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Lesson 7 by AP Strategies Vocab

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abhor   to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe  
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accolade   praise; an award  
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ascetic   one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury  
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bequeath   to hand down, to give or to leave in a will  
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charlatan   one who claims to know something that he does not; a quack  
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conflagration   a large fire  
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dearth   a lack, a scarcity  
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diffidence   shyness, reserve, unassertiveness  
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effervescent   showing high spirits  
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ethereal   heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible  
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expunge   to remove, to erase  
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guile   deceitfulness, duplicity  
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implausible   not believable  
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incongruity   nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility  
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insularity   qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness of opinion  
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morose   being sullen or gloomy  
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placate   to appease or to pacify by making concessions  
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poignant   piercing, incisive, and keen  
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provincial   lacking sophistication, narrow-minded  
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reiterate   to repeat  
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spontaneous   having no external cause, acting on impulse  
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synthesis   combining parts into a whole  
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toxic   poisonous  
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vigilant   very alert, watchful  
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voluble   ability to use words easily, fluent and glib  
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