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Ap Lang.Comp wk2 vocab
this is the seocnd wk vocab of mrs.scott's class
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Literature
11th Grade
09/12/2010

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Anagram
Definition
read letters out of order to discover hidden meaning
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Assertion
Definition
a declaration that is made emphtically(as if no supporting evidence is neccesary)
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Coherent
Definition
marked by an orderly, logical and aesthtically constient relation of parts
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Fulminate
Definition
to issue a thunderous verbal attack
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Goad
Definition
spur; give heart or courage to
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Inexplicable
Definition
incapable of being explained or accounted for
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Noncommittal
Definition
refusing to bind oneslf to one course of action or view
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Proboscis
Definition
a long flexible snout or trunk
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Quixotic
Definition
not sensible about politcal matters
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Surmise
Definition
infer incomplete evidence
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Anecdote
Definition
Short account of an intersecting or humourous incident
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Climatic
Definition
ecology influenced by or resulting from the prevaling climate
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Epilogue
Definition
short speech adressed directly to auidence by actor at the end of a play
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Extemporaneous
Definition
carried out or performed with little or no preporation
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Fidelty
Definition
faithful devotion to duty or one's obligations or duty's
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Forte
Definition
a asset of special worth or utility
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Gourmet
Definition
a conissuer of fine food and drink
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Hypochondriac
Definition
a patient with imaginary systems and ailments
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Prodigy
Definition
an unusually gfited or intellegent (young) person; someone whose taolents excite woder and admiration
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Stigma
Definition
a mark or token of infamy, disgrace or reproach
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Bumptious
Definition
crudly or loudly assertive
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Cite
Definition
to quote an authority or example
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Consonants
Definition
being in agreement or accord
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Jibe
Definition
to utter taunting words
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Repartee
Definition
clevernness in reply
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Rudiment
Definition
th elementary stages of any subject
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Sanction
Definition
authoritive permission or approval that makes a course of action valid
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Satiate
Definition
fill to satisfaction
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Subservient
Definition
compliant and obedient to authority
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Vivacious
Definition
full of animation and spirit
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Comely
Definition
pleasing and wholesome in appearence
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Decadance
Definition
a state of being in decline or decay
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erroneous
Definition
containing or characterized by error
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flaunt
Definition
to show off
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Hypercritical
Definition
inclined to judge severly
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Irascibae
Definition
prone to anger
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Miscreant
Definition
a person without moral scruples
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Ostentatious
Definition
chacterized by or given to pretentious
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Pretentious
Definition
marking claim to or creating an appearence(often undeserved) importance or distinction
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Sterotype
Definition
to place in a mold of characterstics
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Pretentious
Definition
marking claim to or creating an appearence(often undeserved) importance or distinction
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