AP Lang Vocab List #4

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Florid

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Describing flowery or elaborate speech.

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Capitulate

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To surrender, often after negotiation of terms; to cease resisting.

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Ostentatious

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Intended to attract notice, attention, admiration, and envy; tawdry or vulgar.

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Aberration

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Something unusual, different from the norm; something or someone regarded as atypical and therefore able to be discounted or ignored.

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Venerable

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Respected because of age; profoundly honored.

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Pretentious

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Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.

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Rancorous

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Characterized by bitterness or resentment.

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Boisterous

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Noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.

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Tactful

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Having or showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues.

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Dormant

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In a state of rest or inactivity; not active.