Ap Lit Midterm

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Acrid

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sharp or biting to the taste or smell, bitterly pungent, irritating to the eyes and nose

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appalled

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To fill with consternation or dismay

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cistern

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a reservoir

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austerity

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severity of manner

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averting

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To turn away

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compunction

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a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition;

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convalescing

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to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.

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cowering

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To cringe in fear

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credulous

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willing to believe or trust too readily, esp. without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.

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crescent

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a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.

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cupidity

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eager or excessive desire, esp. to possess something; greed; avarice.

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demesne

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possession of land as one's own

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demurringly

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to make objection, esp. on the grounds of scruples

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discordant

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being at variance

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dissolution

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the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.

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divination

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the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.

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domicile

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a place of residence; abode; house or home

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eloquently

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having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech: an eloquent orator.

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enumeration

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an act of enumerating

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haughtily

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disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats;

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hypocritically

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a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs

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ignominiously

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marked by or attended with ignominy;

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indignantly

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feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting,

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inexorable

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unyielding; unalterable:

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infallibly

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absolutely trustworthy or

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mantle

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a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.

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livid

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having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.

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insolent

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boldly rude or disrespectful

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magnanimity

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the quality of being magnanimous

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mayhem

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random or deliberate violence or damage

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mottled

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spotted or blotched in coloring

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nebulous

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cloudy or cloudlike.

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odious

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deserving or causing hatred

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opaqueness

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not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.

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patina

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a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.

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pestilence

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a deadly or virulent epidemic disease

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precipice

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a cliff with a vertical

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pyre

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a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material

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rakish

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like a rake; dissolute: rakish behavior

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raveling

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something raveled out, as a thread drawn or separated from a knitted or woven fabric.

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verdant

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green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.

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tendril

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a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.

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vehemently

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zealous; ardent; impassioned

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stricken

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hit or wounded by a weapon

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subsidizing

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to furnish or aid with a subsidy

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sardonically

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characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:

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simperingly

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to smile in a silly, self-conscious way

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spurious

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not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit

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retinue

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a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.

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reciprocating

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to give, feel, etc., in return.