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Week 26 Vocab
Vocabulary Words for AP English Lang. and Comp.
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English
12th Grade
03/11/2013

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Dubious (adj)
Definition
1. doubtful and uncertain
2. questionable
3. untrustworthy
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Quandary (n)
Definition
1. a perplexed state, not knowing what to do
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Futile (adj)
Definition
1. pointless (fruitless)
2. ineffective (useless)
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Cryptic (adj)
Definition
1. unable to be understood (puzzling)
2. short (abrupt)
3. secret
4. coded
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Insipid (adj)
Definition
1. without challenge and distinctiveness (boring)
2. without taste (bland)
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Torpor (n)
Definition
1. a sluggish, lazy, dull state (apathy)
2. a state of inactivity
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Slanderous (adj)
Definition
1. insulting or maligning someone with words
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Hypocrisy (n)
Definition
1. insincerity and duplicity, fake
2. the pretense of having moral qualities that do not exist
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Spurious (adj)
Definition
1. false or fake (bogus)
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Fabricated (v)
Definition
1. created false and untrue
2. created (manufactured)
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Disingenuous (adj)
Definition
1. not genuine (insincere)
2. deceitful, devious, and lacking truth
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Ruse (n)
Definition
1. a trick, scam, or con
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Stratagem (n)
Definition
1. a ruse, scam, or con
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Pernicious (adj)
Definition
1. damaging, destructive, harmful, and even deadly
2. evil
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Ingrate (n)
Definition
1. an unappreciative or ungrateful person
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Notorious (adj)
Definition
1. infamous and known to be dishonorable; tarnished in reputation
2. (colloquial use) negatively known for
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Toxic (adj)
Definition
1. poisonous, deadly, or contaminated
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Incorrigible (adj)
Definition
1. persistent and unable to be changed
2. beyond reform and to the point of irredeemable
3. unruly, out of control
4. not easily influenced or persuaded
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Audacious (adj)
Definition
1. excessively bold (daring)
2. brazed (reckless)
3. uninhibited (unrestrained)
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Avarice (n)
Definition
1. excessive greed for riches
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Anathema (n)
Definition
1. a cursed, loathed, detested person
2. a curse
3. a detestable object, subject, or thing
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Obdurate (adj)
Definition
1. stubborn
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Obfuscate (v)
Definition
1. deliberately make something difficult to understand (confuse)
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Callow (adj)
Definition
1. immature or inexperienced (juvenile)
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Malefactor (n)
Definition
1. a wrongdoer or criminal
2. a person who harms another
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