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AP Lang Vocab 1
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Language - English
11th Grade
09/14/2009

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Aesthetic
Definition
2. having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty.
3. pertaining to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure intellectuality.
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Ambivalence
Definition
uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
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Amenable
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ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable:
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Buttress
Definition
to give encouragement or support to (a person, plan, etc.).
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Candor
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1. the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
freedom from bias; fairness; impartiality:
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Concord
Definition
agreement between things; mutual fitness; harmony.
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Contentious
Definition
causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy:
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Cryptic
Definition
mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous:
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Dawdle
Definition
to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter:
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Derision
Definition
an object of ridicule.
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Disparage
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to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle:
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Dogmatic
Definition
asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated.
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Esoteric
Definition
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite
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Espouse
Definition
to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause.
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Feasible
Definition
capable of being done, effected, or accomplished
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Flippant
Definition
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity:
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Fortuitous
Definition
happening or produced by chance; accidental:
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Hamper
Definition
to hold back; hinder; impede:
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Imperceptible
Definition
very slight, gradual, or subtle
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Inept
Definition
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment;
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Mutable
Definition
1. liable or subject to change or alteration.
2. given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant:
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Nostalgia
Definition
a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time:
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Paradox
Definition
a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
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Petulant
Definition
moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, esp. over some trifling annoyance
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Refute
Definition
1. to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
2. to prove (a person) to be in error.
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Repudiate
Definition
to reject as having no authority or binding force:
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Reticence
Definition
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely;
restrained
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Satirize
Definition
to attack or ridicule with satire.
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Taciturn
Definition
inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
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Vacillation
Definition
unsteady movement; fluctuation.
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