AP Language Lesson 38B Flashcards
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| 4804715340 | Impale | to pierce with something sharp; to make helpless | 0 | |
| 4804717999 | Knotty | complex; difficult to solve | 1 | |
| 4804718000 | Libertarian | (adj.) advocating principles of liberty and free will | 2 | |
| 4804718001 | Mired | Stuck, entangled (in something, like a swamp or muddy area), soiled | 3 | |
| 4804719266 | Noxious | harmful; poisonous; lethal | 4 | |
| 4804719267 | palatable | (adj.) agreeable to the taste or one's sensibilities; suitable for consumption. | 5 | |
| 4804720957 | palliate | Make less serious or severe; relieve symptoms of an illness | 6 | |
| 4804720958 | pallor | An extreme or unnatural paleness | 7 | |
| 4804724576 | pernicious | (adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal | 8 | |
| 4804725591 | skulk | to lurk; to move secretively | 9 | |
| 4804725592 | tarry | (v.) to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while | 10 | |
| 4804726439 | tawdry | (adj.) showy and flashy but lacking in good taste | 11 | |
| 4804726440 | temerity | (n.) rashness, boldness | 12 | |
| 4804727890 | utopian | (adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical | 13 |