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Vocabulary
Vocab words for AP LANG
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English
11th Grade
11/27/2011

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providential
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occurring at a favorable time or involving divine foresight, adjective
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moribund
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Near death or dying
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corporal
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bodily, physical, or pertaining to the body
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embellish
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to improve or beautify using detail
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agoraphobic
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afraid to go outside or afraid of difficult situations with no escape
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epigram
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an interesting usually memorable and clever statment
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illimitable
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limitless or boundless
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automaton
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a moving or mechanical device made in imitation of a human being
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sententious
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being a tool by using fancy words
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martinet
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a person who enforces strict discipline
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cantankerous
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bad or ill tempered, difficult or irritating to get along with
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sentient
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having conscious thought
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turgid
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swollen
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felicitous
Definition
well chosen or pleasing or favorable
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treacly
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to be overly sweet, too kind
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vestigial
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evidence that something used to exist
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correlative
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corresponding or relating to
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soporific
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tendency to cause drowsiness or some that makes you really tired
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