AP Language and Composition: Vocab List #3

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Oracular

delivering a opinion like a inspiring truth

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Abstruse

difficult to understand

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Bourgeois

characterized by materialistic pursuits/concerns

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Chimerical

fantastic visionary; impossible to achieve

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Dauntless

incapable of being intimidated

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Evanescent

tending to vanish

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Facile

easily done

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Ignoble

low-grade of quality

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Incontrovertible

something that is not able to be questioned

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Inimical

harmful, antagonistic, or opposed

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Acerbity

sharp pointed comment

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Cache

a secret store of valuables or money

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Collusion

secret agreement or cooperation, especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose

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Dictum

a rule, or a statement that expresses a truth universally acknowledged

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Oligarchy

A political system governed by a few people.

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Acquiesce

agree or express agreement

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Beguile

to charm in deceitful way

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Petrify

to freeze

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Repudiate

to reject with disapproval

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Mendacious

telling lies, esp. habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful

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