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Confusing Words

For Pre-AP English 10

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To characterize, express pictorially with words Describe
Readily bent; supple; flexible; marked by effortless grace Lithe
Cheerful, happy dispotition Sanguine
Pleasantly pungent or tart in taste, spicy Piquant
Friendly, agreeable Amiable
Wealthy Affluent
Heavenly; not of this world Ethereal
To escape, as by daring, cleverness, or skill Elude
Responsive to advice or suggestion; willingly; open to testing or criticism Amenable
Acceptance into Induction
Excessively ornate; swollen Turgid
A result of; influence; a particular impression Effect
Friendly and sociable Congenial
About to happen at any moment Imminent
Difficult to understand Abtruse
Lasting for a brief time Ephemeral
The act of taking something away Deduction
A false perception of reality Illusion
Sad, melancholy, or sullen Saturnine
To refer indirectly to something well known Allude
Initial or early stage; not fully develped Inchoate
To assign as a quality or characteristic Ascribe
Large Voracious
Release of liquids Effluent
Lawsuit Litigation
Dissagreements Dissent
Suggested without being directly or explicitly stated Implied
A movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy Obeisance
To renounce Abdicate
The border around a two dimensional figure Perimeter
To lessen force or intensity Mitigate
Utterly and shamelessly immoral Profligate
Slow; lethargic Obtuse
Old; antique Archaic
A person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons. Ascetic
Inactive or sluggish Torpid
Of or pertaining to a condition present at birth Congenital
An incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication Allusion
To produce an abundance of Prolific
High in station or rank Eminent
Without logical or meaningful connection Incoherent
Pertaining to a sense of the beautiful Aesthetic
Joyous,merry, glad, cheerful Blithe
Compliant or obidiant Obsequious
To arouse an emotion or provoke to action Piqued
To imply as a necessary circumstance Implicated
Known or understood by very few Arcane
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