AP Comp Vocab #2
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Erin_Methvin on October 6, 2011
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24 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 languishing | to become weak or feeble; suffer hardship |
| cravat | necktie |
| nom de guerre | a name which a person fight; war name |
| parterre | seating in a theater/ the arrangement of a flower bed |
| ensconced | secure or snugly |
| remonstrance | to protect something |
| menage | house; housekeeping |
| whimsical | playful or spontaneous |
| artisans | person skilled in art |
| frescoing | type of painting, technique used in painting |
| imprudent | headless, rash |
| aria | melody, to sing a solo |
| discordant | disagreeing |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| patois | regional form of a language; usually French, differing from the standard |
| acquiesced | to submit without protest |
| recapitulated | to summarize |
| latent | present but not visible |
| torpid | slow, dull |
| dissipation | unrestrained indulgence in physical pleasures |
| subterfuges | an artifact used to escape something or a consequence |
| voluptous | ministering to indulge in luxury, pleasure, and sensuous enjoyment |
| illusions | false misleading of reality |
| rendezvous | agreement between two or more people to meet at a certain place |
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