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AP11 Vocab 31-40
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11th Grade
09/15/2011

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Ameliorate
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to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve
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Superficial
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being at, or near the surface. Shallow, not profound.
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Archetype
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the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
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Egregious
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extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant
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Satire
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the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
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Fastidious
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excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please
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Hyperbole
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obvious and intentional exaggeration
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Onomatopoeia
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the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
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Ephemeral
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lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory
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Allusion
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a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
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