AP LANG Gender Unit Vocab

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Nurturant
(adj) relating to the fact of taking care of or nurturing or ability to do so in both physical and emotional manner
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hors d'oeuvre
(n) a small savory dish, typically one served as an appetizer at the beginning of a meal.
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Adherence
(n) attachment or commitment to a person, cause, or belief; quality/process of sticking fast to an object/surface
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Detritus
(n) Waste or debris of any kind — gravel, sand, or other material produced by erosion, organic matter produced by the decomposition of organisms
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Egalitarian
(Adj, n) Relating to/ believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal Ishtar and opportunities a person who advocates or supports egalitarian
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Palpable
(Adj) (of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible.; able to be touched or felt
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To forego
(V) To give up the enjoyment or advantage of something
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Disparity
(N) A difference in level or treatment, especially one that is seen as unfair
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Tautology
(N) the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style
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Affront
(n, v) An action or remark that causes outrage/offense; offend the modesty or values of
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Parity
(n) the state or condition of being equal, especially regarding status or pay; (of a number) the fact of being even or odd
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To lumber
(v) move in a slow, heavy, awkward way
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To contend
(v) Struggle to surmount (a difficulty or danger); assert something as a position in an arguement
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Sodden
(Adj, v) saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through; saturate (something) with water
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To toil
(verb) work extremely hard or incessantly; (noun) exhausting physical labor
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Potent
(adj)having great power, influence, or effect
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To cater
(V) Provide and drink, typically at social events and in a professional capacity
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Tedium
(N) the state of being tedious
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Machismo
(N) an emphasis on male strength and dominance; strong or aggressive masculine pride
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Fickle
(Adj) changing frequently, especially as regards one's loyalties, interests, or affection.
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discrepancy
(N) a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts
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Archaic
(Adj) very old or old-fashioned: (of a word/style of language) no longer in everyday use but sometimes used to impart an old-fashioned flavor
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To connive
(V) secretly allow (something considered immoral, illegal, wrong, or harmful) to occur.
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To brandish
(V) wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.
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Coquettish
(Adj) behaving in such a way as to suggest a playful sexual attraction; flirtatious
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Latent
(Adj) (Of quality/state ) existing but not yet deceived or manifest: hidden or concealed
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Lout
(N) an uncouth and aggressive man or boy
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Puritanical
(Adj) practicing or affecting strict religious or moral behavior
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Philistine
(adj.) lacking in, hostile to, or smugly indifferent to cultural and artistic values or refinements; (n.)person who is hostile and indifferent to culture and the arts (or has no understanding of them)
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Aberrant
(Adj) departing from an accepted standard; diverging from the normal type
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Pugnacity
having a quarrelsome or combative nature
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Certitude
(N) absolute certainty or conviction that something is the case; something that someone firmly believes is true
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Innate
(Adj) inborn; natural
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Invidious
(Adj) (of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others; (of a comparison or distinction) unfairly discriminating; unjust.
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Scrupulous
(Adj) (of a person or process) diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details; very concerned to avoid doing wrong.
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Imprecations
(N) a spoken curse; something rude or hostile said or about someone
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Denigrate
(V) criticize unfairly; disparage
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Recapitulation
(N) an act or instance of summarizing and restating the main points of something. BIOLOGY, the repetition of an evolutionary or other; MUSIC, a part of a movement (especially one in sonata form) in which themes from the exposition are restated
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Coiffure
(N) a person's hairstyle, typically an elaborate one
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Linguistics
(n) the scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics. Specific branches of linguistics include sociolinguistics, dialectology, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, historical-comparative linguistics, and applied linguistics.
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Frivolous
(Adj) not having any serious purpose or value; (of a person) carefree and not serious
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Unabashed
(Adj) not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.
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Nondescript
(Adj) lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics; (n) a nondescript person or thing
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Myriad
(n) a countless or extremely great number; (chiefly in classical history) a unit of ten thousand.
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Parthenogenesis
Asexual reproduction in which females produce offspring from unfertilized eggs; a form of reproduction in which an egg can develop into an embryo without being fertilized by a sperm.
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Fallow
(Adj) (of farmland) plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus production., (of a period of time) characterized by inaction; unproductive. (N)a piece of fallow or uncultivated land.. (v) to leave land fallow
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Depraved
(adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles
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Backwater
(n.) a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; a part of a river not reached by the current, where the water is stagnant; an isolated or peaceful place.
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To dote
(V) be extremely and uncritically fond of; be silly or feeble minded as a result of old age
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To hinder
(V) create difficulties for (someone or something), resulting in delay or obstruction.
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Ambivalent
(Adj) having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
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Appellations
(N) a same or title; action of giving a name to a person or thing
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Fidelity
(N) faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support; the degree of exactness with which something is copied or reproduced.
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Totalitarian
(Adj) relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.; (n) a person advocating a totalitarian system of government.
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Exasperating
(Adj) intensely irritating and frustrating
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Proliferation
(N) rapid increase in numbers; large number of something; rapid reproduction of a cell, part, or oragnism
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Yarn
(N) spun thread used for knitting, weaving, or sewing; a long or rambling story, especially one that is implausible. (V). To tell a long or unreasonable story.
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Unwieldy
(Adj) difficult to carry or move because of its size, shape, or weight; (of a system or bureaucracy) too big or badly organized to function efficiently.
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Idiosyncrasy
(N) a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.; a distinctive or peculiar feature or characteristic of a place or thing.