AP: Language Week #9 Flashcards
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| 250470593 | polyglot | adjective; speaking or understanding several languages; made up of parts of various languages | 0 | |
| 250470594 | conundrum | noun; riddle; unanswerable question; a riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun | 1 | |
| 250470595 | solace | noun; comfort in sorrow; consolation | 2 | |
| 250470596 | coterie | noun; a clique; select group; close circle of friends | 3 | |
| 250470597 | askew | adjective; turned to one side; in an oblique position; tilted to one side; slanted | 4 | |
| 250470598 | polemic | noun; dispute; argument; verbal attack | 5 | |
| 250470599 | ponderous | adjective; heavy, dull; slow, awkward | 6 | |
| 250470600 | extant | adjective; in existence; still in existence | 7 | |
| 250470601 | sonorous | adjective; rich-sounding; resonant | 8 | |
| 250470602 | insidious | adjective; plotting; treacherous; lying in wait; harmful | 9 | |
| 250470603 | ascetic | noun; one who denies himself rigorously; renounces material comforts for austere self-discipline, especially for religious devotion | 10 | |
| 250470604 | insensate | adjective; foolish; thoughtless; stupid | 11 | |
| 250470605 | revere | verb; regard with deep respect | 12 | |
| 250470606 | expunge | verb; to rub out; erase; to eliminate completely | 13 | |
| 250470607 | askance | adverb; with a sideways glance with disapproval, suspicion or mistrust | 14 | |
| 250470608 | insatiable | adjective; incapable of being appeased or satisfied; greedy | 15 | |
| 250470609 | copious | adjective; plentiful; abundant | 16 | |
| 250470610 | ribald | adjective; vulgar; coarse; humorously obscene | 17 | |
| 250470611 | sodden | adjective; completely soaked; soggy, dull and bloated in appearance | 18 | |
| 250470612 | somnolent | adjective; drowsy; sleepy; in a dream-like state | 19 |