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AP English Vocabulary-Semester 1

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enthusiastic quickness
to test, analyze
speed or quickness
strong and to the point; convincing
urgent; pressing
to stir up; provoke
refusing to compromise
to make worried or upset
to bring back to consciousness
showing care or worry
cloudy; confused
very excited or upset
a corrupt wrongdoer
to bring about; to produce
a kind or type of art
related to or coming from the same source
natural; present from birth
in the act of being born; growing
to change the form or appearance of
not real
to make up or invent; pretend
about to bring forth or give birth; pregnant
the range of works an artist can produce or perform
strongly emotional; fierce and passionate
to attack strongly in words; to talk or write bitterly against
to draw a conclusion based on little or no information; to guess
the end of existence; death
to make less or weaker; to forgive or pardon
standing for another thing
of or like a devil; very wicked or cruel
an exaggeration for effect
happening in parts or segments
orderly and regular
a council, especially of churches or church officials
having to do with the country
a meal; food and drink for a meal
gathered into a whole; total
standing out sharply as wrong or bad
liking to be with other people
having to do with farming
the act of traveling about; a journey
fulfillment of an effort or desire
yielding no positive results
having to do with the countryside; rural
having to do with country life or farms
simple and pleasant
to leave in a hurry, especially to escape the law
difficult to understand; hidden from
hard to understand; having a secret meaning
coming from an unreliable source; untrue
an opening or a whole
public, unhidden; open
done in a hidden or secret manner
the circumstances or setting surrounding an event
the hidden or underlying meaning of something
a stated reason for doing something; an excuse
a formal delay; a suspension
modest and shy
to express unwillingness to do something; to object
done without planning; improvised
having to do with finite time or everyday life (as opposed to the eternal or spiritual)
to put off making a decision; to stall
happening or active during the day
a short stay or visit
to formally bring to an end
something that seems to be out of its proper time
to tell or write the history of
happening at the same time as
the mind, especially as the center of a person's being
having an effect on the body, but mental or emotional in origin
having severe mental illness to the point of disconnection from reality
timid or cowardly; not brave
strong criticism or blame
without life; unmoving
to take place; to happen
to plan together secretly
to have a strong desire to get or do something
not agreeing or going well together
agreement or harmony
liveliness; high-spiritedness
wandering from one topic to another
to agree in an opinion or decision
badly needed help; aid
too willing to serve or obey
movement from one thing to another; transition
to come after; to happen as a result of
going on without stopping; seemingly never-ending
to admit that something is true; to give up
to ask or plead with on behalf of another
a time period lasting through the ages; eternity
to cause to continue; to further
having or showing good judgment
to settle a dispute or argument
not concerned about morality
attitudes and behaviors that are so firmly fixed that they are followed like laws
gloomy, bad-tempered
to make up for doing wrong
lacking respect for what should be worshiped
to set apart as holy; to give up to a purpose
very bad; hateful
so sacred or revered as to be off-limits

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