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Week 27 Vocab
Vocabulary Words for AP English Lang. and Comp.
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English
12th Grade
03/18/2013

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Obscure (adj/v)
Definition
1. Vague [adj]
2. Hard to understand [adj]
3. Unclear in the presentation [adj]
4. To make vague
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Alleviate (v)
Definition
1. Ease or lessen
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Convoluted (adj)
Definition
1. Complicated, elaborate, complex, and drawn-out
2. Twisted
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Mollify (v)
Definition
1. Placate, pacify, or soothe
2. To reduce or soften the severity
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Sanction (n/v)
Definition
1. Authorize or approve [v]
2. To confirm [v]
3. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country [n]
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Reclamation (n)
Definition
1. Recovery or repossession
2. Taking an area of wasteland and making it able to be cultivated
3. In ecology, recovering useful matter from waste
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Impede (v)
Definition
1. Hinder or slow (obstruct, hamper)
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Permeate (v)
Definition
1. To infuse, spread, or saturate throughout
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Pervasive (adj)
Definition
1. All-encompassing, spread throughout, or persistent
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Malleable (adj)
Definition
1. Impressionable and compliant
2. Able to be extended or shaped by an object such as a roller or hammer
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Arid (adj)
Definition
1. Parched and dry; without rain or moisture
2. Unproductive, barren
3. Sterile and lacking interest or imagination (immature)
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Conflagration (n)
Definition
1. A pervasive, destructive fire in an out-of-control blaze
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Engender (v)
Definition
1. Cause (produce)
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Enshroud (v)
Definition
1. Cover (conceal)
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Venial (adj)
Definition
1. Minor or unimportant (trifling)
2. Able to be pardoned (excusable)
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Protean (adj)
Definition
1. In acting, able to play many roles (versatile)
2. Extremely variable
3. Changeable in form
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Deride (v)
Definition
1. Make fun of or treat with contempt (mock)
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Salubrious (adj)
Definition
1. Health-giving
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Capacious (adj)
Definition
1. Able to hold much (spacious)
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Precipitous (adj)
Definition
1. Completed in a hurry (hasty)
2. Steep, as in a precipice
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Impecunious (adj)
Definition
1. Having no money (broke)
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Arcane (adj)
Definition
1. Known to only a few people (obscure)
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Sanguine (adj/n)
Definition
1. Optimistic and cheerful [adj]
2. Reddish [adj]
3. In art, a red-colored crayon made from iron oxide [n]
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Inconspicuous (adj)
Definition
1. Not easily visible (subtle)
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Inexorable (adj)
Definition
1. relentless
2. Not persuaded (unyielding)
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