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RHS AP English
Vocabulary List #3 (Week 3)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Embellish | to decorate; to make beautiful by adding unnecessary details |
| Florid | a word describing flowery or elaborate speech |
| Opulent | Exhibiting wealth; obviously expensive |
| Ornate | Elaborately decorated |
| Ostentatious | Showy or pretentious |
| Poignant | Deeply moving; emotionally touching |
| Ebullience | Intense enthusiasm. |
| Effusive | Emotionally unrestrained; gushing |
| Egregious | Conspicuously bad; obviously offensive |
| Flagrant | Extremely or deliberately shocking |
| Frenetic | Wildly excited, overly active |
| Gratuitous | Unnecessary; unwarranted |
| Superfluous | Extra; unnecessary |
| Alleviate | To ease a pain or burden |
| Asylum | A place of retreat or security |
| Auspicious | Favorable; promising |
| Benevolent | Well meaning; generous |
| Benign | Harmless; kind and gentle |
| Mollify | To calm or soothe |
| Reclamation | The act of making something useful again |
| Sanction | To give official authorization or approval |
| Dubious | Doubtful; not authentic |
| Fabricated | made; created to deceive |
| Hypocrisy | Insincerity; the practice of pretending to be what one is not |
| Slander | False charges and malicious statements about someone |
| Spurious | Not supported by evidence, not proveable |
| Malicious | Intending harm; intentionally hurtful |