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AP Lit > Vocabulary Unit 1 Lesson 15, 18, 21 > Flashcards

Vocabulary Unit 1 Lesson 15, 18, 21 Flashcards

1
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Circumspect

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Careful, cautious

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Demure

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Modest, shy

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Dispassionate

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Fair, impartial

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Dolorous

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Painful, mournful

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Edacious

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Devouring, consuming

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Effete

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Worn out

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Feisty

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touchy, excitable

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Flaccid

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weak, feeble

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Glabrous

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bald

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Flippant

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disrespectful, saucy

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Ingenious

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Clevel

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Florid

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highly-colored
“florid glow in her cheeks”

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Imperious

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Overbearing
eEMPERor

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Intactable

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hard to manage, stubborn
“unwilling to compromise on wages but he was intractable when it came to working conditions”

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Intransigent

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uncompromising, refusing to come to an agreement

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Accolade

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Praise of approval

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Conclave

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Private/secret meeting

12
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Dirge

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Funeral hymn

13
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Draconian

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Harsh or vigorous

14
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Epicurean

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Devoted to the pursuit of plesure

15
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Gossamer

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soft, sheeer, gauzy fabric

16
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Immolate

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to kill as a sacrifice, destroy

17
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Juggernaut

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anything that exacts blind devotion or terrible sacrifice,
“Nazi juggernaut”

18
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Ostracism

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rejection/exclusion from a group or society

19
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Junket

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Party or banquet, trip taken by an official

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Prolertariat

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working class

21
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Rubric

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A title, heading or direction in a book, established rule of procedure, explanation of a broad subject

22
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Socratic

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philosophical method of systematic doubt&questioning of a clear truth

23
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Sycophant

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self-seeking, attempting to win favor/advance themself

24
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Dilettante

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amateaur, lover of fine arts

25
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Libidinous

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lust, sexual behavior or remarks that are highly inappropriate or obscene,

26
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Licentious

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morally unrestrained, undisciplined freedom

27
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Mercurial

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Changeable, volatile

28
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Meretricious

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flashy, tawdry

29
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Minatory

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menacing, threatening

30
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mutable

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inconstant, tending to frequent change

31
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obdurate

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hardhearted, inflexible, general remained obdurate in his refusal to run for president

32
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obtuse

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slow to understand, dull

33
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officious

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meddlesome, offering unnecessary and unwanted adivce

34
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omniscient

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having infinite knowledge

35
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pusillanimous

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cowardly, timid

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