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Vocabulary 4
AP Lit/Comp vocabulary
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English
12th Grade
11/26/2007

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aural
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relating to the ear or hearing
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caveat
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warning, admonition
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conge
Definition
unexpected departure/dismissal
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dado
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architectural? segment of decorated wall
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diapason
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blending of voices or parts (music)
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etiology (-ogical)
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study of the origin of diseases
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extant
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in existance, present, NOT extinct
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extrapolate
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to carry to a logical conclusion
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hegemony
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supremacy, domination
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indurate
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to re-shape the surface to make it less flexible
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logomachy
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puzzle, problem, question about words
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mise en scene
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staging, placing of things for a production
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mufti
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(Asia) civilian clothing, life
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nacreons
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lustrous, pearly
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pastiche
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mixture of elements for production
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patronymic
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name of one's family through father
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rut
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to be aggressive
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screed
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long piece of writing, strongly worded
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supernal
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highest level of heaven
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asyncope
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contraction of a word by dropping the last syllable
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tatterdemalion
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shabby, dilapidated
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turpitude
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depravity, wickedness
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ultima Thule
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highest goal, accomplishment
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vitreous
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like glass, transparent
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