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English III AP Vocab #3

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affinity

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The mysterious ____ between the two leaders could not be explained.

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incendiary

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deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion (adjective)

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noisome

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offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious (adjective)

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raconteur

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The author, a noted ____, was much sought after as a dinner party guest.

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portentous

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foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-conscious weighty, pompous (adjective)

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truncate

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A family emergency forced us to ____ our summer vacation.

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commensurate

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equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards (adjective)

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brackish

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The shipwrecked passengers adrift on the lifeboat became ill after drinking ____ water.

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ensconce

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After a very long, difficult day at work, I gratefully ____ myself in my snug, warm bed.

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incendiary

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one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife (noun)

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incendiary

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The arsonist planted an ____ device in the basement of the store.

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unconscionable

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Top management's looting of the employees' retirement fund can only be described as ____.

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tenable

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The researcher put forth a ____ theory, but their conclusions would be reviewed carefully by others.

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carping

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petty, nagging criticism (noun)

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accost

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The nobleman was ____ by beggars on the way to the castle.

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faux pas

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a slip in manners or conduct; a social blunder (noun)

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carping

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The trainee resigned after a week rather than put up with the ____ complaints of the sales manager.

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carping

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tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way (adjective)

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iconoclastic

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The writer's ____ opinions always seem to stir controversy.

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largesse

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generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions (noun)

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incendiary

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The radical ____ was sentenced to life imprisonment.

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dichotomy

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Many of the world's great works of literature examine the ____ between good and evil.

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affinity

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a natural attraction to a person, thing, or activity; a relationship, connection (noun)

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truncate

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to shorten by or as if by cutting off, lop (verb)

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unconscionable

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not guided or restrained by conscience, prudence, or reason; unscrupulous; immoderate (adjective)

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malleable

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The ____ minds of the young students were at the mercy of the charismatic professor.

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iconoclastic

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attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions (adjective)

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raconteur

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a person who tells stories and anecdotes with great skill (noun)

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ensconce

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to settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place (verb)

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malleable

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capable of being formed into different shapes; capable of being altered, adapted, or influenced (adjective)

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portentous

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No one realized just how ____ the strange events of last week would turn out to be.

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dichotomy

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a division into two contradictory or mutually exclusive parts; a branching or forking in an ancestral line (noun)

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largesse

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The university was the fortunate beneficiary of the ____ of many of its graduates.

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coherent

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holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful (adjective)

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faux pas

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No sooner had I arrived at the party than I embarrassed myself by committing a dreadful ____.

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coherent

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The physics teacher gave a surprisingly ____ description of quantum mechanics.

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noisome

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The ____ atmosphere of the slaughterhouse overwhelmed the visitors.

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vacuous

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From the ____ expression on our face, no one would guess that you have such a sharp mind.

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carping

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Most artists choose to ignore the ____ of critics and simply go on with their work.

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accost

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to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way (verb)

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vacuous

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devoid of matter, substance, or meaning; lacking ideas or intelligence; purposeless (adjective)

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commensurate

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All employees got raises ____ with their efforts.

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brackish

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having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink (adjective)

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tenable

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capable of being held or defended (adjective)

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