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AP Language and Composition February Vocabulary Flashcards

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8884573481MollifyTo soothe in temper or disposition; to reduce the rigidity of; to reduce in intensity0
8884590712AbdicateTo renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function1
8884630599MileuSurroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature2
8884637144JejuneLacking interest or significance or impact3
8884646362ScionA descendant of a wealthy, aristocratic, or influential family - in a plant, to do with grafting of a limb onto a stem/stalk4
8884656710CabalA group engaged secretly, united in a plot (as to overturn a government); sometimes "cabal" refers to the plot itself5
8884697667JuggernautA massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushed whatever is in it's path6
8884708437DisingenuousGiving a false appearance of simple frankness/honesty7
8884732208ExacerbateTo make (a bad situation, a problem, etc.) worse8
8884749481RaconteurA person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way9
8884773183ImperviousNot capable of being affected, disturbed, damaged, and/or harmed10
8884788125ImplacableNot capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated; unable to be placated (soothed)11
8884794876ObdurateStubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; hardened in feelings12
8884807749ObviateTo anticipate and prevent (as a situation) or make unnecessary (as an action)13
8884834389PerspicaciousOf acute mental vision or discernment14
8885009426VocabularyBeing able to know stuff15
8885025190VocabA shorter way to say vocabulary16
8937084495DidacticIntended for instruction17

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