AP English Week 18 Flashcards

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Failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed

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Abortive

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Make partial or minor changes to (something), typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme

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Modify

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Fit in with the wishes of the needs of

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Accommodate

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Performed or occuring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus

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Spontaneous

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Inborn; natural

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Innate

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A thin outer layer; a surface appearance or decoration; (v.) to cover with a thin layer

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Veneer

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A countless or extremely great number

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Myriad

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Courteous; sauve; polished

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Urbane

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Feel a powerful desire for (something).

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Crave

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Not connected or important to something

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Irrelevant

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Regard or consider in a specific way

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Deem

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Existing in something as a permanent, essential or characteristic attribute

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Inherent

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A fan, follower, enthusiast

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Buff

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(especially of a child or animal) play roughly and energetically

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Romp

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(of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden; concealed

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Latent

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16
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Full of twists and turns

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Tortuous

17
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Traveling from place to place

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Itinerant

18
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Journey, wandering, odyssey

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Peregrination

19
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Relating to marriage

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Conjugal

20
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An instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude

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Barometer