Ap English Lists 3 & 4

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Acme

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the top, the very best

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Alacrity

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cheerful quickness

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Austere

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lacking decoration or adornment, strict in manner and behavior

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Banal

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predictably commonplace

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Belie

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to contradict, represent falsely

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Bilk

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to defraud, swindle

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Clarity

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clearness, simplicity, or ease of appearance, thought or style

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Abeyance

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suspended action

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Adept

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expertise at something

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Affable

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pleasant, polite, easy to be around and speak with

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Benediction

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a blessing

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Bucolic

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characterist of rural, rustic or countryside

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Chastise

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to punish, verbally reproach

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Conundrum

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an apparently unsolvable riddle or situation

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Coerce

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to act predictably because of pressure or undue influence

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Depravity

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immoral, corrupt

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Decorous

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proper, civilized, appropraite, especially in behavior

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Elucidate

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to make simple, clear, easy to understand

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Farce

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a ridiculous situation or example generally meant to show something shouldn't be taken too serious or intended to make fun of it

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Gradient

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a slope, incline, or decline

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Deleterious

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having an unhealthy, damaging effects

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Didactic

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intended to teach or instruct, usually of a moral nature

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Enmity

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strongly held feeligns of hatred and loathing- usually mutual

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Embroil

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to throw into confusion or chaos, also relating to arguments or fights

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Expedite

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to make faster or hurry

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Haughty

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acting excessively prideful

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Idyllic

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free from worry or concern, simple

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Jocular

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characterized by joking

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Mercurial

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being swift, quick to change, shrewd

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Ominous

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having a foreboding, menacing meaning

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Pandemic

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common or widespread

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Punctilious

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close attention to the details of ones dress, apperance, and behavior

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Harbinger

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an indicator or forefunner of future events

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Kindle

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to arouse or stir up, emotions or a fire

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Malcontent

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person unhappy with the present situation

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Nascent

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just starting or coming into existence

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Palliate

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to make less severe, water down, easier to accept

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Paradigm

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a pattern or model containing fundamental assumptions

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Reticent

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restrained, keepign things close, tightlipped

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Specious

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having the perception of truth and accuracy but really being false

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Swagger

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to walk, move, or talk with a boastful, prideful manner

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Thwart

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to prevent, oppose, or block

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Torrid

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scorched, burning, passionate

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Winsome

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charming and likeable often in a childlike or ideal way

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Repartee

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conversation marked by quick retorts and off-the-cuff jokes

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Sage

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a wise person of high regard, generally of advance years, also an herb

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Substantiated

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to offer evidence or support, to make more reliable or believable

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Torpor

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a state of inaction, depression, malaise

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Trite

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lakcing effect from overuse or being excessively common

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Zenith

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the hights point in the course of a body or object