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Daisy Miller Vocabulary for AP English Lit.
Chapter 1 Vocab.
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12th Grade
09/25/2013

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behooves
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obligatory, duty or responsibility to do something
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pension
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small hotel
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legation
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diplomatic minister and their staff, archaic: position or office of legate
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camphor
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white, volatile, crystalline substance with an aromatic smell and bitter taste
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attache
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a person on the staff of an ambassador, typically with a specialized area of responsibility.
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urchin (person)
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mischevious young child, especially one who is poorly or raggedly dressed
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countenance
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face or facial expression
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cravat
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short, wide strip of fabirc worn by men around neck and tucked inside an open neck shirt
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alpenstock
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a long iron tipped staff used by hikers
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knickerboxers
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knickers, New Yorker
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interlocutor
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person who takes part in a dialouge or conversation
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vivacious
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attractively lively and animated
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coquette
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a woman who flirts
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visage
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person's face with reference to the form or proportions of the featuers
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intimate (verb)
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imply or hint, state or make known
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querulous
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complaining in a petulant or whining manner
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laxity
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state or quality of being lax; looseness
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deportment
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demeanor, conduct or behavior
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inconduite
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indiscretion, misconduct
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dishabituated
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no longer accustomed with
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deucedly
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devilishly, damnably
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audacious
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extremely bold or daring, recklessly brave, fearless
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unscrupulous
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not restrained by morals conscienceless, unprincipled
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courier
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messenger, usually traveling in haste, bearing urgent news, important reports or packages, diplomatic messages
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dyspepsia
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deranged or impaired digestion, indigestion
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lucidly
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easily understood, completely intelligble or comprehensible, characterized by clear perception or understanding,
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impertinent
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intrusive or presumptuous, insolently rude, uncivil
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imputation
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an attribution, as fault or crime, accusation
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furbelows
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flounces
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tournure
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of a princess figure
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rouleaux
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a small roll or coil
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imbibed
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to take or receive into the mind, as knowledge, ideas or the like
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manifesting
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to make clear or evident to the eye or the understanding, shown plainly
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approbation
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approval, commendation
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indolent
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having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion, slothful
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sylph
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a slender, graceful woman or girl
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vigil/vigilant
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wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping/ ever awake and alert; sleeplessly watchful
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comme il faut
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proper
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mortified
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humiliated or shamed
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impiety
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lack of dutifulness or respect
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parapet
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fortification, defensive wall or elevation as of earth or stone
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induce
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to lead or move by persuassion or influence as to some action or state of mind
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asperity
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harshness or sharpness of tone, temper or manner
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retort
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to reply to, usually in a sharp or retaliatory way
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deferential
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respectful
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tete-a-tete
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private conversation
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askance
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with suspcion, mistrust or disapproval
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aredently
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having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling, passionate, fervent
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skiff
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any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person
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chaffing
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mocking, teasing or jest in a good-natured way, banter
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interposed
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to put in (a remark, question) in the midst of a conversation
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florid
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reddish, ruddy or rosy
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caprices
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sudden unpredictable change, tendency to change one's mind without apparent or adequate motive, whimsically
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garrulity
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talkativeness
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oubilettes
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dungeons
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functionary
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a person who functions in a specified capacity, official
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persiflage
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banter, ridicule
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invidious
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causing or tending to cause animostiy, resentment or envy,offensively or unfairly discriminating, hateful.
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