Ap Lang Vocab Quiz Flashcards

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adroit

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someone that is skillful

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2
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ascetic

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someone practicing great self-denial, usually for religious reasons

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2
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brusque

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A person who is short, abrupt, dismissive

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capricious

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used to describe someone or something that is impulsive, unpredictable, or subject to sudden and unaccountable changes in behavior

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4
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compunction

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Distress caused by feeling guilty about something

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5
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devoid

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Lacking in something

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6
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dissemble

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To disguise their true feelings

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7
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edict

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An order

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8
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eschew

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To avoid

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9
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fastidious

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having high and unreachable standards

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10
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impervious

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Unable to be effected by

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11
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irascible

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easily angered

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12
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magnanimous

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someone that is noble and generous

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13
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onerous

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being a burden

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14
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somnolent

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someone who is always sleepy or drowsy

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15
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surreptitious

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a secretive person, someone who can keep a well kept secret

16
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tenuous

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something that had no effort put into

17
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truncate

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shortening something like a speech

18
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umbrage

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taking offense

19
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veracity

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accuracy