AP Notes 221-240

Question 1

V-to defame; to characterize harshly

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Vilify

Question 2

Adj-expressing a rigid opinion based on unproven or improbable principles

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Dogmatic

Question 3

Adj-recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

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Perennial

Question 4

Adj-lethargic; sluggish; dormant

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Torpid

Question 5

N-the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving

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Magnanimity

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Adj-fierce and cruel; eager to fight

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Truculent

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Adj-departing from norms or conventions

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Eccentric

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Adj-complex/complicated

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Convoluted

Question 9

Pompous; grandiloquent

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Bombastic

Question 10

V-to destruct or block

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Occlude

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Adj-extremely talkative

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Loquacious

Question 12

N-one who hates all other human

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Misanthrope

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N-devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasure of the senses

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Hedonism

Question 14

To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.

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Abscond

Question 15

To mix or blend together in a homogenous body

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Amalgamate

Question 16

Of doubtful authority or authenticity

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Apocryphal

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Omen, predicting, prognostication

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Augury

Question 18

Fit to be eaten; palatable; victual

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Comestible

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A state of disuse or inactivity

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Desuetude

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Transparent

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Diaphanous