Pre-AP English 2A #181-240

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acrid: adj
sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor: IRRITATING
autonomy: noun
1. the quality or state of being self-governing 2. a self-governing state
careen: verb
1. to put on a beach esp in order to clean, caulk or repair 2. to sway from side to side: LURCH
carp: verb
to find fault or complain querulously

noun
complaint
cavil: verb
to raise trivial and frivolous objection
cavort: verb
to engage in extrvagant behavior: PRANCE
cite: verb
1. to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear 2. to refer to
conciliate: verb
1. to gain (as good will) by pleasing acts 2. to become friendly or agreeable
decorum: noun
the convention of polite behavior: ORDERLINESS
defame: verb
to harm the reputation of by libel or slander
deferent: adj
showing or expressing deference
demented: adj
MAD, INSANE
dole: verb
to give or distribute as a chairty

noun
a giving or distribution of food, money, or clothing to the needy
enigma: noun
1. something hard to understand or explain 2. an inscrutable or mysterious person
gild: verb
to give an attractive but often deceptive appearance

adj
of the color of gold

noun
gold or something that resembles gold laid on a surface; superficial brilliance
heathen: adj
of or related to heathens

noun
an uncivilized or irreligious person; STRANGE, UNCIVILIZED
keel: verb
to fall in or as if in a faint

noun
the chief structural member of a boat or ship that extends longitudinally along hte center of its bottom and that often projects from teh bottom
knave: noun
1. a maile servant 2. a man of humble birth or position 3. a tricky deceitful fellow
lackey: noun
1. FOOTMAN, SERVANT; someone who does menial tasks or runs errands for another
libel: noun
1. a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought 2. a written or oral defmatory statement or representation that coveys an unjustly unfavorable impression

verb
to make libelous statements
loom: verb
1. to appear in an impressively great or exaggerated form 2. to take shape as an impending occurrence
lucid: adj
1. suffused with light: LUMINOUS 2. clear to the understanding
Syn: CLEAR
malice: noun
1. desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another 2. intent to commit an unlawful act or cuase harm without legal justification or excuse
mean: adj
1. occupying a middle position: AVERAGE 2. lacking distinction or emiinence: HUMBLE 3. lacking in mental descrimination: DULL 4. of poor shabby inferior quality or status 5. lacking dignity or honor: BASE 6. causing trouble or bother 7. excellent, effective
meddlesome: adj
given to meddling (meddle: to interest oneself in what is not one's concern)
memento: noun
something that serves to warn or remind: SOUVENIR
mendactious: adj
given to or characterized by deception of falsehood or divergence from absolute truth; syn: DISHONEST
mendicant: noun
1. beggar 2. a member of a religious order combining monastic life and outside religious activity and orginally owning neither personal nor community property: FRIAR
mettlesome: adj
full of mettle; spirited
mien: noun
1. air or bearing esp as expressive of attitude or personality: DEMEANOR 2. APPEARANCE, ASPECT
mode: noun
1. a prevailing fashion or style: FASHION 2. a form or manner of expressiong: STYLE 3. an arrangement of the 8th diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to 1 of several fixed schemes of their intervals
modest: adj
1. placing a moderate estimate on one's abilities or worth; syn: SHY, CHASTE
muse: verb
1. to become absorbed in thought 2. WONDER, MARVEL

noun
1. a state of deep thought or dreamy abstraction 2. [captilized] any of the 9 sister goddesses in Greek mythology presiding over song and poetry and the arts and sciences 3. Poet
naught: noun
nothing
nebulous: adj
1. of relating to or resembling a nebula 2. INDISTICT, VAGUE
negate: verb
1. to deny the existence or truth of 2. to cuase to be ineffective or invalid; Syn: NULLIFY
oblique: adj
1. neither perpendicular nor parallel: INCLINED 2. INDIRECT

noun
1. something that is oblique 2. any of several oblique muscles
obloquy: noun
1. a strongly condemnaatory utternace: abusive langauge 2. the condition of one that is discredited: bad repute; syn: ABUSE
officious: adj
1. dutiful 2. volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor neededL MEDDLESOME 2. INFORMAL, UNOFFICIAL
pacific: adj
1. tending to lessen conflict: CONCILIATORY 2. having a shoothing apperance or effect 3. mild of temper: PEACEABLE 4. [cap.] or, relating to, bordering on, or situated near the Pacific Ocean
pagan: noun or adj
1. HEATHEN 2. a follower of a polytheistic religion 3. one who has little or no religioin and who delights in sensual pleasures and material goods
pare: verb
1. to trim off an oustide, excess, or irregular part 2. to diminish or reduce by or as if by paring
peal: noun
1. the lound ringing of bells 2. a loud sound or succession of sounds

verb
1. to give out peals 2. to utter or give forth loudly
petty: adj
1. having secondary rank or importance: MINOR, SUBORDINATE 2. having little or no importance or significance 3. marked by or reflective of narrow interests and sympathies: SMALLMINDED
picayune: adj
of little value: PETTY
placid: adj
1. serenely free of interruption or distrubace 2. CALM
prodigy: noun
1. a prtentous even: OMEN 2. something extraordinary or inexplicable 3. an extraordinary, marvelous, or unusual accomplishment, deed, or even 4. a highly talented child or youth
prying: adj
impertinently or officously inquisitive or interrogatory: CURIOUS
purport: noun
meaning conveyed, professed, or implied: IMPORT

verb
to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming
quaff: verb
to drink deeply
quota: noun
a proportional part of share
rend: verb
1. to remove from place by violence: WREST 2. to split or tear apart or in pieces by violence
rogue: noun or adj
1. VAGRANT, TRAMP: a dishonest or worthless person: SCOUNDREL 2. a mischeivious person
sage: adj
1. wise trhough reflection and experience; WISE

noun
one distinguished for wisdom
saliet: adj
1. moving by leaps or springs: JUMPING 2. jetting upward; PROMINENT, NOTICEABLE

noun
something that projects outward or upward from its surroundings
swagger: verb
to conduct onesle in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner: BOAST, BRAG

noun
arrogant or conceitedly self-assured behavior: COCKINESS
tableau: noun
1. a graphic description or representation: PICTURE 2. a depiction of a scene usually presented on a stage by silent and motionless costumed participants
vend: verb
to sell [with machines]; to utter publicly
vogue: noun
1. popular acceptation or favor: POPULARITY

verb
to strike poses in campy imitation of fashion models especially as a kind of dance
writhe: verb
1. to twist to as to distort: WRENCH 2. to twist in pain 3. to twist from or as if from pain or struggling 3. to suffer keenly

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