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AP Lang - Vocab Week #13

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forthright

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direct, not evasive

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denigrate

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to defame

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forestall

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to anticipate and take action against (similar to obviate)

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qualify

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to make a statement or assertion less absolute; to add reservations to; to modify; (grammatical meaning, of a word or phrase): to attribute a quality to another word, especially a preceding noun

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languid

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lacking energy or vitality; weak / showing little or no spirit or animation/lacking vigor or force; slow

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cite

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quote as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, to mention as an example; to legally summon someone to appear in a court of law; to praise someone (typically a member of the armed forces) for a courageous act in an official dispatch

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alacrity

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eagerness; cheerful willingness/speed or quickness; celerity

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cacophony

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harsh sounds; jarring, discordant sounds/harsh or unharmonious use of language as opposed to euphony

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reprove

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to rebuke for a fault or misdeed; scold/to find fault with (you will often hear the noun form of this, which is reproof, an act or expression of ___.)

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pugnacious

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eager to fight; having a quarrelsome disposition

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enamor

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to captivate (to inspire with love)

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elegy, elegiac (adj)

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a poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of someone or something of value. sometimes this text will end with words of consolation.

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penury

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extreme poverty

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ingenuos

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openly straightforward, candid/Naive; without sophistication (you'll often hear the opposite, which is distengious, or sly/crafty/not straightforward

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