AP Language Per 7 Set 1 Flashcards
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| 5845020983 | Genuflection | bending at least one knee to the ground, was from early times a gesture of deep respect for a superior. | 0 | |
| 5989424745 | Schizoid | Denoting or having a personality type characterized by emotional aloofness and solitary habits. |  | 1 |
| 6414622002 | Kowtow | The act of being obsessively subservient. |  | 2 |
| 6414602577 | Acerbic | sharp and forthright. |  | 3 |
| 6414588276 | Pedantic | Of or like a pedant (or a perfectionist) |  | 4 |
| 6414611848 | ambivalence | having mixed feelings about someone or something |  | 5 |
| 6414602387 | pulpit | a raised platform or lectern in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon. | 6 | |
| 6414599496 | importunate | persistent, especially to the point of annoyance or intrusion. | 7 | |
| 6414615603 | Irate | feeling or characterized by great anger. | 8 | |
| 6414604541 | prostration | the placement of the body in a reverentially or submissively prone position as a gesture. |  | 9 |
| 6414616794 | balk | hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking (of a pitcher) make an illegal motion, penalized by an advance of the base runners. |  | 10 |
| 6414620328 | emulation | effort to match or surpass a person or achievement, typically by imitation. |  | 11 |
| 6414613436 | strident | loud and grating |  | 12 |
| 6414623544 | poignant | evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret |  | 13 |
| 6414626566 | baroque | A period in the arts, visual and musical, from about 1600 to about 1750, marked by elaborate ornamentation and efforts to create dramatic effects; extravagantly ornate, florid, and convoluted in character or style. |  | 14 |
| 6414625995 | Condemnation | the expression of very strong disapproval; censure. (Simon Cowell) |  | 15 |
| 6414612203 | cadence | a modulation or inflection of the voice |  | 16 |
| 6414630947 | Jaundiced | having or affected by jaundice, in particular unnaturally yellow in complexion |  | 17 |
| 6414633990 | Slipshod | A type of person or work ethic that shows lack of care or thought. Lazy | 18 | |
| 6414634769 | Jonquil | a narcissus with clusters of small fragrant yellow flowers and cylindrical leaves, native to southern Europe and northeastern Africa |  | 19 |
| 6414599151 | Debase | reduce (something) in quality or value; degrade. | 20 | |
| 6414661117 | Inexorable | impossible to prevent | 21 | |
| 6414677357 | Perspicuity | Something that can be seen clearly or understandably; lucid |  | 22 |
| 6414699261 | exasperated | irritate intensely; infuriate | 23 |