3237145623 | impede | delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder. | 0 | |
3237145624 | garnish | decoration for something; seize wages to satisfy a debt | 1 | |
3237151401 | excise | a tax levied on certain goods and commodities produced or sold within a country and on licenses granted for certain activities. | 2 | |
3237157214 | denizen | an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents the place | 3 | |
3237159381 | contingent | likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance; a representative group forming part of a larger body | 4 | |
3237165397 | foist | to impose by fraud; worthy or genuine; bring in by stealth, dishonesty, coercion | 5 | |
3237168033 | corroborate | to confirm, make more certain | 6 | |
3237169325 | abstemious | moderate, sparing, characterized by abstinence and self-discipline | 7 | |
3237173203 | desiminate | to scatter widely | 8 | |
3237174737 | florid | highly colored, reddish; ornate, overdecorated | 9 | |
3237176256 | censurable | deserving of blame or correction | 10 | |
3237179585 | discursive | passing aimlessly from one subject to another, rambling | 11 | |
3237181223 | dowdy | poorly dressed, shabby; lack of good taste | 12 | |
3237183663 | accentuate | to emphasize, place stress on | 13 | |
3237184919 | specious | deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit | 14 | |
3237186581 | perceptive | having sympathetic or understanding, capable of keen appreciation | 15 | |
3237188560 | palpable | capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, recognized | 16 | |
3237191688 | sear | to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of | 17 | |
3237193800 | satiate | to satisfy completely, to fill to excess | 18 | |
3237201216 | gauche | awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless | 19 | |
3237203136 | inculcate | to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly | 20 | |
3237212223 | heresy | an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred | 21 | |
3237216991 | pernicious | extremely harmful; deadly; fatal | 22 | |
3237218372 | quail | to shrink back in fear, lose heart in a difficult or dangerous situation | 23 | |
3237220804 | salient | prominent, standing out; projection or bulge | 24 |
AP Literature Vocabulary 11 Flashcards
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