Ap Lit

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abstemious

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adj- sparingly used or consumed

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abstruse

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adj- difficult to comprehend

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adamantine

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adj- rigidly firm

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aesthetic

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adj- relating to the beautiful

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affable

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adj- at ease in talking to others

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alacrity

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noun- a cheerful willingness

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altruistic

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adj- unselfish regard for the welfare of others

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ambivalent

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adj- characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes

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amorphous

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adj- having no definite form

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antithesis

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noun- the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or phrases.

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apathy

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noun- a lack of emotion

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aphorism

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noun- a brief saying embodying a moral

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ardor

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noun- a passionate intensity of feeling

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ascetic

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adj- practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and spiritual discipling

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aspersion

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noun- a slanderous remark

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assuage

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verb- to make less intense or severe

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audacious

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adj- fearlessly, often recklessly daring

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banal

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adj- meaningless; commonplace

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bantering

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noun- a conversation that is witty and teasing in manner

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bombastic

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adj- marked by pretentious speech or writing

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bourgeois

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adj- a person whose attitudes and behavior are marked by conformity to the standards and conventions of the middle class

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braggart

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noun- a loud, arrogant boaster

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brusque

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adj- very short and abrupt in manner

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buttress

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noun- something that serves to support, prop, or reinforce

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cacophonous

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adj- harsh-sounding

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capricious

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adj- impulsive; unpredictable

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censure

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noun- a judgment involving condemnation

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chagrin

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noun- a feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event

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circumspect

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adj- careful to consider all circumstances and consequences

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compucntion

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noun- a feeling of deep regret

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conciliatory

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adj- overcomeing the distrust or animosity of

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condescending

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adj- dealing with people in a patronizingly superior manner

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connote

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verb- to suggest; to imply

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consternation

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noun- a state of paralyzing confusion

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contemptuous

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adj- feeling or expressing scorn

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contentious

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adj- exhibiting a wearisome tendency to fight or be aggressive

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contrite

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adj- grieving and expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins

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conundrum

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noun- a complex and difficult problem

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corpulent

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adj- excessively fat

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credulous

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adj- gullible

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crude

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adj- characterized by uncultivated simplicity or vulagrity

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curtail

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verb- to shorten

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debauchery

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noun- a moral corruption

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deleterious

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adj- harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way

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delineate

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verb- to describe in detail

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denounce

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verb- to condemn openly as being evil or reprehensible

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depravity

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noun- corrupt act

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deprecate

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verb- to express disapproval of

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desultory

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adj- jumping from one thing to another; disconnented

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didactic

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adj- intended to teach