AP english 3

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Abhor
to regard with horror or loathing
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Amend
to change in a formal way
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Buffet (v.)
to slap or cuff
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Chaos
great confusion, disorder.
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Commodious
roomy, spacious.
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Corrosive (adj.)
eating away gradually, acidlike
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Discern
to see clearly, recognize.
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Extant
still existing
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Implicate
to involve in
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Inter
to bury, commit to the earth
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Martinet
a strict disciplinarian
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Obviate
to anticipate and prevent
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Renegade (n.)
one who leaves a group
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Reprehensible
deserving blame or punishment.
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Somber
dark, gloomy
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Squalid
filthy, wretched, debased.
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Turbulent
disorderly, riotous, violent
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Vociferous
loud and noisy
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Voluminous
of great size
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Waive (v.)
to do without, give up voluntarily
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Animosity
strong dislike
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Apathy
a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest.
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Apprehensive
fearful or anxious, especially about the future.
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Commend
to praise, express approval
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Compatible
able to get along or work well together
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Condolence
an expression of sympathy.
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Consecrate
to make sacred, hallow
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Decrepit (adj.)
old and feeble
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Deride
to ridicule, laugh at with contempt.
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Ingenuous
innocent, simple
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Multifarious
having great variety
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Obsolete
out-of-date, no longer in use.
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Omnivorous
eating every kind of food
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Parsimonious
stingy, miserly
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Quandary
a state of perplexity or doubt.
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Recalcitrant
stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority.
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Reprisal
an injury done in return for injury.
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Revel
to take great pleasure in
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Stultify
to make ineffective or useless, cripple
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Suave
smoothly agreeable or polite
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Allocate
to set apart or designate for a special purpose
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Ardent
very enthusiastic, impassioned.
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Assiduous
persistent, attentive, diligent.
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Brash
prone to act in a hasty manner
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Capricious
subject to whims or passing fancies.
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Chastise (v.)
to inflict physical punishment as a means of correction
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Copious
abundant
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Deviate (v.)
to turn aside
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Emaciated
unnaturally thin.
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Exult
to rejoice greatly.
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Gnarled
knotted, twisted, lumpy.
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Indemnity
a payment for damage or loss.
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Inkling
a hint
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Limpid
clear, transparent
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Omnipotent
all-powerful.
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Palatable (adj.)
agreeable to the taste or one's sensibilities
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Poignant (adj.)
deeply affecting, touching
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Rancor
bitter resentment or ill-will.
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Sophomoric
immature and overconfident
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Spontaneous (adj.)
arising naturally
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