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Ap English Words 9-7-06
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12th Grade
09/07/2006
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Term
poilisheh
 Definition
polish woman
Term
Purim
 Definition
a jewish holiday in feb/mar. commerated deliverance of jews from massacre by Ester
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stupe
 Definition
dumb
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mundane
 Definition
repeated
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munifiently
 Definition
splendidly generous
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epigrams
 Definition
major points
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begvile
 Definition
mesmerize
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regurgitate
 Definition
get back, memorize and say something back
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podium
 Definition
platform
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bereft
 Definition
torn away
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elucidate
 Definition
give in detail
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emolient
 Definition
lotion, makes hand soft, glass, mayonaise
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nostalgic
 Definition
feeling mushy
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expedite
 Definition
make easier, straight
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paradox
 Definition
"I have never sinned" is a sin. Oxymoron
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palliatives
 Definition
pretending to make better, fake friend
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predacious
 Definition
kill to live, prey on something
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stark
 Definition
standing out
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lassitude
 Definition
exhausted
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altrustically
 Definition
giving without expectation of return
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perfidious
 Definition
not faithful, unfaithful
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blandishment
 Definition
saying nice things to get things in return
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raucious
 Definition
loud and full sound
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audity
 Definition
avid, eager
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epitome
 Definition
high point
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plenary
 Definition
every person present and accounted for
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specious
 Definition
misleading information
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extrirate
 Definition
to pull by the roots
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equivocal
 Definition
go back and forth in a decision
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benison
 Definition
blessing
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beatific
 Definition
beautiful on the inside
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sanguine
 Definition
a person knows or understands
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surcrease
 Definition
pause
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obviated
 Definition
to anticipate and prevent (as a situation) or make unnecessary (as an action)
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perused
 Definition
study, indepth
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rancor
 Definition
bad feelings between others
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truncheon
 Definition
a shattered spear or lance
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parsimonious
 Definition
stinginess, cheap, thrifty
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compendium
 Definition
summary
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megaiomania
 Definition
to be everything
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capricious
 Definition
a little breeze, to change one's mind with the wind
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dilatory
 Definition
delayed
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ebullilion
 Definition
bubbly
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relegate
 Definition
to punish, lower position
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recondite
 Definition
smart, hard to understand
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redolent
 Definition
fragance, aroma, smells good
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dissimulated
 Definition
to pretend, to fake, hide under false pretenses
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ken
 Definition
smart, recognized before others
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sublime
 Definition
a message given but not in an obvious way
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termagant
 Definition
bad word
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sedulous
 Definition
hardworking
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animus
 Definition
mutual hate
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descried
 Definition
see something before someone else and warns
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adulation
 Definition
to love
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subsequently
 Definition
not logically followed
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expurgated
 Definition
pull out, expell from the inside out
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liaison
 Definition
a close bond, connection, also know as a mistress
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sedentary
 Definition
much sitting, couch potatoe
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turpor
 Definition
extreme sluggishness
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esoteric
 Definition
design to be known by a few people
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suppprciliously
 Definition
make a person feel inadaquate
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abstemious
 Definition
on diet, abstem from things
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ephemeral
 Definition
short life
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histrionic
 Definition
acting like a woman
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