vocab AP english test
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| Historionic | theatrical, exaggerated
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| Laud | praise
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| Obstreperous | noisy and boisterous
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| Portend | fortell
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| Retraction | withdrawal, cancellation of a statement
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| Titter | giggle quietly
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| Adversity | hardship
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| Broach | start to discuss, approach
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| Deference | respect
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| Esoteric | obscure and difficult to understand
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| Hoary | old
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| Lavish | on a grand scale, wasteful
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| Obtuse | mentally dull
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| Portent | a warning sign, omen
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| Tome | large book
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| Advocate | support
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| Brusque | blunt, abrupt
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| Defoliate | cause leaves to fall off
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| Epouse | promote, take up, support
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| Hone | sharpen, increase, whet
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| Obsequious | servile, submissive
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| Thwart | prevent, frustrate
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| Adamant | muscular
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| Equivocate | speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth
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| Larency | Theft, robbery, stealing
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| Ponderous | weighty, slow and heavy
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| Retention | preservation, withholding
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| Timorous | cowardly, fearful
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| adroit | skilful
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| Brevity | being brief
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| Decorum | dignified, decent, correct behavior
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| Err | make a mistake
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| largess | generosity
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| obsolete | no longer valid
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| Pontificate | speak pompously, dogmatically
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| Reticent | restrained holding something bac, uncommunicative
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| tirade | stream of verbal abuse
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| adulation | strong admiration, worship
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| bristle | to show irritation
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| brawny | muscular
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| Acrid | sharp, pungent
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| boorish | ill-mannered
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| cynical | believing that people act only out of selfish motives
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| epistle | a letter (form of cummunication)
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| Heresy | against orthodox opinion
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| lance | spear, spike, javelin
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| obscure | difficult to understand, partially hidden
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| terse | concise, to the point
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| bourgeois | middle class
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| debility | weakness, incapacity
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| Hiatus | interruption, pause
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| languid | tired, slow
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| poised | calm,collected, self-possessed
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| resplendent | c=shining, glowing
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| therapeutic | medicinal, curative
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| acuity | sharmness
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| braggart | someone who boasts
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| debunking | exposing flase claims or myths
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| epitomized | typified, characterized, personified
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| languish | decay, fade away, get weaker
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