Donovan AP Lang vocab, week 3
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Created by:
lavosprime on October 11, 2010
Subjects:
english, ap language and composition
Description:
The third week's set of fifteen vocab words for Mrs. Donovan's AP Lang class. These are as close as possible to the definitions she gave in class, with leading indefinite articles elided and some internal inconsistencies fixed.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 efficacy | n: effectiveness |
| feign | v: to make a false representation of; to pretend |
| fulminate | v: to denounce vigorously |
| gaffe | n: social blunder or an embarrassing mistake |
| halcyon | adj: peaceful or serene |
| incendiary | adj: inflammatory; tending to arouse passion or anger |
| accrue | v: to accumulate over time |
| cloy | v: to become wearisome through excess, especially when indulged in as something overly sweet |
| dissemble | v: to lie; to act or speak falsely |
| ennui | n: listless lack of interest |
| flippant | adj: frivolously disrespectful; impertinent |
| conceit | n: extended metaphor or surprising analogy |
| discursive | adj: rambling; moving aimlessly from one subject to another |
| invective | n: violent verbal attack using strong, abusive language |
| pedantic | adj: characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules |
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