PAP ENGLISH II VOCAB 4 Flashcards
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Credulous
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Believing in slight evidence, gullible
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Aesthetic
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Relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art
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Euphemism
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Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive
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Exacerbate
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To aggravate, to irritate, to vex
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Extol
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To prose, to glorify
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Gregarious
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Sociable and outgoing
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Incorrigible
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Incapable of being reformed or repaired
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Inextricable
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Not able to be disentangled
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Melancholy
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Depression of spirits
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Petulance
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Unreasonable touchiness or irritability
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Pompous
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Exaggerated show of self importance, ostentatious
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Precocious
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Exceptionally early in development or occurrence
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Prologue
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Introductory remarks in a speech, play, or literary work; intro action
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Rancor
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Butter, deep seated ill will, enmity
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Repudiate
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To reject, to disown, to disavow
