Ap lit terms Flashcards by Semora Pettaway(ST) | Brainscape

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Evasive

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Directed towards avoidance or escape

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Pragmatic

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Practical, sensible, not theoretical

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Laudatory

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Expressing Praise

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Ambivalent

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Mixed Feelings

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Caustic

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Sarcastic in a harsh, bitter way

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Acquiescence

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Reluctant acceptance of something without protest

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Effacement

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Thinning or shortening

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Rectitude

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Morally correct behavior

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Aural

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Trait surrounding a person or a place

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Duality

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Emphasis on opposition or contrast

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