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Vocabulary
Ap lang.
25
English
11th Grade
11/30/2009

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Term
sentinent
Definition
being aware, having senses, reacting.
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vestigial.
Definition
remaining from the past.
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moribund
Definition
dying, state of inactivity.
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sententious
Definition
abounding in aphorisms.
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epigrams
Definition
short witty statement
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treacly
Definition
overly sweet and sentimental.
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turgid
Definition
inflated, pompous, waaay to many words
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soporific
Definition
inducing sleep
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felicitous
Definition
agreeable, fitting perfectly, pleasant.
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agoraphobic
Definition
fear of being exposed to public places
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cantankerous
Definition
cranky, irritable, irritating.
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correlative
Definition
naturally related
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providential
Definition
lucky, fortunate,because of divine intervention
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corporal
Definition
of or relating to the body. (often punishment)
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martinet
Definition
strict disciplinarian.
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automaton
Definition
robot
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illimitable
Definition
without limit boundless
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embellish
Definition
beautified by ornamentation.
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anecdote
Definition
short personal story
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antecedent
Definition
The word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to, as the children in The teacher asked the children where they w
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appositive
Definition
modifies a noun, shows a relationship.
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aphorism
Definition
a short pithy instructive saying
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assertion
Definition
Something declared or stated positively
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polemic
Definition
a controversial argument
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trope
Definition
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
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