246412642 | acrid | (adj) harsh or sharp in taste or odor; sharp in manner or temper | |
246412643 | boorish | (adj) rude or insensitive; ill-mannered | |
246412644 | cynical | (adj) believing the worst of human nature and motives | |
246412645 | epistle | (n) a letter or literary composition in letter form; one of several books of the New Testament | |
246412646 | heresy | (n)any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position | |
246412647 | lance | (v) to pierce with a lance; cut into; (n): spearlike weapon | |
246412648 | obscure | (v) to make obscure or unclear; (adj) not clear or plain; dim, vague, ambiguous | |
246412649 | poignant | (adj) keenly distressing to the feelings; affecting or moving the emotions | |
246412650 | respite | (n) a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying | |
246412651 | terse | (adj) neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language; abruptly concise; curt; brusque. | |
246412652 | acrophobia | (n) the morbid fear of heights | |
246412653 | bourgeois | (n) a person whose political, economic, and social opinions are believed to be determined mainly by concern for property values and conventional respectability. | |
246412654 | debility | (n) a weakened or enfeebled state; weakness | |
246412655 | epistolary | (adj) contained in or carried on by letters | |
246412656 | hiatus | (n) a break or interruption in the continuity of a thing; a pause | |
246412657 | languid | (adj) lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow; listless, indifferent | |
246412658 | obscured | (see # 7) | |
246412659 | poised | (adj) (of a person) composed, dignified, self-assured; OR teetering or wavering, near imbalance | |
246412660 | resplendent | (adj) shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid | |
246412661 | therapeutic | (adj) of or pertaining to curing or healing |
AP vocab list 2, units 1 & 2
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