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3rd Quarter AP Final
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04/05/2010

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acrimonious
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harsh or bitter in disposition, speech, or manner

 

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mendacious
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lying, false
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noxious
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physically or morally harmful
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parsimonious
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overcareful in spending; stingy
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posthumous
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occuring or appearing after one'e death
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propitious
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favorably inclined; gracious
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pusillanimous
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lacking in courage; characterized by weakness of spirit
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querulous
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given to complaining; full of complaints
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salubrious
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diligent, hard-working, persistent
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surreptitious
Definition
taken or done stealthily or secretly; unauthorized
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unctuous
Definition
oily or greasy
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averse
Definition
turned away in mind or feeling; opposed to
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circumspect
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showing caution; watchful on all sides; attentive to everthing that may affect action or decision
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culpable
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deserving blame
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destitute
Definition
deprived of the barest mecessities of life; living in absolute poverty
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loquacious
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very talkative
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manifest
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to reaveal; to show plainly; to prove
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perspicacious
Definition
having keen insight; mantally acute
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preclude
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to make impossible by previous action; prevent
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recluse
Definition
one who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion
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retrospect
Definition
a looking back on the past; a review of something past
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specious
Definition
apparently true of good but actually fallacious or insincere
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tenet
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a belief, doctrine, or principle held as true
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baneful
Definition
causing death, destruction, or ruin; very harmful
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bureaucracy
Definition
government through bureaus run by nonelective officials; government officials collectively
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calumny
Definition
a false and malicious statement calculated to hurt someone's reputation
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dilettante
Definition
a person who delights in an art of science in an amateurish or superficial way; a superficial amateur
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fulsome
Definition
disgusting or offensive, especially because excessive or insincere
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garish
Definition
too bright or glaring; showy 
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harangue
Definition
a long, noisy, or scolding speech
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maudlin
Definition
tearfully or effusively sentimental
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motley
Definition
composed or various colors or elements
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pedant
Definition
one who makes an ostentatious display of knowledge; one who gives undue attention to trivial details of learning but has little interest in practical affairs
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punctilious
Definition
very attentive to every detail of etiquette or behavios; very exact
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ubiquitous
Definition
present of appearing everywhere at the same time
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a-
Definition
not, without
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en-
Definition
in, into, causative
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post-
Definition
after
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sub-
Definition
under
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ART
Definition
art, skill, craft
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CERN, CRET
Definition
to separate, to distinguish
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CORD
Definition
heart
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FORT
Definition
strong
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MIT MIS
Definition
to send, to let go
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PHON
Definition
sound, voice
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RAP, RAPT
Definition
to snatch, to seize
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SEQU, SECUT
Definition
to follow
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-ant
Definition
one who, that which
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-ory
Definition
like, pertaining to
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-ory, -orium
Definition
place where, thing which
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-ous, -ose
Definition
having the quality of
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ante-
Definition
before
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circum-
Definition
around
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de-
Definition
away, down, completely, negative
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per-
Definition
through, thoroughly
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CLUD, CLUS, CLOS
Definition
to close
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CULP
Definition
blame, fault
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LOQU, LOCUT
Definition
to speak
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MANU
Definition
hand
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SPEC, SPECT, SPIC
Definition
to look, to see
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ST(A), STAT, STIT
Definition
to stand
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TEN, TIN, TAIN
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to hold
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VERT, VERS
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to turn
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-ast
Definition
one who
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-ety
Definition
state, quality, act of
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-ist
Definition
one who
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-mony
Definition
state, quality, result of
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apo-
Definition
away from, from
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eu-
Definition
good, well
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para-
Definition
beside, alongside
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retro
Definition
backward, behind
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CHRON
Definition
time
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PHOT, PHOS
Definition
light
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PLAC
Definition
to please, to appease
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PORT
Definition
to carry
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REG, RECT
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to rule, to keep straight
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SENS, SENT
Definition
to feel, to perceive
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TANG, TACT, TING
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to touch
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US UT
Definition
to use
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VOLV, VOLU
Definition
to roll, to turn, to wind
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-ar, -ary
Definition
like, pertaining to
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-ar, -ary
Definition
one who
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-ive
Definition
tending to, having the quality of
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-ive
Definition
one who, that which
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