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#20
AP Lang Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Alabaster | Gypsum;Calcite |
Brazen | Bold, unashamed;harsh sound; made or like brass |
Crustacean | Hard-shelled animal;Shellfish. |
Despicable | Deserving to be despised. |
Destitution | Lack of subsistence;exteme poverty Def.#2: Deprivation, lack, or absense. |
Extrinsic | Inessential part;coming or operating from the outside of something;external. |
Figment | Imaginary;invention |
Gouge | Chisel. Scoop out hole/Cavity Attack eye with thumb. Rip-off. |
Hamlet | Small village. |
Homogeneous | Same kind or nature;uniform composition;mathematics |
Inextricably | Impossible to escape, disentangle, or solve. Def.#2: Extremely complex or involved. |
Invocation | Summoning spirit;Prayer invoking God's presence. Def.#2: Supplication or petitioning for help or aid. |
Nostalgic | Sentimental recollection;Homesickness. |
Parochialism | Concerned only with small issues, rather than huge ones. |
Precluded | Prevent something;Exclude somebody or something. |
Rococo | Ornate Style;18th century. |
Sinuous | Graceful winding or curving movements Def.#2:Full of bends or curves. Def.#3: Indirect and devious. |
Trenchant | Energetic achieving;Direct;Incisive;Keen;Sharp. |
Trepidation | Fear, alarm, agitation;quiver. |
Trilogy | 3 related works;3 related things. |
Truncated | End removed or cut-off. Def.#2: Incomplete corners. Def.#3: 1 syllable, fewer poetry. |
Turbid | Cloudy;Muddy;Confused;Unclear |
Writhe | Squirm;Coil or fold;Wrench Def.#2: Experience STRONG EMOTION resulting in stress. |
Zenith | Highest point;Celestial sphere;Highest point reached by astronomical object. |