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Vocab 12-13
AP Lit vocab cards
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12th Grade
02/22/2012
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placate
 Definition
to pacify, appease
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platitude
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a dull or trite remark, a cliché
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plethora
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an excess
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polemic
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a powerful argument attacking an idea
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ponderous
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so learge as to clumsy, dull
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precipitous
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steep
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precursor
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a forerunner, something that goes before or paves the way for whatever follows
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preeminent
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better that anyone else, outstanding
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prerogative
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a right or privilege
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pristine
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pure, unspoiled
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profligate
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extravagantly wasteful
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proliferate
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to grow or spread rapidly
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promulgate
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to proclaim, to publicly declare something
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propensity
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a tendency or inclination
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proprietary
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acting as if someone owns something
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protract
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to prolong
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putative
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reputated, supposed
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qualitative
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having to do with the quality of something rather that the quantity
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querulous
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complaining, whining, grumbling
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ramification
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a consequence
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