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Ap Lit (Words and PRS) Week 1-2 Flashcards

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Avocation

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A minor occupation ( a hobby)

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Capricious

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Sudden change in behavior

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Disparity

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I difference in treatment often seen as unfair.

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Efficacy

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the ability to produce a desired or intended result.

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Epistle

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A letter

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Hospice

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a home that tends to the old and ill.

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impetus

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the force or energy with which a body moves.

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Moribund

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At the point of death

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Reticent

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not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily.

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Vacillate

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alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.

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Akin

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Similar of nature or character

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Corroborate

A

confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).

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Inexorable

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impossible to stop or prevent.

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Insipid

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Lacking flavor

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Nefarious

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Evil

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Physiognomy

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a person’s facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin.

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Retinue

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A group of advisors, assistants, or others accompanying an important person.

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Suppliant

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a person making a humble plea to someone in power or authority.

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Tedium

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Being repetitive or boring

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Torrid

A

Hot and steamy (sometimes used to describe an affair)

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Allocation

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The action or process of distributing something

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Ascetic

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The practice of severe discipline and abstention from all from of indulgence.

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Beguile

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Charm or enchant someone, sometimes in a deceptive way.

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Crass

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Lacking sensitivity or intelligence

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defray

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Provide money to pay a cost or expense

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Dint

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A blow or stroke; an impression or hollow in a surface

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Enjoin

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Instruct or urge someone to do something

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Envoy

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A messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission.

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Interloper

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A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong.

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Vicarious

A

experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person.

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Admonish

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warn or reprimand someone firmly.

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Akimbo

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with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward.

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Lassitude

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a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy

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licentious

A

promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.

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muse

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a person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.

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pecuniary

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relating to or consisting of money.

36
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plight

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a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation.

37
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Presumptuous

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full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission

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subversive

A

seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.

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Vacuous

A

having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless.

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Ann

41
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Eu

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Good/Beautiful

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Cred

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Sym/Syn

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Pro

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Able/Ible

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Cord/card

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Aud

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Cid/Cis

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Cut or kill

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Ben/Bon

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Pre

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Cur

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Col/Con/Com

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Tion

A

the act of

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Duc/Duct

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Phil

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Ject

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An

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Port

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Re

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Sub

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Grat

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Thanks/ Gratious

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Luc/Lum

63
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Ab, abs

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From, away from

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Cred/Ces/Ceed

65
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Dia

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