AP Voc. #9
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lsydney101 on January 31, 2013
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AP Voc. #9
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ambiguous | having more than one possible meaning |
| amiable | friendly; agreeable; good-natured |
| crass | Coarse, crude, and unrefined |
| discursive | Rambling, moving from one topic to another randomly |
| docile | easy to teach or manage, passive |
| estrange | To alienate, to separate |
| exonerate | to free from blame |
| gratuitous | given freely; unearned; unwarranted |
| hypothesize | To reach a conclusion based on an assumption, or something not proven; (Before you begin your eperiments you should __________ about the possible outcomes.) |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| induce | To bring on or to bring about; to generalize |
| intractable | Stubborn, difficult to manage |
| introspective | examining of one's own thoughts and feelings, inward-looking |
| lucid | mentally sound; capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner |
| meticulous | marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or despises people |
| munificent | extremely generous, lavish |
| plagiarize | use ideas or writings of another and present them as one's own |
| profuse | very abundant; given or flowing freely |
| recluse | (n.) a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world |
| sated | satisfied fully |
| stupefy | make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation |
| terse | concise |
| transient | enduring a very short time; one who stays for a short time |
| virtuoso | one skilled in the fine arts as an accomplished musician, a savant |
| therm | heat temperature |
| socio | companion friend |
| phon, phono, phone | sound, voice |
| strain, strict, string | Bind, tie, or draw tight |
| terr, terra | EARTH, LAND |
| naut, naus, nav | relating to the sea, ships |
| to have cold feet | to hesitate because of fear or uncertainty |
| to spill the beans | to give away a secret |
| to keep a stiff upper lip | to be courageous in the face of trouble |
| to look a gift horse in the mouth | to be critical of a present |
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