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Vocabulary 3
English AP Blake Vocab
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| fondness; liking; similarity | Affinity |
| To find fault with, blame | Reproach |
| Given to lustful or lewd thoughts | Prurient |
| Agent, Substitute, person authorized to act on behalf of another | Proxy |
| Getting on well with others; agreeable, pleasant, friendly | Congenial |
| A palace build by Louis XIV outside of Paris; it was home to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette ("Let them eat cake.") | Versailles |
| Medieval chemistry; attempt to change base metal into gold | Alchemy |
| A private conversation between two people | Tête-à-tête |
| Overly self-satisfied, self-righteous | Smug |
| Having foreknowledge or foresight, seeing the future | Prescient |
| Horseback riders pants | Jodhpurs |
| Disperse or scatter | Dissipate |
| To spread through, penetrate, soak through | Permeate |
| The record of all known previous owners and locations of a work of art | Provenance |
| Secrets or mysteries | Arcana |
| Behavior; manner of conducting oneself, mien | Demeanor |
| Between us | Entre nous F. |
| A comment that interrupts the immediate subject, often to qualify or explain | Parenthetical |
| Expanding or growing rapidly | Burgeoning |
| Enchanting, ravishing, delightful | Ravissant F. |
| In a low voice | Sotto voce |
| weakened, thinned, decreased | Attenuated |
| Wooden panel used to line the walls of a room | Wainscot |
| To free from entanglements or difficultlies; to remove with effort | Extricate |
| A woody plant with showy flower clusters that are usually white, pink or blue | Hydrangea |