AP Vocab group--units 7 & 8
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| 215487180 | abstemious | (adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline | |
| 215487181 | blithe | (adj.) cheerful, lighthearted; casual, unconcerned | |
| 215487182 | crepuscular | (adj.) Pertaining to twilight | |
| 215487183 | enunciation | (n.) the act of articulating or pronouncing words, esp. w/regard to clarity; OR a formal announcement or statement, as in a doctrine or policy. | |
| 215487184 | headstrong | (adj.) willful, stubborn, habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition. | |
| 215487185 | lackluster | (adj.) lacking vitality, energy, or brightness; boring. | |
| 215487186 | objective | (adj.) undistorted by emotion or personal bias | |
| 215487187 | pliable | (adj.) easily bent, flexible; easily influenced | |
| 215487188 | rescind | (v.) to abrogate, annul, revoke, repeal; to invalidate by a later action or higher authority | |
| 215487189 | temper | (v.) to moderate or mitigate; to soften or tone down; to bring to a suitable state by mixing or blending | |
| 215487190 | abstruse | (adj.)obscure; profound; difficult to understand | |
| 215487191 | blunderbuss | (n.) 1. ancient weapon (type of gun); 2. a clumsy person | |
| 215487192 | cringe | (v.) to shrink back or hide in fear or submissiveness | |
| 215487193 | envenom | (v.) to make bitter or angry; to poison | |
| 215487194 | hedonism | (n.) an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good | |
| 215487195 | laconic | (adj.) brief and to the point; using few words | |
| 215487196 | oblique | (adj.) slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct | |
| 215487197 | plumage | n. feathers of a bird | |
| 215487198 | resignation | (n.) patient submissiveness; statement/document that one is quitting a job; unresistant to fate | |
| 215487199 | tenacious | (adj.) stubborn; resolute; holding firm to a purpose |