Ap Language Vocab 1-3

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(n) Something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic; (adj.) added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity.

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adjunct

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(n.) the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends

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Bellwether

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(v.) to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; (n.) a harsh or noisy cry; a racket

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Caterwaul

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(adj.) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible

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Chimerical

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(adj.) lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date

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Effete

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(n.) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action

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Fait accompli

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(adj.) narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative

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Hidebound

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(n.) any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.

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Hierarchy

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(n.) a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship

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Liturgy

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(n.) something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality; an illusion

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Mirage

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(n.) a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp, a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand

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Morass

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(adj.) offensive or disgusting foul-smelling; harmful or injurious

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Noisome

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(adj.) forgetful; unaware

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Oblivious

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(n.) a base coward

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Poltroon

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(n.) a covert; a disciple

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Proselyte

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(adj.) resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely

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Quasi

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(n.) good-humored ridicule; teasing

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Raillery

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(adj.) irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language

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Ribald

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(adj.) lying flat on one's back, listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive

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Supine

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(n.) a short description or sketch; a picture or illustration with edges that gradually shade off; a decorative design on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter

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Vignette

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(n.) protection; patronage; sponsorship

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Aegis

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(v.) to inform of; to make aware of by giving oral or written notice

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Apprise

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(adj.) fond of or inclined to drink; absorbent

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Bibulous

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(n.) a group of people hired to applaud a performer or performance; enthusiastic or fawning admirers; an opera hat

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Claque

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(v.) to pull up by the roots; to root out, uproot, or dislocate; to eliminate all traces of

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Deracinate

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(adj.) charitable; dependent upon or supported by charity; derived from or provided by charity

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Eleemosynary

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(adj.) originating in the country or region where found, native; inborn; inherent

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Indigenous

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(adj.) given to tears or weeping; causing to shed tears; mournful, lugubrious

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Lachrymose

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(n.) a dictionary of a language; the special vocabulary of a person, group, or subject; a compendium

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Lexicon

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(n.) a confused struggle; a violent free-for-all; a tumultuous mingling

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Melee

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(n.) a miniature world or universe; a group or system viewed as the model of a larger group or system

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Microcosm

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(adj.) very small, tiny; (n.) a lowercase letter

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Minuscule

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(v.) to darken or obscure; to confuse or bewilder

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Obfuscate

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(adj.) subordinate or supplementary

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Ancillary

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(v.) to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.)

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Bowdierize

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(v.) to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner

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Condescend

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(v.) to trick; cheat or swindle

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Cozen

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(n.) an enclosed district; region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people having a special character

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Enclave

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(n.) a person's strong point; what a person does best

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Forte

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(adj.) free; (adv.) without charge

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Gratis

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(n.) a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion

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Icon

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(n.) s small, narrow space between things or parts of things

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Interstice

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(n.) the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something

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Macrocosm

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(n.) a trickster or swindler; a charlatan

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Mountebank

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(n.) a song of praise, joy, or triumph

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Paean

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(n.) lighthearted joking, talk, or writing

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Persiflage

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(n.) overfullness; a superabundance, superfluity

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Plethora

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(adj.) concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiff in one's opinions

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Pragmatic

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(adj.) puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal

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Quizzical

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(n.) inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one's desires by force, extortion, or plunder

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Rapacity

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(n.) a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions

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Schism

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(adj.) having the power to heal or cure; beneficial

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Therapeutic

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(n.) a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique; (adj.) masterly or brilliant

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Virtuoso

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(n.) the policy or practice of treating or governing people in the manner of a father dealing with his children

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Paternalism

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(v.) to cause to concentrate around two conflicting or contrasting positions; to cause light to vibrate in a pattern

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Polarize

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(n.) the range, extent, or scope of something; in law, the scope or limit of what is provided in a statute

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Purview

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(adj.) having a ruddy complexion; of a naturally cheerful, confident, or optimistic outlook

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Sanguine

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(n.) a substandard or ungrammatical usage; a breach of etiquette; any impropriety or mistake

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Solecism

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(n.) a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he or she owes allegiance; a subordinate or dependent; a servant; (adj.) subservient

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Vassal

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(n.) the quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable

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Verisimilitude