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AP Lit Vocab Week of 3/21

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From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not he used. $$ \begin{matrix} \text{paean} & \text{aphorism} & \text{affliction} & \text{impermeable}\\ \text{palpable} & \text{lax} & \text{daub}\\ \end{matrix} $$ Justin began to have second thoughts about his summer job when the temperature rose to ninety degrees. For the third day in a row, he stood on a flimsy ladder and ______ maroon paint onto the side of Mrs. Bailey's house. He wore no gloves today; yesterday, he discovered that the cheap cotton painter's gloves were not ______ when he removed them and found his hands stained maroon. To make matters worse, Mrs. Bailey frequently came outside to ensure that Justin hadn't become ______ n the job. The old ______, time flies when you're having fun," couldn't have been more applicable to Justin, because each ten-hour day of painting felt like an eternity. If hard work builds character, thought Justin, then he should have a[n] ______ amount of character after this job.

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From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. augment, jingoism, argot, candid, chaos, appease A. The prime Minister faced a though decision to ____an angered nation. The ____ resulting from the surprise attack fueled wide spread ____, and citizens were tired of the administration's inaction. When he finally spoke, the Prime Minister delivered a[n] ____ address that revealed his anger and his plan of counterattack.

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From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. negligence, augment, expunge, bigot, argot, strident, chaos, tradition B. Much to everyone's dislike, the outspoken ____ used the ____ of the slave trade to ____ his racial supremacy speeches. The speeches often accompanied the ___ sounds of screaming protesters, many of whom claimed that the speaker's ___ in teaching tolerance inspired his followers to commit hate crimes throughout the country. He stood alone on the stage as he addresses the angered crowd; even his former friends and colleagues wanted to ___ him from their lives.

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From the list bellow, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. evoke expatriate heinous frowzy inane sere enhance enunciate B. Jerry squinted and ran his hand through his ____ mop of hair. The Pacific sun was already high in the sky, and he had a lot of work to accomplish before his guests arrived that evening. Originally from a Minnesota diary, Jerry has lived on the tiny Micronesian Island for over sixteen years. He never really considered himself to be a[n] ____, but then again, he didn't ever plan to return to United States, either. Thinking that might be a good idea to _____ his front yard before his visitors arrived, Jerry grabbed a machete and walked to the coconut grove in front of his shack. Huffing, Jerry chopped at the ____, withered fronds hanging against the trunks of the palm trees. When he finished cutting the fronds, he gathered the stray coconuts some months old and piled then in the corner of his yard. The yard looked sharp, even with Jerry's dilapidated shack in the background. As a bonus, Jerry decided to place two rows of tiki-torches along the path to the shack. Jerry thought that such trinkets were ____, but he wanted his two nieces from Cleveland to get the total island experience.

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