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HUGE AP Vocabulary List 10-15
4/11/09
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English
11th Grade
04/11/2009

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acumen
Definition
quickness, accuracy, keen judgment/insight; perspicacious
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adroit
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dexterous; skillful; clever
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assent
Definition
agree; concur
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berate
Definition
rebuke, scold
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capitulate
Definition
give up, acquiesce, assent
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ennui
Definition
listlessness, dissatisfaction, boredom
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esoteric
Definition
known by a small amount of people
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equivocate
Definition
to use evasive or deliberately vague language
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paginate
Definition
system of numbering pages
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parsimonious
Definition
reluctant to spend money
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pedantic
Definition
narrow concern for book learning and rules
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placate
Definition
to ease the anger or agitation of
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pillory
Definition
ridicule, abuse
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polemic
Definition
controversial argument
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propitious
Definition
favorable circumstances, auspicious
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plebeian
Definition
common, coarse, crude
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punctilious
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attentive to minute details
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querulous
Definition
complains, peevish
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rapprochement
Definition
stubborn, defiant
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reticent
Definition
silent, reserved
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salient
Definition
conspicuous, prominent
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sanguine
Definition
confident, optimistic, reddish, rubicund
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sardonic
Definition
scornful, cynical, mocking
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scabrous
Definition
scandalous, salacious, improper
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semiotic
Definition
relating to semantics
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somnolent
Definition
drowsy, sleepy
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specious
Definition
errors in reasoning, fallacious
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supercilious
Definition
haughty disdain
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surreptitious
Definition
obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means
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sycophant
Definition
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage, brownnoser
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pugnacious
Definition
combative, belligerent, bellicose
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tacit
Definition
implied or inferred
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taciturn
Definition
silent, reserved, reluctant to converse
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temerity
Definition
audacity, foolishness, recklessness
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torrid
Definition
passionate, ardent, hurried, rapid
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tractable
Definition
malleable, manageable, governable
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trenchant
Definition
forceful, effective, vigorous, to the point, penetrating
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truculent
Definition
pugnacious, harsh, vitriolic, scathing
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turgid
Definition
ornate, complex, grandiloquent
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ubiquitous
Definition
omnipresent
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unctuous
Definition
insincere
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vapid
Definition
dull
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veracity
Definition
truthfulness
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vicarious
Definition
taking part in or experiencing the feelings of another
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verbatim
Definition
exact copy, word for word
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vociferous
Definition
noisy and vehement outcry
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