecomium
Definition
a eulogy or expression of high praise
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endemic
Definition
native, belonging to a specific region
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espy
Definition
to glimpse, to descry, to catch sight of
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evanescent
Definition
vanishing, happening for the briefest moment
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exemplar
Definition
an excellent model, a typical example
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exigent
Definition
urgent, demands prompt action
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extirpate
Definition
to rip up by the roots, to abolish, to annihilate
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facetious
Definition
humourous, joking in a somewhat inappropriate or clumsy manner
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fecund
Definition
fertile, productive, fruitful
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fusillade
Definition
a rapid outburst, spray of gunfire
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gainsay
Definition
to deny, to speak or act against
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garrulous
Definition
talkative
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halitosis
Definition
bad breath
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irascible
Definition
hot tempered, cranky
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leitmotif
Definition
a dominant of recurring theme
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levee
Definition
an emankment designed to prevent a river rom flooding
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lope
Definition
to run at a steady easy pace
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macerate
Definition
to softern by soaking, to cause to waste away
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malapropism
Definition
the humorous mususe of a word that sounds very much like the word intended
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matriculate
Definition
to enroll, most particularly in college
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maudlin
Definition
overly sentimental
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mellifluous
Definition
sweetly flowing
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mordant
Definition
bitingly sarcastic, incisive, caustic in manner
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moribund
Definition
being in a dying or decaying condition
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munificent
Definition
generous
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neophyte
Definition
a beginner, a novice
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officious
Definition
unnecessarily helpful, meddlesome, interfering
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omnivorous
Definition
eating or absorbing everything, feeding on both animal and vegetable substances
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oscillate
Definition
to swing back and forth
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ossify
Definition
to become rigid, to become set it one's ways
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palliate
Definition
to hide the seriousness of something with excuses or apologies, to ease without curing
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pallid
Definition
lacking color, wan
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panegyric
Definition
lofty praise, eulogistic writing
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parsimonious
Definition
stingy
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penury
Definition
extreme poverty
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perfidious
Definition
faithless, untrustworthy
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perfunctory
Definition
careless, unenthusiastic, done merely as duty
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perorate
Definition
to make a long, formal speech, to sum up a speech
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perspicacious
Definition
shrewd, astute, showing strong powers of discernment
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petulant
Definition
cranky, ill tempered, irritable, peevish
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piquant
Definition
pungent, charmingly provocative
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prescient
Definition
having foresight
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prevaricate
Definition
to deviate from the truth
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profligate
Definition
corrupt, degenerate, wildly extravagan
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propinquity
Definition
nearness in place or time, kinship
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protean
Definition
readily assuming different shapes or characters
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putrefy
Definition
to rot
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recalcitrant
Definition
stubbornly defiant and resistant of authority
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recondite
Definition
hard to understand, abstruse, over one's head
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reprobate
Definition
a morally unprincipled person, a scoundrel
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reticent
Definition
restrained, reluctant, uncommunicative
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ribaldry
Definition
vulgar or indecent language
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sagacious
Definition
wise, shrewd
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salubrious
Definition
favorable to health
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scotch
Definition
to put an end to
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sinuous
Definition
winding, having many curves
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striated
Definition
marked with thin lines or grooves
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supercillious
Definition
arogant, overbearing, condescending
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surreptitious
Definition
sneaky, secret
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sycophant
Definition
a flatterer, a self-serving yes-man
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temerity
Definition
boldness, rashness, audacity
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truculent
Definition
hostile, agressive, savage
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vacuous
Definition
empty, lacking intelligence
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viscosity
Definition
a thick or sticky consistency of a liquid
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