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AP Language and Composition Lesson 3 Definitions Flashcards

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6158564115difficult to understand, recondite, concealedabstruse0
6158564116friendly, courteous, amiableaffable1
6158564117excessive boldness, rashness, daringaudacity2
6158564118extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentantcontrite3
6158564119believing on slight evidence, gulliblecredulous4
6158564120moral corruption, a wicked or perverse actdepravity5
6158564121to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapprovaldeprecate6
6158564122instructive, designed to teachdidactic7
6158564123inactive, sleepingdormant8
6158564124mysterious, inexplicableenigmatic9
6158564125scholarlyerudite10
6158564126foreign, unfamiliarexotic11
6158564127to mix or join (usually by melting)fuse12
6158564128unchangingimmutable13
6158564129incapable of being reformed or improvedincorrigible14
6158564130to detestloathe15
6158564131to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severemitigate16
6158564132to cause to not be in effect, to negatenullify17
6158564133oposed to war or use of forcepacifistic18
6158564134making an extravagant outward show, self-importantpretentious19
6158564135introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work, introductory actionprologue20
6158564136to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief, revokerecant21
6158564137overly submissiveservile22
6158564138fear, trembling, agitationtrepidation23
6158564139to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements againstvillify24
6158596003One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed; receiving endaudience25
6158602903A reliable, respected source—someone with knowledge;authority26
6158610032Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue; Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfairbias27
6158616247Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source;cite28
6158623937An assertion, usually supported by evidence;claim29
6158633350A careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a textclose reading30
6158643912An informal or conversational use of language; An informal expression that is more often used in casual conversation than in formal speech or writing. "Latinas are in oppressive structures. We can fool ourselves, but we'd still be getting ~dumped on.~"colloquialism31
6158653642Shared beliefs, values, or positionscommon ground32
6158659260A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clausecomplex sentence33
6158662918A reluctant acknowledgment or yieldingconcession34

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