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RHHS AP Vocab List 2

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  1. mediocrity
    ordinariness as a consequence of being average
  2. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  3. depravity
    moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
  4. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  5. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  6. restively
    in a restive manner
  7. libertine
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  8. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  9. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
  10. amiability
    a disposition to be friendly and approachable
  11. languor
    inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
  12. supplicant
    someone who prays to God
  13. privy
    informed about something secret or not generally known
  14. gallows
    an instrument from which a person is executed by hanging
  15. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  16. matriculate
    enroll as a student
  17. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  18. pauperism
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  19. codified
    enacted by a legislative body
  20. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  21. tenacity
    persistent determination
  22. proverbial
    widely known and spoken of
  23. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  24. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
  25. temperate
    not extreme
  26. maxim
    a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
  27. precept
    a rule of personal conduct
  28. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  29. tatting
    the act or art of making handmade lace
  30. sachet
    a small soft bag containing perfumed powder
  31. impudent
    improperly forward or bold
  32. barrenness
    the quality of yielding nothing of value
  33. anadiplosis
    repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
  34. syllogism
    reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
  35. symploce
    repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe
  36. punctuate
    insert marks to clarify meaning
  37. deductive reasoning
    reasoning from the general to the particular
  38. inductive reasoning
    reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
  39. claim
    an assertion that something is true or factual
  40. evidence
    means by which an alleged matter is established or disproved
Created on 九月 27, 2013 (updated 十月 26, 2013)

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