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ap english vol 4
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| serene | calm |
| staid | unemotional ; serious |
| stoic | indifferent or pleasure or pain; impassive |
| pejorative | describing words or phrases that belittle/speak negatively of someone |
| brusque | rudely abrupt |
| caustic | bitingly sarcastic or witty |
| fractious | quarrelsome; unruly |
| incorrigible | not able to be reformed |
| deleterious | harmful effect; injurious |
| enmity | mutral hatred or ill- will |
| heinous | hatefully wil; abominable |
| malice | extreme ill-wil or spite |
| rancorous | hateful; marked by deep -seated ill-will |
| obsolete | no longer in use; old fashioned |
| mundane | commonplace ordinary |
| ponderous | extremely dull |
| prosaic | unimaginatie dull |
| sedentary | not migratory; settled |
| harbinger | something indicating what is to come; a forerunner |
| ominous | menacing; threatening |