AP Language Week 12 Flashcards

5979587776	occult	mysterious, hidden, pertaining to the supernatural	0
5979591599	odium	hatred, abhorrence	1
5979593460	officious	overly meddlesome, offering unwanted service	2
5979596874	ogle	to look or stare flirtatiously	3
5979599058	ominous	forecasting evil	4
5979604937	omniscient	all knowing	5
5979608453	onerous	burdensome (an -- singing contract)	6
5979611346	opaque	not transparent	7
5979613402	opportune	timely	8
5979615665	opprobrium	disgrace	9
5979617527	orthodox	standard, widely accepted	10
5979619453	oscillate	to move back and forth or waver	11
5979621531	ostensible	apparent	12
5979623759	ostentatious	showing off or conspicuous (pretentious connotation)	13
5979629322	ostracize	to banish or exile	14
5979632204	overt	open to view or obvious	15
5979634171	palliate	to lessen the severity or alleviate	16
5979638096	pallid	pale	17
5979639876	palpable	obvious or tangible	18
5979642038	panacea	cure-all	19
5979647064	pandemonium	chaos	20
5979647065	paradox	a seemingly self-contradicting statement but in essence is true	21
5979651693	paragon	model of exellence (-- of good health)	22
5979653798	paramount	supreme	23
5979659369	paraphrase	to rephrase or put in ones own words	24
5979661284	pariah	social outcast or a derelict	25
5979663442	parsimonious	stingy or miserly	26
5979665749	pastoral	relating to the countryside	27
5979668262	patent	clear or obvious	28
5979669832	patriarch	male head of tribe or family	29
5979672539	paucity	lack of something or scarcity	30
5979676237	pedantic	making a display of ones learning or showing off the trivial aspects of learning	31
5979678992	pedestrian	common or banal	32
5979682028	penance	act showing sorrow for sin	33
5979684228	penchant	strong inclination or a liking to something	34
5979690299	pensive	thoughtful or contemplative	35
5979692273	penury	extreme poverty	36
5979692274	perceptive	discerning	37
5979695241	peremptory	allowing no contradiction or refusal, assertive in speech	38
5979699465	perfidy	treachery or disloyalty	39
5979701663	perfunctory	done superficially because it's routine, lacking interest of enthusiasm or thoughtless	40
5979706586	peripheral	on the edge or outer part	41
5979708790	periphery	border	42
5979710835	permeate	to spread into or throughout to go through a surface	43
5979713877	pernicious	destructive	44
5979718850	perspicacious	acutely insightful	45
5979722035	perspicuous	clear or lucid, plain to understand	46
5979723849	pertinacity	persistence or determination	47
5979726094	peruse	to read carefully	48
5979728091	pervade	to spread throughout or permeate	49
5979729647	perverse	willfully contrary or obstinate in what is wrong corrupt or wicked	50
5979733652	pessimism	gloominess or inclination to interpret negatively	51
5979738084	petulant	irritable due to impatience	52
5979739751	phenomenon	remarkable occurence	53
5979741785	philanthropy	desire to help mankind or generosity	54
5979743628	philatelist	stamp collector a student of stamp collecting	55
5979748288	philology	study of languages	56
5979750251	phlegmatic	sluggish (usu. refers to 4 humors)	57
5979752902	pilfer	to steal	58
5979753111	pious	religious or respectful of the divine	59