to caution, advise, or counsel against something | ||
to defraud; cheat | ||
a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skillthan he or she possesses; quack | ||
roundabout; not direct | ||
a person, especially an old person, exhibiting a decline in mental faculties; a weak-minded or foolish old person | ||
used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy | ||
to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge | ||
the state of being happy, especially in a high degree; bliss | ||
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness;characterized by levity | ||
reddish; ruddy; rosy | ||
the action or spirit of people who work to oppose or destroy settled beliefs/institutions (often religious) | ||
without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities;vapid | ||
characterized by or showing servile complaisance ordeference; fawning | ||
of or pertaining to a parish or parishes | ||
producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful | ||
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable | ||
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground | ||
inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation | ||
swollen; distended; tumid | ||
the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer | ||
having an abundance of wealth, property or other material goods | ||
deep yellow or orangish yellow | ||
showing or expressing disdain | ||
to draw or bring out the truth | ||
to utter or pronounce words in an especially articulate manner | ||
disease that speads quickly among animals | ||
an unprincipaled or untrustworthy person | ||
complicated | ||
punishment undergone as penitance for a sin | ||
slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning | ||
kindly | ||
using a conversational style; informal conversation | ||
in low spirits from loss of hope or courage | ||
in a tone intended to preach a sermon or show a lesson about life | ||
attacking traditional or popular ideas or institutions | ||
pertaining to or expressing praise | ||
an air of treating someone well because of a feeling or superiority; condescending | ||
precisely meaningful; cogent and terse | ||
affecting the emotions strongly | ||
immature and overconfident |
AP Lang and Comp Vocabulary Set #2
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