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First Semester's AP Vocab

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308002233Incumbent (adj)the duty
308002234Incumbent (N)a person in office running for office
308002235Indigenousnative to
308002236Innatewith you from birth
308002237Inveterateexperienced
308002238Parochialsmall town mindset
308002239Pervasiveworking its way everywhere
308002240Waneto decrease
308002241Impingehave a limiting affect on
308002242Laconicusing few words
308002243Lamentto mourn
308002244Obsoleteuseless because it is out of date
308002245Reticentreluctant to speak
308002246Sanction (good kind)to give approval
308002247Sanction (bad kind)punishment
308002248Suppressto hold back
308002249Truncateto cut short
308002250Genrea category
308002251Obscure (v.)to make unclear
308002252Austereplain, no frill
308002253Ephemeralshort lived
308002254Stoicable to withstand discomfort without whining
308002255Obscure (adj.)unclear
308002256Tenetclosely held belief
308002257Tacitunspoken but understood
308002258Prudentcautiously wise
308002259Tenuousweakly held thought or idea
308002260Mundaneordinary
308002261Staidserious
308002262Timorousfearful
308002263Immutableunchangeable
308002264Archaicreally old
308002265Prosaicordinary
308002266Trepidationfear or anxiety
308002267Novelnew and unusual
308002268Toxicpoisonous
308002269Paramountof the most important, significant
308002270Brittleeasily broken
308002271Urbanesophisticated
308002272Novicebeginner
308002273Epiphanylight bulb moment
308002274Malicehostility
308002275Emulateimitate in admiration
308002276Trenchantcutting straight to the point
308002277Nascentbeginning to develop
308002278Intuitivebased on a gut feeling
308002279Laudatoryexpressing praise
308002280Naiveunsophisticated
308002281Malfeasancewrong doing, illegal act
308002282Dilettantea dabbler
308002283Whimsicalodd in an imaginative way
308002284Eclectica collection of a variety of styles
308002285Mortificationembarrassment; shame; humiliation
308002286Warrantedcalled for
308002287Ambivalentconflicted; having mixed emotions
308002288Cognitivehaving to do with thought
308002289Arbitrarydone without rhyme or reason
308002290Pompousself-impressed
308002291ImplicitImplied, rather than directly stated
308002292Ensconcedcomfortably settled in
308002293Adamantinsistent; not open to compromise
308002294Shrewdclever
308002295Mediocreof average or poor quality
308002296Explicitclearly stated
308002297Inadvertentunintentional; accidental
308002298Miredstuck in the mud
308002299Prevailto win out, eventually
308002300Contemptthe feeling of disgust or scorn

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