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AP Language Vocab Set 9 Flashcards

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5392986197capitulate (verb)to give up; to surrender (under pre-arranged conditions); to stop resisting; to yield0
5392989674cavil (verb)to object when there is little or no reason to do so; to resort to trivial faultfinding; to carp; to quibble1
5392993501chicanery (noun)deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry; deception; fraud; trickery; wiliness2
5392998694corroborate (verb)to support a statement; to confirm; to bolster; to substantiate; to confirm; to validate3
5393002655credence (noun)belief in reports or testimony of another; acceptance as true; plausibility; credibility4
5393006725credulous (adj)too ready to believe; easily deceived; easily convinced; trusting; naive5
5393011949condescend (verb)to descend voluntarily to the level (regarded as lower) of the person one is dealing with; to stoop to level considered inappropriate to one's dignity; to deal with others in a proud or haughty way6
5393019400dereliction (noun)neglect of one's duty; willful negligence; abandonment; desertion7
5393022359debacle (noun)an overwhelming defeat; a rout; a stunning ruinous collapse; a disaster; a complete failure8
5393026973emulate (verb)to strive to equal or excel; to rival successfully; to imitate or copy with a view toward equaling or surpassing9
5393034229"robur" meaning strengthetymological clue of corroborate10
5393036383corroborationcorroborate as a noun11
5393040777corroborativecorroborate as an adj12
5393047102"credere" meaning to trust or to believeetymological clue of credence13
5393051193"credere" meaning to trust or to believeetymological clue of credulous14
5393054024credulousness; credulitycredulous as a noun15
5393056058"de" meaning away from & "relinquere" meaning to leaveetymological clue of dereliction16
5393064318incredulousantonym of credulous17
5393068033"debacle" meaning breakupetymological clue of debacle18
5393069670emulationemulate as a noun19
5393069671emulousemulate as an adj20
5393077447deigndo something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity (condescend)21
5393080839vouchsafegive or grant something to someone in a gracious or condescending manner22

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