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AP Vocab 1
Vocab List 1 for English Lang/Comp AP
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English
11th Grade
11/24/2008

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sardonic
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characterized by bitter or scornful derision, mocking, cynical, sneering
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scornful
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full of scorn, derisive, contemptuous
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derisive
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mocking, jeering
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vituperative
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using, containing, or marked by harshly abusive censure
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censure
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strong or vehement expression of disapproval
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scathing
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bitterly severe as a remark
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wistful
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characterized by melancholy; longing, yearning
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pedantic
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characterized by narrow, often ostentatious, concern for book learning or formal rules
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idyllic
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charmingly simple or rustic
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idyll
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short poem or prose piece depicting a rural or pastoral scene
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pastoral
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having the simplicity, charm, simplicity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas
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lugubrious
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mournful, dismal, or glooming, especialy to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
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elegiac
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mourning or experiencing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably passed
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elegy
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a mourful, melancholy, or plantitive poem, especially a funeral song or lament for the dead
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macabre
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suggesting the horror of death and decay;gruesome
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maudlin
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effusively or tearfully sentimental
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jingoistic
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fanatically patriotic
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churlish
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like a peasant; boorish, rude
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brusque
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abrupt manner, blunt, rough
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arch
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cunning, crafty, sly
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