AP Language Set E Flashcards
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| 862553173 | POSTHUMOUS | occurring after a person's death | 0 | |
| 862553174 | POSTULATE | to assume without proof, or as self-evident | 1 | |
| 862553175 | ICONOCLAST | a person who attacks and seeks to overthrow popular ideas or institutions | 2 | |
| 862553176 | ONUS | a difficult obligation, task, burden, responsibility | 3 | |
| 862553177 | DEPRECATE | to verbally disapprove of | 4 | |
| 862553178 | PEJORATIVE | having a disparaging or belittling effect | 5 | |
| 862553179 | IMMUTABLE | unchangeable | 6 | |
| 862553180 | OPULENT | wealthy or affluent | 7 | |
| 862553181 | PRECIPITOUS | extremely or impassably steep | 8 | |
| 862553182 | MAELSTROM | 1. a powerful or violent whirlpool 2. disordered state of affairs | 9 | |
| 862553183 | RECAPITULATE | summarize briefly | 10 | |
| 862553184 | CAPITULATE | to surrender; to give up resistance | 11 | |
| 862553185 | ACQUIESCE | submit or comply silently or without protest | 12 | |
| 862553186 | PREEMINENT | superior; surpassing; above or before others | 13 | |
| 862553187 | SARDONIC | mocking; cynical; sneering | 14 | |
| 862553188 | PRETENTIOUS | assumption of dignity or importance, usually when exaggerated or underserved | 15 | |
| 862553189 | OSTENTATIOUS | showy in an attempt to impress others | 16 | |
| 862553190 | PRESUMPTUOUS | unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward | 17 | |
| 862553191 | PROPENSITY | a natural inclination or tendency | 18 | |
| 862553192 | PENCHANT | a strong inclination or tendency | 19 |