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Vocabulary 3
AP Literature and Composition vocabulary.
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12th Grade
10/11/2007

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Anchorite
Definition
hermit, person who lives in seclusion
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Arboreal
Definition
relating to trees
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Caparison
Definition
to equip, furnish, provide
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Chiaroscuro
Definition
shading, contrast between light and dark
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Cicerone
Definition
knowledgeable guide who lectures
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Comity
Definition
political body, collective organization
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Dramaturg
Definition
world of the theatre
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Dramaturgy
Definition
study of the world of theatre
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Dramaturgist
Definition
playwright
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Eminence grise
Definition
advisor behind figurehead, unofficially holds power
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Harlot
Definition
trollop, strumpet
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Hors de combat
Definition
civilian life, outside of combat, taken out of combat
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Incunabula
Definition
printed texts/works in earliest and oldest form
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Jacobean
Definition
rule of King James(17th century), plays after Billy Shakes, overdramatic, overdone
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Lilith
Definition
female demon, Jewish
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Lucullan
Definition
Roman figure, extravagant, banquets, etc.
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Nirvana
Definition
highest awareness
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Pachyderm
Definition
elephant
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Pernoctate
Definition
to be active through the night
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Pernoctation
Definition
activity through the night
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Pogrom
Definition
massacre
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Prelapsarian
Definition
before the fall of man
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Postlapsarian
Definition
after the fall of man
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Pyrotechnics
Definition
explosives, fire
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Pyrotechnical
Definition
think about it….relating to fire…
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Quasi
Definition
appearing as if, seeming, resembling
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Refractory
Definition
stubborn
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Refractoriness
Definition
stubbornness
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Seraglio
Definition
(Arabic) dwelling in palace of wives (harem)
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Stichomythia
Definition
brief exchanges between two characters, interlocking dialogue(Shakes, Greek)
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Traduce
Definition
to slander
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Triptych
Definition
artwork of three sections/panels
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Vitiate
Definition
to contaminate, corrupt, undermine
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Libretto
Definition
sung text to an opera
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