pedestal, foot, base | ||
law | ||
sculpture whose ornament or figures are somewhat raised above the background | ||
to lower in quality, value or dignity; to degrade | ||
slope | ||
a downward slope; the slope of a hill | ||
a natural inclination or tendency | ||
light (in weight) | ||
a substance like yeast or a small amount of fermented dough that causes dough to expand or rise; a lightening or enlivening influence; to provide a lightening influence | ||
sleight of hand; magic tricks; any trickery or deception | ||
the action of a lever that raises or lifts; power to influence; a position of strength | ||
to rise or float, or cause to rise, seemingly despite gravity | ||
lightness in speech or behavior, especially unbecoming jocularity; frivolity | ||
to cause to hang down, to weigh | ||
to weigh | ||
a strong inclination or liking | ||
extremely heavy, massive; unwieldy or awkward; dull or tedious | ||
unable to be assessed or measured precisely | ||
superior in number, force, power, and importance | ||
steps, stairs, ladder | ||
to climb | ||
a step like formation of troops, ships or aircraft; a level of command or authority | ||
going beyond the limits of ordinary experience | ||
to lie down | ||
to recline | ||
a person who holds an office or position; already holding an office or position; required as a duty or obligation | ||
reclining; lying down | ||
to yield; to give in or give up, especially to a powerful force or desire; to die | ||
under, beneath | ||
a psychological disorder characterized by the illusory conviction that one is ill or in pain, or likely to become so | ||
a theory or explanation that leads to further investigation for proof or disproof; an assumption on which a conclusion or decision is based | ||
down | ||
a disaster or catastrophe on such a large scale that biological, environmental or cultural elements are altered or lost to the earth | ||
an ancient mechanical device for hurling missiles; a modern mechanism for launching aircraft from the deck of a ship; to hurl or launch suddenly; to spring up | ||
under | ||
concentrating on the self in the expression of feelings and perceptions; relating to personal opinions and thought processes rather than factual information or universal experience | ||
to turn aside an instinctual impulse in favor of a more socially or culturally acceptable activity | ||
to induce a person in secret to commit a misdeed or crime; to induce someone to give false testimony | ||
an artifice, device, or evasion to hide or avoid something or to escape an outcome | ||
truth | ||
a thing or a quality that appears real | ||
the condition or quality of being true or accurate; a belief, principle or statement expressing human truth | ||
to affirm; to declare or attest to positively or dogmatically |
AP English Vocab 5 & 6
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