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AP Group Vocab--units 5 & 6

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206937190absolution(n)--forgiveness, pardon, release from guilt
206937191blatant(adj)--brazenly obvious; flagrant; (offensively noisy; tastelessly conspicuous)
206937192creditable(adj)--bringing or deserving praise, credit, honor, esteem
206937193ensconce(v)--to settle securely or snugly; to cover or shelter, or hide securely
206937194hasten(v)--to hurry, accelerate, rush; to cause to hurry
206937195laceration(n)--a cut; a rough, jagged tear
206937196obdurate(adj)--unmoved by persuasion, pity; stubbornly resistant to moral influence
206937197plausible(adj)--superficially believable, reasonable, persuasive, but often specious
206937198reprieve(n)--an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
206937199tawdry(adj)--showy and flashy but lacking in good taste
206937200abstain(v)--to go without; to refrain
206937201blighted(adj)--damaged; destroyed; ruined; or, affected by blight
206937202credulous(adj)--tending to believe too readily; gullible
206937203enshroud(v)--to cover as with a shroud or blanket
206937204haughtiness(n)--pride, arrogance
206937205lachrymose(adj)--given to tears or weeping; causing to shed tears; mournful, lugubrious
206937206obfuscate(v)--, to deliberately obscure; to make confusing
206937207plethora(n)--overabundance; excess
206937208repudiate(v)-- to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
206937209tedium(n)--extreme boredom

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