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Vocab 1
Vocab, first set. AP CA III
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English
11th Grade
09/17/2012

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Abashed
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Disconcerted; embarassed
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Abdicate
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To relinquish or renounce
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Abominable
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Worthy of or causing hatred; detestable
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Accost
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To confront boldly; to approach, especially with a greeting, question, or remark
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Acquisitiveness
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Strongly desiring of acquiring and possessing; covetous
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Acumen
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Keenness of perception or discernment in practical matters
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Adventitious
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Added extrinsically; accidental; not innate or inherent
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Aesthetic
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Dealing with the beautiful; appreciative of or zealous about the beautiful; artistic
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Affable
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Characterized by ease and friendliness; graceful; pleasant
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Ambivalence
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Uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when cause by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things
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Anecdotal
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Relating to narrative of interesting, amusing, or biographical incidents
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Anomaly
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Deviation from the common rule; irregularity
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Antipathy
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Aversion or dislike; distaste; enmity
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Antiquated
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Obsolete; old fashioned
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Apocryphal
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Uncanonical; fictitious; of doubtful authorship or authenticity
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