AP Vocabulary 3 Flashcards

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impinge (verb)

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hinder; interfere with

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melancholy (noun/adjective)

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sadness; depression

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sanction (noun/verb)

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to give official authorization or approval; an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country

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truncated (adjective)

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shortened; cut off

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aesthetic (adjective)

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having to do with the appreciation of beauty

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anthology (noun)

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a collection of literary pieces

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contemporary (adjective)

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current, modern; from the same time

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dilettante (noun)

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one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge

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eclectic (adjective)

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made up of a variety of sources or styles

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excerpt (noun)

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a selected part of a passage or scene