AP Lit Vocab Words #12 Flashcards

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Elegiac

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(adj.) expressing sorrow; like a elegy

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Fecund

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(adj.) fertile, fertil; capable of producing offspring

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Fortuitous

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(adj.) happening by chance, unplanned (positive)

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Infirmity

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(noun) illness, a physical ailment or vulnerability (temporary)

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Malady

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(noun) disorder, a chronic deep seated disease

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Nuance

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(noun) a subtle difference in meaning, innuendo, subtly

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Profligate

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(adj.) utterly and shamelessly immoral

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Remonstrance

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(noun) complaint, objection, protest

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Scintillate

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(verb) to sparkle, to twinkle

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Vitiate

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(verb) to contaminate, to impair the effectiveness of

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