7820220080 | altruistic | pos: adjective d: showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others - charitable s: unselfish, selfless, compassionate, kind, public-spirited - benevolent, giving a: uncharitable, stingy, selfish- revilement, egoistical, uncharitable, malevolent | 0 | |
7820220081 | chicanery | pos: noun d: the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose - trickery, deception by artful trickery s: lying, deceit, duplicity, fraudulence, charlatanism (a fake) a: honesty, openness, straightforwardness | 1 | |
7820220082 | dilettante | pos: noun d: a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge - their interests are not thorough, an admirer, a superficial love or interest in a branch of knowledge s: amateur, dabbler, aesthete a: professional, expert, crack, proficient, skilled, adapt | 2 | |
7820220083 | eclectic | pos: adjective d: deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources - mixed, taking from multiple sources s: heterogeneous, catholic, selective a: homogeneous, distinctive, narrow, original | 3 | |
7820220084 | impugn | pos: verb d: dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of a statement or motive; lacking integrity; false accusation s: contradict, negade, assail, resist, deny, repudiate, a: advocate, support, validate, substantiate | 4 | |
7820220085 | impute | pos: verb d: to give responsibility or blame, often unfairly s: attribute, ascribe, place (blame) credit a: reject, derogate, diminish, depreciate | 5 | |
7820220086 | internecine | pos: adj d: destructive to both sides in a conflict when it is within a group s: destructive, fatal, harmful a: --- | 6 | |
7820220087 | ostensible | pos: adjective d: intended to be viewed; stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so; plausible, rather than definite s: apparent, alleged, illusive a: improbable, obscure, unlikely, vague - genuine, real | 7 | |
7820220088 | philistine | pos: noun, *adjective* d: (1) a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them - a person with no artistic values; *(2) hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts* s: lowbrow, materialist - bourgeois, materialistic, capitalist, boar a: highbrow, egghead, intellectual, sage, thinker, brain, genius - aesthete | 8 | |
7820220089 | philologist | pos: noun d: someone who studies literary texts and written records, determining their meaning s: interpreter, grammarian, lexicographer, polyglot a: ??? | 9 | |
7820220090 | poignant | pos: adjective d: touching, moving; painfully affecting the feelings s: touching, moving, sad, affecting, pitiful, piteous, pathetic, sorrowful, mournful, wretched, miserable, distressing, heart-rending, plaintive, tragic - piercing, moving a: indifferent, unemotional, wonderful, dull, pleasant, soothing - dull, bland | 10 | |
7820220091 | progenitor | pos: noun d: a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent - ancestor s: ancestor, forefather, forebear, parent, primogenitor - kin, originator, forefather a: descendant | 11 | |
7820220092 | shibboleth | pos: noun d: a custom, principle, or belief distinguishing a particular class or group of people, especially a long-standing one regarded as outmoded or no longer important - devoid of real meaning, something pertaining to a cultural group s: inanity, motto, platitude - phrase, slogan, catchphrase, cliche , truism a: ---- | 12 | |
7820220093 | temerity | pos: noun d: excessive confidence or boldness; audacity - nerve, chutzpah s: rashness, chutzpah, effrontery, gall, audacity a: carefulness, caution, fear, care, humility, politeness - prudence, caution, deliberation, judgement. | 13 | |
7820220094 | wheedle | pos: verb d: to influence/entice by soft words or flattery s: blandish, blarney, palaver, soft-soap, sweet-talk, coax - seduce, whine, flatter, manipulate, cajole a: bug, harass, nag, pester, tease, coerce | 14 |
AP Language Vocab Section 3 Flashcards
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