For Ms. Graham and Ms. Patterson's AP Language classes at Northridge High School
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| 3752527405 | ambivalent | Having mixed or opposing feelings at the same time | 0 | |
| 3752527406 | bellicose | Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight. | 1 | |
| 3752527407 | burlesque | ludicrous parody or grotesque caricature; humorous and provocative stage show | 2 | |
| 3752527408 | callous | Emotionally hardened, unfeeling. | 3 | |
| 3752527409 | complacent | Self-satisfied; smug | 4 | |
| 3752527410 | condescending | possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing | 5 | |
| 3752527411 | consecrate | To make or declare sacred | 6 | |
| 3752527412 | cynical | Doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives. | 7 | |
| 3752527413 | despotism | A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator | 8 | |
| 3752527414 | dichotomy | A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different | 9 | |
| 3752527415 | didactic | Designed or intended to teach | 10 | |
| 3752527416 | doggerel | A derogatory term used to describe poorly written poetry of little or no literary value. | 11 | |
| 3752527417 | dogmatic | Strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner | 12 | |
| 3752527418 | dyspeptic | suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable | 13 | |
| 3752527419 | embellishment | the act of adding extraneous decorations to something | 14 | |
| 3752527420 | emulate | to copy; to try to equal or excel | 15 | |
| 3752527421 | feign | to pretend, to fake | 16 | |
| 3752527422 | exhort | To encourage; urge; give a pep talk; implore | 17 | |
| 3752527423 | fervent | Ardent, showing great emotion, impassioned | 18 | |
| 3752527424 | gratuitous | freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted | 19 | |
| 3752527425 | hypocrisy | insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have | 20 | |
| 3752527426 | ignominy | Dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium | 21 | |
| 3752527427 | infidel | one who does not accept a particular faith; unbeliever | 22 | |
| 3752527428 | integrity | Following a strict code of conduct or standard of values. | 23 | |
| 3752527429 | languid | Drooping from exhaustion. sluggish, slow; lacking in sprit | 24 | |
| 3752527430 | mordant | Biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh | 25 | |
| 3752527431 | pedestrian | Lacking excitement; ordinary and dull | 26 | |
| 3752527432 | pernicious | extremely harmful; deadly, fatal | 27 | |
| 3752527433 | petulant | peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset | 28 | |
| 3752527434 | pious | devout or virtuous; holy | 29 | |
| 3752527435 | pragmatic | practical, as opposed to idealistic | 30 | |
| 3752527436 | prudent | Cautious, careful, showing good sense | 31 | |
| 3752527437 | punctilious | Paying strict attention to detail; extremely careful | 32 | |
| 3752527438 | tacit | Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little | 33 | |
| 3752527439 | vanquish | to defeat in a battle or contest, overthrow; to overcome a feeling or condition | 34 | |
| 3752527440 | vex | To annoy, anger, exasperate; to confuse, baffle | 35 | |
| 3752527441 | voracious | having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager | 36 | |
| 3752527442 | zealous | Extremely active, eager, devoted | 37 |
