AP Language Set 4 Flashcards
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| 2967828277 | Abject | (adj) abjection (n) The abject (spiritless, cast down) girl affected everyone else around her. |  | 0 |
| 2967838872 | Aesthetic | (adj) She had an aesthetic (sensitive to beauty) view of nature. |  | 1 |
| 2967838873 | Alacrity | (n) alacritous (adj) When John was in a good mood he performed his chores with alacrity (a cheerful briskness). |  | 2 |
| 2967838874 | Auspicious | (adj) auspiciousness (n) The sunny day seemed a auspicious (lucky, promising. favorable) one for the picnics. |  | 3 |
| 2967841158 | Blatant | (adj) blatancy (n) He posed as a scientist, but his blatant (obvious, obtrusive) ignorance of science gave him away. |  | 4 |
| 2967841159 | Capitulate | (v) capitulation (n) To prevent further bloodshed, the commanding officer decided to capitulate (surrender on terms agreed upon, yield) |  | 5 |
| 2967841160 | Cogent | (adj) cogency (n) His cogent (persuasive, brilliantly compelling) presentation of the facts won quick approval for the project. |  | 6 |
| 2967843004 | Conjecture | (n) conjecturable (adj) Unable to obtain the facts, he had to base his decision on conjecture (supposition, opinion). |  | 7 |
| 2967843005 | Cursory | (adj) cursoriness (n) The student reviewed his lessons in a cursory (hurried, rapid, superficial) manner. |  | 8 |
| 2967843006 | Decorous | (adj) decorousness (n) The neat, modest housewife dressed in a decorous (proper, becoming, suitable) manner. |  | 9 |
| 2967844466 | Diffident | (adj) diffidence (n) It will take a confident, not diffident(shy, timid) person to succeed in this job. |  | 10 |
| 2967844467 | Disdain | (v) disdainful (adj) disdainfulness (n) I disdain (despise, think him unworthy) him because of his dishonesty. |  | 11 |
| 2967845738 | Docile | (adj) docility (n) She always bosses her docile (obedient, manageable, unresistant) husband around. |  | 12 |
| 2967845739 | Equanimity | (n) The entertainer retained his equanimity (composure, calm temper, evenness of mind) despite the hostile audience. |  | 13 |
| 2967847257 | Facade | (n) He looked calm, but the apparent calmness was only a facade (front, false exterior) hiding his concern. |  | 14 |
| 2967847258 | Facetious | (adj) facetiousness (n) His facetious (inappropriately witty) remark embarrasses some of the guests. |  | 15 |
| 2967849086 | Fastidious | (adj) fastidiousness (n) The waiter lost patience with the fastidious (particular, meticulous, hard to please) customer. |  | 16 |
| 2967849087 | Fatuous | (adj) fatuousness (n) Bill's fatuous (silly, complacently foolish) ideas were rarely taken seriously. |  | 17 |
| 2967849088 | Flaunt | (v) flaunty (adj) Don't flaunt (display, show off, boast of) your knowledge, even if you are sure of yourself. |  | 18 |
| 2967850761 | Furtive | (adj) furtiveness (n) The robbery was planned and executed in a furtive (sly, stealthy, shifty) manner. |  | 19 |