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AP English Vocab
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12th Grade
09/01/2008

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vitriolic
Definition
viciously caustic, scathing
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vitriol
Definition
caustic substance that will eat away at something, vicious nasty outburst
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to burgeon or proliferate
Definition
to expand and spread rapidly
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it behooves one to do something
Definition
to do something fitting that is in one's best interests
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angst
Definition
ongoing anxiety and worry
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to lament
Definition
to express sadness, to complain sadly
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woe
Definition
despair
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doleful, dolorous
Definition
sad, sorrowful
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melancholy
Definition
sadness, depressed, sorrowful
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dirge
Definition
solemn, dignified, slow funeral march
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antecedent
Definition
that which comes before
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armistice
Definition
a formal cease fire, a truce
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belligerent, pugnacious, truculent
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hostile, aggressively willing to fight
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bellicose
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waging or preparing to wage war, aggressively militant and hostile
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clandestine
Definition
hidden, secret, undercover
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covert
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hidden, secret, undercover
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overt
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in the open, ostensible, apparent
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panoply
Definition
full suit of armor, full ceremonial attire or equipment, a wide-ranging, impressive display
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panacea
Definition
a cure all, a fix for everything, the "silver bullet"
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anathema
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a curse, something accursed and loathsome and hated
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plethora
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a great number, a vast amount
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myriad
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countless, beyond enumeration, a huge number
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to annihilate
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to destroy utterly
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obliterate
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to utterly wipe out
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