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PRE-AP ENGLISH

QuestionAnswer
Juxtapose to place side by side
Discrete unconnected, seprated, distinct
fabricate to lie
gesticulate to make gesteres, especially when speaking
laud to praise to appluad
belabor to go over repeatedly to an absurb extent
hiatus break or vacation
enhance to intensfy or improve
efface to erace, rub out
delineate to describe accuraltely
vernacular everday speech slang
hindrance to slow the process of
brawn muscular strenght
tout publicly brag
glutton someone who consumes to much food or drink
nefarious extreme wickedness
obscure dark unknown hard to under stand
obliterate to destroy completely
querulous grumpy
engender to create or cause
copious abundant plentyful
kindle to start a fire
extol to praises highly
quell to calm pacify
artisan a person skillful with there hands
pugnacious eager to fight
idyllic naturally peaceful
decorous proper in good taste
amorous love expeccially in a sexuall sense
corroborate to confirm back up with evidence
expedite to speed up the process of
volatile highly unstable
incandescent to give of heat or light
exasperate to annoy throughly
discordant lacking harmony or agreement
fecund fertile productive
distend to swell to extend
vacous lacking ideas or intellagince
deride to ridocule
sage a wise man to be wise through expirence
histrionic overly dramatic
didactic intend to teach morally
benevolant generous kind
scrutinize to examine very carefully
assail to attack with words
discreet sneeky unnoticable
pretentious making ridicule claims
bucolic charming rural
gullible easily decieved
convivial found of partying
reiterate to say agian to repeat
conflagration a huge fire inferno
induce to cause to happen
soporific causing sleep very boring
anarchy lawlessness
strident shrill; high-ptched
nonchalant not showing any concern or worry
malleable easy to shape or bend
ludicrous absurd; ridiculous
abridge to shorten or condense
Created by: 12sanchezr
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