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Week 25 Vocab
Vocabulary Words for AP English Lang. and Comp.
25
English
12th Grade
03/04/2013

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Auspicious (adj)
Definition
1. Favorable and prosperous (promising)
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Propitious (adj)
Definition
1. Favorable (auspicious)
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Benign (adj)
Definition
1. Gracious, kind, and gentle
2. Favorable (propitious)
3. Pleasant and healthful
4. In medicine, not malignant
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Astute (adj)
Definition
1. Keen, clever, and discerning (shrewd, smart)
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Compelling (adj)
Definition
1. Overpowering (forceful)
2. Persuasive (undeniable, convincing)
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Tenacious (adj)
Definition
1. A firm hold
2. Stubborn (obstinate)
3. Strong
4. Sticky
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Legibility (n)
Definition
1. The state of being readable, decipherable, or understandable
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Nebulous (adj)
Definition
1. Hazy, cloudy, vague (imprecise, ill-defined)
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Epigrammatic (adj)
Definition
1. Expressed with a terse, ingenious, wittiness about the phrase or words
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Amalgamate (v)
Definition
1. To mix (blend)
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Onerous (adj)
Definition
1. Oppressive and arduous (burdensome, tiring)
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Sporadic (adj)
Definition
1. Irregular
2. Scattered about in time or place from the others
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Vacillate (v)
Definition
1. Waver or think twice; to be indecisive (hesitate)
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Venerate (v)
Definition
1. To revere or respect
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Dilatory (adj)
Definition
1. Causing to slow down or delay (procrastinating)
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Burnish (v)
Definition
1. Polished by friction, to become bright and smooth (buff)
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Calcify (v)
Definition
1. To become like stone, make rigid, or make solid
2. In medicine, to change to harden or become chalky with the deposit of calcium
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Ameliorate (v)
Definition
1. To make better (improve)
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Adulterate (v)
Definition
1. To make impure
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Aver (v)
Definition
1. To positively declare to be true
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Gist (n)
Definition
1. The main point or idea (essence)
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Grovel (v)
Definition
1. To humble yourself and make apologies in great fear
2. To physically prostrate before another
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Abject (adj)
Definition
1. Utterly wretched and hopeless (dismal)
2. Contemptible, despicable (horrible)
3. Forlorn (rejected)
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Hone (v)
Definition
1. To sharpen
2. To make better
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Incarcerate (v)
Definition
1. imprison (jail)
2. Confine
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