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AP Lit/Comp
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Literature
12th Grade
10/04/2007
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omniscient
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all knowing
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archaic
 Definition
really old; antique
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altruistic
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selfless; compassionate
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aesthetics
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philosophy of beauty
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anticlimatic
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big let down
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bellicose
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likes to fight
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cerebral
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intellecutal
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charlatan
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a fake
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anachronism
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something out of time
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cursory
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hasty;superficial
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contrite
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sorry
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nemesis
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unbeatable foe
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dolt
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an idiot
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doggerel
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bad poetry
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tenements
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apartment buildings
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espirit de corps
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common spirit
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ennui
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boredom
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enigma
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riddle;problem
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effeminate
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metrosexualism
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extemporaneous
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spontaneous
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faux pas
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a social blunder
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hawkeyed
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overseen
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hawkeyed
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overseen
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gregarious
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outgoing
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gadfly
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annoying person
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harbinger
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messenger
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impeccable
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flawless
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heinous
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gross;wicked
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hyprocrisy
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not practicing what one preaches
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incambant
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one running for office who is already in office
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indignant
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impoverished;needy
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insidious
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harmful in subtle ways
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insipid
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tasteless;dull
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loquacious
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talkative
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maudlin
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overly sentimental
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machiovellian
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exceedingly ambitious
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myriad
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a great number
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molt
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to shed skin
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mercenary
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soldier for pay
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metaphysical
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spiritual
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misogynist
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one who hates women
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neophyte
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beginner
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parricide
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killing parents
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parody
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take of another work
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guixotic
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hopelessly idealistic
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putrid
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rank, rotten, stinking
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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pretentious
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fake;superficial
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rhetoric
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the art of writing
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redundant
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repetitious
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