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2025 AP. Lang Vocabulary List #7
abhor
(v) to detest; to hate strongly
accolades
(n) praise, an aware, applause
ascetic
(adj) practicing self-denial; austere
bequeath
(v) to hand down, to give or leave in a will
charlatan
(n) one who pretends to have knowledge in order to swindle others
conflagration
(n) a very intense and uncontrolled fire; an emotionally heated event
dearth
(n) a lack, scarcity
diffidence
shyness, reserve, unassertiveness
effervescent
(adj) showing high spirits
ethereal
(adj) heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible
expunge
(v) to erase, obliterated destroy
guile
deceitfulness, duplicity
implausible
(adj) not believable
incongruity
nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility
insularity
(n) narrow-mindedness, isolation
insular
(adj) of an island, isolated, narrow-minded
morose
being sullen or gloomy
placate
to appease or to pacify by making concessions
poignant
(adj) piercing, deeply moving, strongly affecting the emotions
provincial
lacking sophistication, narrow-minded, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward
reiterate
to say again, repeat for emphasis
spontaneous
(adj) happening or arising without apparent external cause or planning
synthesis
(n) the combination of ideas into a complex whole
toxic
(adj) poisonous
vigilant
(adj) very alert, watchful
voluble
(adj) able to use words easily, fluent and glib
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