AP English Language Flashcards
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4914172166 | abdicate | v. to give up a position, usually one of leadership | 0 | |
4914174996 | abhor | v. to hate, detest | 1 | |
4914176632 | ballad | n. a love song | 2 | |
4914188700 | bashful | adj. shy, excessively timid | 3 | |
4914193026 | coalesce | v. to fuse into a whole | 4 | |
4914200202 | cognizant | adj. aware, mindful | 5 | |
4914204002 | denounce | v. to criticize publically | 6 | |
4914211090 | derelict | adj. abandoned, run-down | 7 | |
4914217593 | etymology | n. the history of words, their origin and development | 8 | |
4914224115 | exacerbate | v. to make more violent, intense | 9 | |
4914229647 | inchoate | adj. unformed or formless, in a beginning state | 10 | |
4914235310 | incorrigible | adj. incapable of correction, delinquent | 11 | |
4914240543 | modicum | n. a small amount of something | 12 | |
4914243558 | procure | v. to obtain, aquire | 13 | |
4914247510 | surreptitious | adj. stealthy | 14 | |
4914257319 | abnegation | n. denial of comfort to oneself | 15 | |
4914260421 | abscond | v. to sneak away and hide | 16 | |
4914264956 | benevolent | adj. marked by goodness or doing good | 17 | |
4914269231 | bereft | adj. devoid of, without | 18 | |
4914272108 | collusion | n. secret agreement, conspiracy | 19 | |
4914279500 | commensurate | adj. corresponding in size or amount | 20 | |
4914283757 | desicated | adj. dried up, dehydrated | 21 | |
4914290769 | exculpate | v. to free from guilt or blame, exonerate | 22 | |
4914296490 | indigenous | adj. originating in a region | 23 | |
4914300492 | mores | n. the moral attitudes and fixed customs of a group of people | 24 | |
4914309720 | munificense | n. generosity in giving | 25 | |
4914317145 | promulgte | v. to proclaim, make known | 26 | |
4914321795 | propriety | n. the quality or state of being proper, decent | 27 | |
4914326302 | tacit | adj. expressed without words | 28 | |
4914329533 | tedious | adj. dull, boring | 29 |