ap lit Flashcards

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a large group or collection

2: a group of animals and especially quail

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Bevy

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2
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a condition of having fetid breath

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Halitosis

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not allowing entrance or passage

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Impervious

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4
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a novel about the moral and psychological growth of the main character

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bildungsroman

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showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit

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Magnanimous

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a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation

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Travesty

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being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary —often used to stress the aptness of a metaphor

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Veritable

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a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting

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Fissure

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: having the property of forming bubbles :

2. : marked by or expressing an appealingly lively quality

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Effervescent

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a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter

2a: encampment usually for a night

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Bivouac

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11
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a lack of something; the fact of there not being enough of something

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dearth

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12
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free choice : PREFERENCE

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Druthers

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13
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given to tears or weeping : TEARFUL

2 : tending to cause tears : MOURNFUL

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Lachrymose

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being pleasant and at ease in talking to others

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affable

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given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative

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Garrulous

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16
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extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy.

17
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to throw into shadow : DARKEN

1b: to make obscure

18
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occurring after a meal

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Postprandial

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the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer
- the lowest point

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a small stream

21
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a psychological condition characterized by inability to experience pleasure in normally pleasurable acts.
Part of Speech: Noun

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soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot

2: a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position

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a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town

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: a waiter in a restaurant who has charge of wines and their service : a wine steward

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a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement
ennui
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: hypocritically pious or devout
Sanctimonious
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expert especially : one who understands the details, technique, or principles of an art and is competent to act as a critical judge
Connoisseur
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the will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do : DESTINY
Kismet
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to fall asleep quickly or become unconscious; to make someone do this [transitive] to hit somebody very hard
Zonk
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to ponder or meditate on usually intently
COGITATE
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to copy on a xerographic copier | 2: to make (a copy) on a xerographic copier
Xerox
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existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : WIDESPREAD
Ubiquitous