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Vocabulary 6
English AP Blake vocab
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| A person or thing serving as a typical example or excellent model. | Exemplar |
| Conducive to success; favorable. | Auspicious |
| Past | Foregone |
| A thing that completes or brings to perfection. | Complement |
| Wind or twist together; interweave. | Entwined |
| According to or ordered by canon law | Canonical |
| Grimly mocking or cynical. | Sardonic |
| Just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary. | Inchoate |
| A future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty. | Contingency |
| Restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult. | Encumbered |
| An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information. | Conjectures |
| A large-scale and violent event in the natural world. | Cataclysm |
| A political or social system that has been displaced, typically by one more modern. | Ancien regime |
| A violent or sudden change or disruption to something. | Upheaval |
| Lack of concern | Dispassion |
| Members of the middle class | Bourgeoisie |
| Secure from violation or profanation | Inviolable |
| Repayment | Remuneration |
| Favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship | Nepotism |
| Quickness and keenness of judgement or insight | Acumen |
| Attacks on a person's character or honesty; damaging or unfavorable remarks | Aspersions |
| Arrogant | Haughty |
| To oppose successfully :defeat the hopes or aspirations of | Thwart |
| Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness | Imperturbable |
| One who understands the details, technique, or principles of an art and is competent to act as a critical judge | Connoisseur |