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AP ENG Sem. 1

TermDefinition
Abject Degraded; base, contemptible, cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
Atrophy Wasting away of a body organ or tissue, decline or failure
Brackish Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
Celerity Swiftness, rapidity motion or action
Germane Relevant, appropriate, apropros, fitting
Incumbent required; one who holds specific office at the time spoken of
Jocular Humours, jesting, jolly, joking
Maelstrom Whirlpool of great size and violence; destruction
Consummate Complete or prefect in the highest degree; state of completion or perfection
Convival Festive, sociable, having fun, genial
Feckless lacking spirit in strength; ineffective, weak, irresponsible, unreliable
embellish decorate, adorn, touch up
Mordant Biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
Nefarious Wicked, depraved, devoid or moral standards
Piquant Having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor
Frenetic frenzied, highly agitated
Furtive Done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret; stolen
Illusory Misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality
Incendiary Designed to cause fires
Sacrilege Violation or injurious treatment of a sacred object or person
Sophistry Use of fallacious arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving
Undulate To move in waves or a wave like motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
Verbiage Language that is too wordy or inflated n proportion to the sense of content, wordiness; a manner or expression
Ubiquitous Present or existing everywhere
Created by: kleming1999
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