AP English Vocab 5 & 6
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| pedestal, foot, base | ||
| law | ||
| sculpture whose ornament or figures are somewhat raised above the background | ||
| to lower in quality, value or dignity; to degrade | ||
| slope | ||
| a downward slope; the slope of a hill | ||
| a natural inclination or tendency | ||
| light (in weight) | ||
| a substance like yeast or a small amount of fermented dough that causes dough to expand or rise; a lightening or enlivening influence; to provide a lightening influence | ||
| sleight of hand; magic tricks; any trickery or deception | ||
| the action of a lever that raises or lifts; power to influence; a position of strength | ||
| to rise or float, or cause to rise, seemingly despite gravity | ||
| lightness in speech or behavior, especially unbecoming jocularity; frivolity | ||
| to cause to hang down, to weigh | ||
| to weigh | ||
| a strong inclination or liking | ||
| extremely heavy, massive; unwieldy or awkward; dull or tedious | ||
| unable to be assessed or measured precisely | ||
| superior in number, force, power, and importance | ||
| steps, stairs, ladder | ||
| to climb | ||
| a step like formation of troops, ships or aircraft; a level of command or authority | ||
| going beyond the limits of ordinary experience | ||
| to lie down | ||
| to recline | ||
| a person who holds an office or position; already holding an office or position; required as a duty or obligation | ||
| reclining; lying down | ||
| to yield; to give in or give up, especially to a powerful force or desire; to die | ||
| under, beneath | ||
| a psychological disorder characterized by the illusory conviction that one is ill or in pain, or likely to become so | ||
| a theory or explanation that leads to further investigation for proof or disproof; an assumption on which a conclusion or decision is based | ||
| down | ||
| a disaster or catastrophe on such a large scale that biological, environmental or cultural elements are altered or lost to the earth | ||
| an ancient mechanical device for hurling missiles; a modern mechanism for launching aircraft from the deck of a ship; to hurl or launch suddenly; to spring up | ||
| under | ||
| concentrating on the self in the expression of feelings and perceptions; relating to personal opinions and thought processes rather than factual information or universal experience | ||
| to turn aside an instinctual impulse in favor of a more socially or culturally acceptable activity | ||
| to induce a person in secret to commit a misdeed or crime; to induce someone to give false testimony | ||
| an artifice, device, or evasion to hide or avoid something or to escape an outcome | ||
| truth | ||
| a thing or a quality that appears real | ||
| the condition or quality of being true or accurate; a belief, principle or statement expressing human truth | ||
| to affirm; to declare or attest to positively or dogmatically |