AP English III Vocabulary Unit Four 2015

AP English III Vocabulary Unit Four 2015

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Section 1

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stodgy

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heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring; stocky; thick-set; old-fashioned; unduly formal and traditional; dull; graceless; inelegant

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misnomer

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a misapplied or inappropriate name or designation; an error in naming a person or thing

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anguish

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excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain

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affable

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pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite; showing warmth and friendliness; benign; pleasant

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abstemious

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sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet

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analogy

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a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based; a form of reasoning in which one thing is inferred to be similar to another thing in a certain respect, on the basis of the known similarity between the things in other respects

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scenario

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an imagined or projected sequence of events, especially any of several detailed plans or possibilities; an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the characters, situations, etc.

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disparity

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lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference

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analogous

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corresponding in some particular; having a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based

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antecedent

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preceding; prior; a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon, etc.

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obsolete

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no longer in general use; fallen into disuse; of a discarded or outmoded type; out of date

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elusive

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avoiding or escaping clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define; cleverly or skillfully evasive

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futile

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incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful

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intrepid

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resolutely fearless; dauntless

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augment

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to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase

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fundamental

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serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying; being an original or primary source; a basic principle, rule, law, or the like, that serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part

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somber

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gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted; extremely serious; grave

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solicitous

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anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause); anxiously desirous; eager (usually followed by an infinitive); careful or particular

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digress

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to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.

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chaotic

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completely confused or disordered

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