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Lesson 39 AP English
Lesson 39
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Air | To make a public utterance |
| Augury | An omen or prophecy |
| Beguile | To decieve |
| Connoisseur | A person who is able to be a judge in matters of art or taste |
| Debauchery | Moral corruption |
| Declivity | Downward slope |
| Diatribe | Bitter in criticism |
| Disencumber | To free from burdens |
| Ebullient | Showing enthusiasm |
| Fly-by-night | One who is usually unreliable |
| Foliage | Leaves of a plant |
| Germinate | To sprout, to begin to grow, to evolve |
| Gratis | Free |
| Hues | Colors |
| Impromptu | Without prior preperation |
| Kudos | Awards or honors |
| Lachrymose | Tearful |
| Legerdemain | Deception or trickery with use of hands |
| Lurid | Sensational, gruesome and causing shock or horror |
| Muse | To ponder |
| Philistine | A narrow-minded person who opposes or is indifferent to cultural values |
| Rectitude | State or moral integrity |
| Rend | To tear violently, to split |
| Schism | A division of a group into two discordant groups |
| Uproarious | Making great noise (not necessarily negative) |