AP:Vocabulary: Week #2
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202850305 | antithesis | noun- the exact opposite | |
202850306 | apex | noun- highest point | |
202850307 | apostle | noun- follower; a pioneer of moral reform; strong supporter | |
202850308 | bucolic | adjective- rustic; rural | |
202850309 | cogent | adjective- persuasive; potent; convincing; appeals to the powers of intellect | |
202850310 | diffident | adjective- shy; modest | |
202850311 | dilatory | adjective- inclined to delay or postpone; tardy | |
202850312 | esoteric | adjective- belonging to, or understood by an especially informed few | |
202850313 | fracas | noun- a noisy dispute | |
202850314 | grimace | noun- a wry, distorted face | |
202850315 | renege | verb- to go back one one's word | |
202850316 | sedition | noun- act of arousing rebellion against established law and order | |
202850317 | increment | noun- an addition; increase | |
202850318 | inculcate | verb- to fix firmly in the mind of another | |
202850319 | lugubrious | adjective- mournful; foolishly sorrowful; ridiculously grief | |
202850320 | lurid | adjective- harshly vivid; ghostly, horrid | |
202850321 | misnomer | noun- a name wrongly applied | |
202850322 | ostensible | adjective- seemingly real or true; pretended | |
202850323 | ostentation | noun- showing off; boastful display | |
202850324 | permeate | verb- soak through; penetrate | |
202850325 | pernicious | adjective- extremely harmful or destructive; evil | |
202850326 | travesty | noun- ridiculous imitation of a serious work, performance, or concept |