AP Language Vocab (Unit 4) Flashcards
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| 3352316504 | affable adj. | courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to | 0 | |
| 3352319123 | aggrandize v. | to increase in greatness, power, or wealth | 1 | |
| 3352324253 | amorphous adj. | shapeless, without definite form | 2 | |
| 3352335900 | archetype n. | an original model on which something was patterned or replicated | 3 | |
| 3352348307 | aura n. | a distinctive air or personal quality | 4 | |
| 3352366958 | contraband n. adj. | illegal traffic, smuggled goods illegal, prohibited | 5 | |
| 3352373429 | erudite adj. | scholarly, learned, bookish | 6 | |
| 3352375900 | gossamer adj. n. | thin, light, delicate, insubstantial a very thin, light cloth | 7 | |
| 3352386177 | inscrutable adj. | incapable of being understood | 8 | |
| 3352388435 | insular adj. | narrow or isolated in outlook or experience | 9 | |
| 3352396798 | irrevocable adj. | incapable of being changed or called back | 10 | |
| 3352399018 | propensity n. | a natural inclination or predilection toward | 11 | |
| 3352403080 | querulous adj. | peevish, complaining, fretful | 12 | |
| 3352407317 | remonstrate v. | to argue with someone against something, protest against | 13 | |
| 3352409484 | repudiate v. | to disown, reject, or deny the validity of | 14 | |
| 3352414430 | resilient adj. | able to recover quickly | 15 | |
| 3352426496 | reverberate v. | to re-echo, resound | 16 | |
| 3352429578 | scurrilous adj. | coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed | 17 | |
| 3352434889 | sedulous adj. | persistent, showing industry and determination | 18 | |
| 3352438743 | sleazy adj. | cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character | 19 |