Unit 2 Vocabulary

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Unit 2 Vocabulary

• AP English 11

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abscond (v)

• to depart in a sudden and secret manner,
  especially to avoid capture

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altruist (n)

• a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to
  the welfare of others

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banal (adj)

• predictable and lacking originality

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cogent (adj)

• powerfully convincing or persuasive

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didactic (adj)

• instructive or inclined to teach or lecture

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egregious (adj)

• extraordinary in a negative way glaringly bad

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fastidious (adj)

• excessively critical or demanding hard to please

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futile (adj)

• ineffective or useless

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incongruous (adj)

• lacking in harmony incompatible

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levity (n)

• inappropriate lightness of manner or speech lack
  of appropriate seriousness

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pertinacious (adj)

• stubborn or resolute

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querulous (adj)

• full of complaints peevish

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revile (v)

• to speak abusively

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surreptitious (adj)

• secretive or acting in a stealthy manner

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torpor (n)

• sluggish or lethargic inactivity