AP language week 12 Flashcards
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| 5494805563 | disreputable | not considered to be respectable in character or appearance. | 0 | |
| 5494807544 | doggerel | verse or words that are badly written or expressed. | 1 | |
| 5494807545 | dogma | a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true. | 2 | |
| 5494807546 | ebbing | move away from the land; recede. | 3 | |
| 5494808732 | eccentric | unconventional and slightly strange. | 4 | |
| 5494813075 | emphatic | showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly. | 5 | |
| 5494818854 | ethnologist | a science that deals with the division of human beings into races | 6 | |
| 5494818855 | extenuate | make seem less serious or more forgivable | 7 | |
| 5494821534 | firmament | the heavens or the sky, especially when regarded as a tangible thing. | 8 | |
| 5494821535 | fobbing | deceitfully attempt to satisfy someone by making excuses or giving them something inferior. | 9 | |
| 5494821536 | fond | having an affection or liking for. | 10 | |
| 5494823588 | forbearance | patient self-control; restraint and tolerance. | 11 | |
| 5494823589 | formidable | inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable. | 12 | |
| 5494826651 | fratricide | the killing of one's brother or sister. | 13 | |
| 5494829384 | gaiete de coeur | the feeling of lively and cheerful joy. | 14 | |
| 5494830575 | gangrene | localized death and decomposition of body tissue, | 15 | |
| 5494832990 | genealogical | of or relating to the study or tracing of lines of family descent. | 16 | |
| 5494832991 | gentry | people of good social position | 17 | |
| 5494835843 | grandeur | splendor and impressiveness, especially of appearance or style. | 18 | |
| 5494837212 | hallowed | honor as holy. | 19 |