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AP Lit Vocab 1

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208988302AbdicateTo relinquish power or responsibility formally
208988303AdvocateTo recommend, one who supports or defends a cause
208988304AmbivalenceThe existance of mutually conflicting emotions or thoughts
208988305ApotheosisAn ideal example
208988306AugmentTo make or become greater
208988307BequeathTo leave or give by will, to pass on
208988308CapitulateTo surrender under conditional terms
208988309CholericEasil angered; bad tempered
208988310ConciseShort and to the point
208988311Crypticenigmatic
208988312DelineateTo draw or the outline of; to represent in words
208988313DevoidUtterly lacking
208988314DismantleTo divest of equiptment; to tear down
208988315DuplicityDeliberate deception
208988316Embellish1. To make beautiful by ornamentation 2. To add fanciful details
208988317Equivocal1. Deliberately amiguous or misleading 2. Questionable, dubious
208988318Expedient1. Appropriate to a given purpose 2. A means to an end
208988319Fervor1. Emotional intenisty; arder 2. Intense heat
208988320FulsomeOffensivly insecure or excessive
208988321HackneyedGrown stale through overuse
208988322IdeologyA body of ideas characteristic of a person or group
208988323ImpetuousSudden action or emotion; impulsive
208988324IcrementAn increase, something added or gained
208988325InsipidLacking flavor; tastless-dull, lacking interest
209265937IrascibleEasily angered; hot tempered
209265938LethargicDrousiness, indifference, apathy
209265939MaudlinEffusivly or tearfully sentimental
209265940MunificentGenerous in giving; lavish
209265941ObstreperousNoisy and unruly; especially in defiance
209265942PaucitySmallness in quantity or number
212160845PetulantCharacterized by fitful ill humor; irritable
212160846PreceptA general rule of conduct or procedure
212160847ProlificProducing offspring or fruit in great numbers: abunduntly productive
212160848QuixoticIdealistic in a romantic or impractical way
212160849RelicSomething that has survived from a past culture or period
212160850ResidualOf, relating to, or left over as a residue
212160851Sanguine1. The color of blood, red, ruddy 2. Cheerfully confident; optimistic
212160852SkepticalHabitually doubting or questioning
213617932Steadfast1. Not moving; fixed 2. Not faltering; controlled 3. Firm in conviction
213617933SuperfluousBeing beyond what is necessary
213617934TawdryCheap and garish; gaudy
213617935TrepidationGreat alarm or dread
213617936UnobtrusiveNot noticeable
213617937VeracityDevotion to the truth; accuracy
213617938Vitiate1. To impair the quality or value of 2. To corrupt morally 3. to invalidate

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