AP Lit Vocab Words #5 Flashcards
1
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Affront
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(noun): an insult; personal attack; offensive action or word.
2
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Blase
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(adj.): indifferent to or bored with life; unconcerned.
3
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Cajole
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(verb): to coax, to influence, to persuade by flattery or promise.
4
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Choleric
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(adj.): extremely irritable, easily angered,impatient, touchy.
5
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Encumber
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(vebr): to inconvenience, to burden or weigh down.
6
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Feckless
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(adj): having no sense of responsibility, incompetent.
7
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Impasse
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(noun): an inescapable situation, a quandary.
8
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Indolent
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(adj.): slothful, inactive, lackadaisical.
9
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Lugubrious
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(adj.): sorrowful, unrelentingly gloomy.
10
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Ribald
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(adj.): raunchy, obscene, solicitous, dirty.
