Ap Lit Summer Vocab

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ignominious

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humiliating, disgracing (public shame)

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vehement

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impassioned, emphatic, characterized by anger; violent

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sardonic

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characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical;

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lugubrious

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mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner:

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taciturn

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inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join inconversation.

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captious

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apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.

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fetid

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having an offensive odor; stinking.

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lurid

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gruesome; horrible; revolting; sensational; ghastly/unnatural glow

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arrogate

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to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right

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soporific

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causing or tending to cause sleep.

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ameliorate

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to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory;improve;

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expiate

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to atone for; make amends or reparation for

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penurious

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1. extremely stingy 2. extremely poor

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perfidious

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deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful

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fervid

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heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm

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turbid

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not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured

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indignant

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

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officious

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objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome

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equivocal

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1. deliberately ambiguous; 2. questionable

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assiduous

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constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive

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inscrutable

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1. incapable of being scrutinized; 2. not easily understood; unfathomable

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insuperable

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incapable of being passed over, overcome, or surmounted

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vapid

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lacking in flavor; dull

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insipid

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vapid

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provincial

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rustic; narrow or illiberal

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impetuous

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rash, impulsive

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imperious

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1. domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing 2. urgent

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precocious

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unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development

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capricious

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subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic:

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diffident

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shy, lacking confidence in one's own ability

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meretricious

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1.alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry 2. based on pretense, deception, or insincerity.

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propitious

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presenting favorable conditions; favorable

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indefatigable

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incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.

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ostensible

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outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended

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salubrious

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favorable to or promoting health; healthful

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pedantic

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ostentatious in one's learning.

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incendiary

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tending to arouse strife, sedition, etc.; inflammatory

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genial

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warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial

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disconsolate

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without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable