6107178932 | oxymoron | noun. a figure of speech that is self-contradictory | 0 | |
6107178933 | allotment | noun. a portion or thing shared or granted | 1 | |
6107178934 | crucible | noun. a container of metal employed for heating substances to high temperatures | 2 | |
6107178935 | salutary | adj. favorable or promoting health | 3 | |
6107178936 | abdicate | verb. to renounce a throne, right, power, or claim in a formal manner | 4 | |
6107178937 | magnitude | noun. size; extent | 5 | |
6107178938 | anguish | noun. excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain | 6 | |
6107178939 | solace | noun. comfort in sorrow | 7 | |
6107178940 | insidious | adj. intended to entrap | 8 | |
6107178941 | subjugation | noun. the act, fact, or process of bringing under control | 9 | |
6107178942 | supplication | noun. an act of humble prayer or petition | 10 | |
6107178943 | remonstrate | verb. to say or plead in protest | 11 | |
6107178944 | spurn | verb. to reject with disdain | 12 | |
6107178945 | contempt | noun. the feeling with which a person regards anything vile | 13 | |
6107178946 | inviolate | adj. free from injury or outrage | 14 | |
6107178947 | base | adj. morally low, dishonorable, or selfish | 15 | |
6107178948 | formidable | adj. causing fear, apprehension, or dread | 16 | |
6107178949 | invincible | adj. incapable of being conquered | 17 | |
6107178950 | vigilant | adj. keenly watchful to detect danger | 18 | |
6107178951 | extenuate | verb. to represent a fault as less serious | 19 | |
6107178952 | impel | verb. to drive or urge forward | 20 | |
6107178953 | abolish | verb. to do away with | 21 | |
6107178954 | transient | adj. not lasting or permanent | 22 | |
6107178955 | usurp | verb. to seize and hold by force | 23 | |
6107178956 | evince | verb. to show clearly | 24 | |
6107178957 | constrain | verb. to force or compel | 25 | |
6107178958 | relinquish | verb. to surrender a possession or right | 26 | |
6107178959 | render | verb. to cause or to become | 27 | |
6107178960 | perfidy | noun. faithlessness | 28 | |
6107178961 | consanguinity | noun. relationship by descent from a common ancestor | 29 | |
6107178962 | acquiesce | verb. to assent silently without protest | 30 | |
6107178963 | redress | noun. the setting right of what is wrong | 31 | |
6107178964 | warranted | adj. authorized | 32 | |
6107178965 | conjure | verb. to affect or influence by | 33 | |
6107178966 | kindred | noun. a person's relatives collectively | 34 |
AP Language Vocabulary #12 Flashcards
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