AP Language Vocabulary #2 Flashcards
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| 1625835002 | cacophony | (n.) tremendous noise, disharmonious sound | 0 | |
| 1625835003 | cajole | (v.) to urge, coax | 1 | |
| 1625835004 | calumny | (n.) an attempt to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies | 2 | |
| 1625835005 | capricious | (adj.) subject to whim, fickle | 3 | |
| 1625835006 | clemency | (n.) mercy | 4 | |
| 1625835007 | cogent | (adj.) intellectually convincing | 5 | |
| 1625835008 | concomitant | (adj.) accompanying in a subordinate fashion | 6 | |
| 1625835009 | conflagration | (n.) great fire | 7 | |
| 1625835010 | contrite | (adj.) penitent, eager to be forgiven | 8 | |
| 1625835011 | conundrum | (n.) puzzle, problem | 9 | |
| 1625835012 | credulity | (n.) readiness to believe | 10 | |
| 1625835013 | cupidity | (n.) greed, strong desire | 11 | |
| 1625835014 | cursory | (adj.) brief to the point of being superficial | 12 | |
| 1625835015 | decry | (v.) to criticize openly | 13 | |
| 1625835016 | defile | (v.) to make unclean, impure | 14 | |
| 1625835017 | deleterious | (adj.) harmful | 15 | |
| 1625835018 | demure | (adj.) quiet, modest, reserved | 16 | |
| 1625835019 | deprecate | (v.) to belittle, depreciate | 17 | |
| 1625835020 | deride | (v.) to laugh at mockingly, scorn | 18 | |
| 1625835021 | desecrate | (v.) to violate the sacredness of a thing or place | 19 | |
| 1625835022 | desiccated | (adj.) dried up, dehydrated | 20 | |
| 1625835023 | diaphanous | (adj.) light, airy, transparent | 21 | |
| 1625835024 | diffident | (adj.) shy, quiet, modest | 22 | |
| 1625835025 | discursive | (adj.) rambling, lacking order | 23 | |
| 1625835026 | dissemble | (v.) to conceal, fake | 24 | |
| 1625835027 | dither | (v.) to be indecisive | 25 |