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Ap lit vocab Flashcards

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Austere

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In a severe or strict manner; having no luxuries; plain and simple appearance

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Corpulent

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Fat

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Derisive

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Expressing contempt (scorn) or ridicule
Ex: A harsh, derisive laugh

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Effeminate

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(with reference to a man) having characteristics and ways of behaving traditionally associated with women and regarded as inappropriate for a
man.

Not feminine

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Jocund

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cheerful and lighthearted.

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Manifest

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clear or obvious to the eye or mind
appear or attract
Ex: The ghost manifested out of thin air

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Ostentatious

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characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice.
Ex: Books that people display ostentatiously but never actually finish

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Sanguine

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optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.

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Strident

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loud and harsh; grating.

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Vehement

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showing strong feeling; forceful or intense

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Elegiac

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wistfully mournful
Ex: Their moody and elegiac characterization
relating to characteristics of elegy (haunting and elegiac poems)

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Fecund

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Producing an abundance of offspring
(F = Fertile)

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Fortuitous

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happening by accident or lucky chance; fortunate

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Infirmity

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physical or mental weakness
(Those who are weak, go to the infirmary. _____=infirmary)

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Malady

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a disease or ailment
Ex: “My Lady” has an ailment.

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Nuance

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a subtle difference in meaning, expression, or sound
Ex: the nuances of facial expression

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Profligate

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extravagantly wasteful in the use of resources
Ex: profligate consumers of energy
A dissolute person

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Remonstrance

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A forcefully reproachful protest

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Scintillate

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Emit flashes of light or sparkle
Ex: The light scintillates

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Vitiate

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spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of
Ex: They have been vitiated by the rise in population

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