#1 Mon. March 17 Ap Lit. Flashcards

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Morbid

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Gruesome; related to disease or death; abnormally gloomy

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Mock

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To deride to ridicule; to make fun of

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Noisome

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Stinking, putrid, rotting odor

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Panache

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Flamboyance, verve; flair, style

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Peerless

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Unequaled; superior; unrivaled

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Pseudonym

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Pen name; fictitious or borrowed name

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Resonate

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To echo

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Rescind

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To repeal, cancel

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Rife

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Widespread, prevalent, abundant, common

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Skulk

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To move in a stealthy or cautious manner; sneak

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Slipshod

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Careless, hasty

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Sojourn

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A vist, a stay

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Trite

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Shallow, superficial

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Toxin

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Poison

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Transitory

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Short-lived existing only briefly

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Urbane

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Courteous, refined, suave, elegant, sophisticated

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Unyielding

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Firm, unbending, immovable

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Volley

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Flight of missiles or projectiles; round of gunshots

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Winsome

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Charming, happily engaging

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Zenith

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Highest point, Summit, climax

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Attenuate

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To weaken; to make thin or slender

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Awry

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Crooked, askew, amiss

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Blithe

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Joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought

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Bulwark

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Defense wall; anything serving as defense

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Carnal

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Of the flesh

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Catholic

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Universal; broad and comprehensive

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Culprit

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A guilty person

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Deprecate

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To belittle, to disparage, to criticize, to condemn

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Depict

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To describe to represent

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Dichotomy

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Division into two parts

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Esoteric

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Understood by only a learned few

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Estrange

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To alienate, to keep at a distance, to separate from

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Forebearance

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Patience, restraint, leniency

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Fledgling

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Beginner, novice; young bird just learning to fly

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Hypothetical

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Theoretical, speculative

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Incognito

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In disguise, concealing one’s identity

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Inconsequential

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Unimportant trivial

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Infuriate

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To anger, to provoke, to outrage

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Lunar

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Relating to the moon

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Mercurial

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Quick, shrewd, and unpredictable