Ap Lit English 12 Vocab

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Gauche

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Lacking ease or grace

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Gerrymander

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Manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency so as to favor one party or class

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Hegemony

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Leadership or dominance

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Hemoglobin

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Is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body

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Hubris

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Excessive pride or self-confidence

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Homogenous

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Of the same kind, alike

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Hypotenus

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The longest side of a right triangle, opposite the right angle

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Impeach

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Call into question the integrity or validity of a practice

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Incognito

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Having one's true identity concealed

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Incontrovertible

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Not able to be denied or disputed

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Nihilism

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The rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in belief that life is meaningless

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Nomenclature

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The devising or choosing of homes for things, esp. In a science or other disciplines

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Nonsectarian

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Not involving or relating to a specific religious sect or political group

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Notarize

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Have a document legalized ba a notary

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Obsequious

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Obedient or attentive to an excessive degree

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Lugubrious

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Looking or sounding sad and dismal

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Metamorphosis

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The process or transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages

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Mitosis

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Cell division

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Moiety

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Each of two parts into which a thing is or can be divided

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Nanotechnology

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The branch of technology that deals with dimensions and tolerances orlf less than 100 nanometers, esp. The manipulation of individual atoms and molecules

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Abjure

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Solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim)

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Abrogate

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Repeal or do away with (a law, righy, or formal agreement)

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Abstremious

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Not self-indulgent, esp. When eating and drinking

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Acumen

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The ability to make good judgement and quick decision, typically in a particular domain

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Antebellum

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Occurring or existing before a particular war, esp. The American Civil War

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Auspicious

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Conductive to success, favorable

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Belie

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(Of an appearance) fail to give a true notion or impression of something, disguise

To fail to fulfill or justify, betray

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Bellicose

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Demonstrating agression and willingness to fight

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Bowlderize

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Remove material that is considered improper or offensive from text

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Chicanery

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The use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose

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Equinox

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The time or date (twice a year at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal lengths)

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Euro

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The single European Currency adopten in 1999 by 11 countries in the European Union

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Evanescent

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Soon passing out of sight, memory or existence

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Expurgate

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Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from a book or account

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Facetious

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Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor

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Fatuous

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Silly pointless

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Feckless

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Lacking in efficiency or vitality, unthinking or irresponsible

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Fiduciary

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Involving trust esp. With regard to the relationship between a trustee and a beneficiary

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Fillbuster

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An action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures

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Gamete

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A mature naploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote

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Recapitulate

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Summarize and state again the main points of

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Reciprocal

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Given, felt or done in return

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Reparation

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The action of breathing

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Sanguine

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Cheerfully optimistic

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Plasma

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The colorless fluid part of blood

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Polymer

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A substance that has a molecular structure

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Precipitous

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Dangerously high or steep

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Quasar

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A massive and extremely remote celestial object

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Quotidan

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Of or occurring everyday

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Respiration

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The action of breathing

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Unctuous

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Excessively or ingratiatingly flattering

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Usurp

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Take illegally or by force

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Vacuous

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Having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence

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Vehement

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Showing strong feeling

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Vortex

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A mass of whirling fluid or air

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Winnow

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Blow a current of air through in order to remove the chaff

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Wrought

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Beaten out of shape by hammering (of metals)

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Xenophobia

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Intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries

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Yeoman

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Historical a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate

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Ziggurat

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A rectangular steeped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple

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Soliloquy

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An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers

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Subjugate

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Bring under domination or control

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Suffragist

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A person advocating the extension of suffrage esp. to women

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Supercilious

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Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

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Tautology

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The saying of the same thing twice in different words

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Taxonomy

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The branch of science concerned with classification esp. of organisms

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Tectonic

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Geology of or relating to the structure of the earth's crust and the large-scale processes that take place within it

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Tempestuous

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Characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion

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Thermodynamics

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The branch of physical science that deals with the relations between heat and other forms of energy

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Totalitarian

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Of or relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state

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Apprehension

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Slight fear; sense of something unfavorable

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Conniving

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Cunning; scheming

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Derision

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Mockery

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Epigram

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Short, witty saying

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Lassitude

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Lack of energy; weariness

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Pedantic

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Over-insistent on matters of book learning

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Phenomenology

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Branch of science concerned with things as they are perceived

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Precipitate

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Hurried, insoluble product of a reaction in chemistry

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Renege

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Go back on a promise or retract a statement