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#17
AP Lang Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Artifice | Clever trick;insincere behavior |
| Ascetic | Monk,hermit,self-denial |
| Ascribed | Give something as cause/characteristic/author |
| Aspersion | Slanderous remark;harm someone's reputation;sprinkle;spray |
| Astute | Clever and perceptive;Shrewd |
| Benign | Kind;Gentleness;Harmless;Healthful;Beneficial |
| Berated | Scold. |
| Gist | Main point;legal action |
| Glean | Accumulate something;Pick up after;gather |
| Hermetically | Airtight;Alchemy,magic;incomprehensible;protected from external influence |
| Peremptory | Bossy;ending opportunity;urgency |
| Perennial | Recurring or enduring |
| Precursor | Somebody or something that comes earlier;contribution,cause |
| Predilection | Liking |
| Remunerate | Pay somebody;recompense;equivalent pay |
| Ribald | Coarse and Funny;mocking |
| Round | Corpulent;brisk;straight-forward;plain;candid |
| Ruddy | Rose with health |
| Umbrage | Offense or giver of shade(providing shade);hint;suspicion;offense |
| Unctuous | Excessively seeking to please;oily;soft;rich |
| Urbane | Sophisticated;polite;polished in matter |
| Vested | Having rights to something;clothed |
| Visage | Face or expression;appearance |
| Vitriolic | Expressing bitter hatred |
| Wanton | Sexually indiscriminate; lush;unrestrained;harmful;random;careless;unlimited |