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Ap English Words
Ap English Words 9-7-06
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Language - English
12th Grade
09/07/2006

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Term
poilisheh
Definition
polish woman
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Purim
Definition
a jewish holiday in feb/mar. commerated deliverance of jews from massacre by Ester
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stupe
Definition
dumb
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mundane
Definition
repeated
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munifiently
Definition
splendidly generous
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epigrams
Definition
major points
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begvile
Definition
mesmerize
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regurgitate
Definition
get back, memorize and say something back
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podium
Definition
platform
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bereft
Definition
torn away
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elucidate
Definition
give in detail
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emolient
Definition
lotion, makes hand soft, glass, mayonaise
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nostalgic
Definition
feeling mushy
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expedite
Definition
make easier, straight
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paradox
Definition
"I have never sinned" is a sin. Oxymoron
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palliatives
Definition
pretending to make better, fake friend
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predacious
Definition
kill to live, prey on something
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stark
Definition
standing out
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lassitude
Definition
exhausted
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altrustically
Definition
giving without expectation of return
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perfidious
Definition
not faithful, unfaithful
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blandishment
Definition
saying nice things to get things in return
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raucious
Definition
loud and full sound
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audity
Definition
avid, eager
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epitome
Definition
high point
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plenary
Definition
every person present and accounted for
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specious
Definition
misleading information
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extrirate
Definition
to pull by the roots
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equivocal
Definition
go back and forth in a decision
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benison
Definition
blessing
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beatific
Definition
beautiful on the inside
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sanguine
Definition
a person knows or understands
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surcrease
Definition
pause
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obviated
Definition
to anticipate and prevent (as a situation) or make unnecessary (as an action)
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perused
Definition
study, indepth
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rancor
Definition
bad feelings between others
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truncheon
Definition
a shattered spear or lance
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parsimonious
Definition
stinginess, cheap, thrifty
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compendium
Definition
summary
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megaiomania
Definition
to be everything
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capricious
Definition
a little breeze, to change one's mind with the wind
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dilatory
Definition
delayed
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ebullilion
Definition
bubbly
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relegate
Definition
to punish, lower position
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recondite
Definition
smart, hard to understand
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redolent
Definition
fragance, aroma, smells good
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dissimulated
Definition
to pretend, to fake, hide under false pretenses
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ken
Definition
smart, recognized before others
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sublime
Definition
a message given but not in an obvious way
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termagant
Definition
bad word
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sedulous
Definition
hardworking
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animus
Definition
mutual hate
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descried
Definition
see something before someone else and warns
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adulation
Definition
to love
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subsequently
Definition
not logically followed
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expurgated
Definition
pull out, expell from the inside out
Term
liaison
Definition
a close bond, connection, also know as a mistress
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sedentary
Definition
much sitting, couch potatoe
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turpor
Definition
extreme sluggishness
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esoteric
Definition
design to be known by a few people
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suppprciliously
Definition
make a person feel inadaquate
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abstemious
Definition
on diet, abstem from things
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ephemeral
Definition
short life
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histrionic
Definition
acting like a woman
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