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AP Lang Vocab > Vocab List #4 > Flashcards

Vocab List #4 Flashcards

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand; obscure

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Somber

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Dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit

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Bombastic

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Pompous; using inflated language

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Insolent

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Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

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Lugubrious

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Mournful; gloomy

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Sardonic

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Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

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Effusive

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Emotionally excessive; overly demonstrative

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Turgid

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(Adj.) –Swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive language

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