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Vocabulary 1
First set of vocab words for AP Lang and Comp
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English
10th Grade
12/08/2010

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Shibboleths
Definition
A peculiarity of pronounciation, behavior, mode of dress that distinguishes a group of people. Something weird that someone does that makes them different from others (not necessarily in a bad way).
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Euphemism
Definition
example: collatoral damage, vertically challenged.... a meaning that takes the edge of the denotation or true definition of a word. "She made a poor choice..."
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Platitude
Definition
a trivial saying or compliment, often a cliche.
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Somnambulant
Definition
sleep walking
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Larynectomize
Definition
cut out someone's throat
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Salubrious
Definition
healthy
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Intrinsic
Definition
innate
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Apocryphal
Definition
fictitious/ of doubtful authorship
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Ulcerated
Definition
having an ulcer-- undergo ulceration
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Melee
Definition
hand to hand struggle among several people
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Spate
Definition
sudden, overwhelming outpouring
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Characterization
Definition
how a character is revealed: dialogue, action, exposition
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Denouement
Definition
Literarlly-- the untangling of the know. The outcome or resolution
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Exposition
Definition
Direct description
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Objective perspective
Definition
perspective that does not reveal the inner workings of any of the characters
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Third person limited
Definition
Narrotor goes inside the head of one character
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