AP Literature - The Road Vocabulary

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Enshrouded

Envelop completely and hide from view

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Apparition

A ghost or ghostlike image of the person

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Translucent

Allowing light, but not detailed shapes, to pass through

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Sepuchral

Relating to a tomb or interment

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Derelicit

In very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect

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Effigy

A sculpture or a model of a person

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Cauterized

Burned the skin or flesh of a wound with a heated instrument, usually to stop bleeding

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Discalced

(Barefoot) Denoting or belonging to one of several strict orders of Catholic friars or nuns who go barefoot or only wear sandals

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Obsidian

A hard, dark, glasslike volcanic rock formed by the rapid solidification of lava without crystallization

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Vermiculate

(Worm-like path) Tortuous, involute OR full of worms

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Phalanx

A body of troops or police officers standing or moving in close formation

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Colloquial

(of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formally or literary

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Macadam

Broken stone of even size used in successively compacted layers

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Meager

(of something provided or available) lacking in quality or quantity

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Feral

not domesticated or cultivated

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