11 Ap Vocabulary - List 02

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apoplectic

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adj - red-faced and seething with anger

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ascribe

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verb - to attribute; assign

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diffidence

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noun - lack of confidence; modesty or shyness

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dulcet

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adj - sweet and pleasing to the ear

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endemic

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adj - 1 said of a disease, etc: regularly occurring in a particular area or among a particular group of people. 2 biol said of a plant or animal: native to, or restricted to, a particular area

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pandemic

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adj - describing a widespread epidemic of a disease, one that affects a whole country, continent, etc.

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fustian

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adj - bombastic

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iniquitous

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adj - 1 grossly unjust or unreasonable. 2 wicked

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inundate

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verb - 1 to overwhelm with water. 2 to swamp

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knell

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noun - 1 the tolling of a bell announcing a death or funeral. 2 something that signals the end of anything

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laconic

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adj - said of someone's speech or writing: using few words; neatly concise and to the point

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parlay

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verb - 1 to exploit successfully. 2 to increase or otherwise transform into something of much greater value

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parley

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verb - to discuss peace terms, etc with an enemy, especially under truce

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petulance

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noun - ill-temperedness; peevishness

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ramshackle

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tumbledown; rickety; badly made and likely to fall down

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reticent

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adj - not saying very much

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tepid

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adj - 1 slightly or only just warm; lukewarm. 2 unenthusiastic

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truculent

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adj - aggressively defiant, quarrelsome or discourteous