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Vocab 1-30 Flashcards

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Abeyance

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State of suspension

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Aberration

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Going against the normality

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Acerbic

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Sharp and forthright

Tasting sour or bitter

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Acuity

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Sharpness of thought, vision or hearing

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Admonish

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Scold someone firmly

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Adroit

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Clever/skillful in using the hands or mind

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Aesthete

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Person who has a special appreciation of art and beauty

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Altruistic

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Unselfishness for the well-being of others

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Ameliorate

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Make something bad or unsatisfactory, better

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Amorphous

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No defined shape or form

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Antediluvian

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Time before biblical times

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Aprocryohal

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Doubtful authenticity, but widely assumed to be true

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Arable

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Used or suitable land for growing crops

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Ascetic

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Practice of severe self-discipline (relating to religious reasons)

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Assuage

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Make an unpleasant feeling less intense

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Atrophy

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Gradually decline in effectiveness due to underuse or neglect

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Avarice

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Extreme greed for wealth or material gain

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Aviary

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Large cage, building or enclosure for keeping birds in

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Avow

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Confess openly

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Bilk

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Withhold money from someone without justification

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Broach

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Raise a difficult subject for discussion

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Buttress

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Source of defense or support

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Celerity

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Swiftness of movement

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Charlatan

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Fraud; person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill

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Cherubic

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Childlike innocence

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Churlish

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Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

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Circuitous

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(Route or journey) longer than the most direct way

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Clandestine

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Kept secret or done secretively, especially because it’s against the rules

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Commensurate

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Corresponding in size or degree, in proportion

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Concomitant

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Naturally accompanying or associated

AP English Vocab (8 decks)

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