61-90 Ap Vocab

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Emulate

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to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass

to rival with some degree of success:

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enigmatic

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resembling an enigma; perplexing; mysterious.

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ennui

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a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:

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ephemeral

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lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory

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epicure

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a person who cultivates a refined taste, especially in food and wine; connoisseur.
2.
Archaic . a person dedicated to sensual enjoyment.

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equivocate

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to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge:

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erudition

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knowledge acquired by study, research, etc.; learning; scholarship

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esoteric

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understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:

belonging to the select few.
3.
private; secret; confidential.

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espouse

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to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause.
2.
to marry.
3.
to give (a woman) in marriage.

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ethereal

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light, airy, or tenuous:
heavenly or celestial
extremely delicate or refined
of or pertaining to the upper regions of space.

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extol

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to praise highly; laud; eulogize:

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fatuous

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foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
2.
unreal; illusory.

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fecund

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producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful:

very productive or creative intellectually:

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felicity

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the state of being happy, especially in a high degree; bliss:
an instance of this.
3.
a source of happiness.
4.
a skillful faculty:

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fetid

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having an offensive odor; stinking.

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flippant

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frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity:
2.
nimble, limber, or pliant.

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florid

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-reddish; ruddy; rosy
-flowery; excessively ornate;
-abounding in or consisting of flowers.

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foible

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a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect:
-the weaker part of a sword blade, between the middle and the point

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furtive

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taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret:
2.
sly; shifty

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garish

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crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
2.
excessively ornate or elaborate, as buildings or writings.
3.
dressed in or ornamented with bright colors
4. excessively bright; glaring

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garner

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to gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place.
2.
to get; acquire; earn:

to gather, collect, or hoard.
4.
a granary or grain bin.
5.
a store or supply of anything.

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guile

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insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.

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hedonism

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the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good.
2.
devotion to pleasure as a way of life:

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heretic

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a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
2.
Roman Catholic Church . a baptized Roman Catholic who willfully and persistently rejects any article of faith.
3.
anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle.

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hiatus

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a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
2.
a missing part; gap or lacuna
any gap or opening.
4.
Grammar, Prosody . the coming together, with or without break or slight pause, and without contraction, of two vowels in successive words or syllables,

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histionic

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of or pertaining to actors or acting.
2.
deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech.
noun
3.
an actor.

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hoary

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gray or white with age:
ancient or venerable:
tedious from familiarity; stale:

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iconoclasm

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the act of attacking cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.
2.
when one breaks or destroys a images, especially to set up for religious veneration.

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immutable

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not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.

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impervious

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not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable:
-incapable of being injured or impaired:
-incapable of being influenced, persuaded, or affected: