AP Lang and Comp Vocabulary Set #2
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| 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 |