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Vocab Lesson 12
AP Comp Vocab
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Language - English
11th Grade
02/16/2009
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halcyon
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calm; pleasant
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fastidious
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hard to please; fussy
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badinage

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playful, teasing talk
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malapropism
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a word humorously misused
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garner
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to gather; to acquire
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kismet
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destiny; fate; fortune (one's lot in life)
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hegira
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flight; escape
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paradigm
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a model; an example
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debauchery
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corruption; self-indulgence
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milieu
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environment; setting
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regress
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to move backward
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bilious
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bad tempered; cross
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necromancy
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magic, especially that practiced by a witch
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gumption
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courage and initiative; common sense
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blandishment

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flattery
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