AP Language 15 Flashcards
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| 6410437629 | flout | to openly disregard (often with contempt or scorn): "Many corporations flout basic ethical principles for the sake of profit." |  | 0 |
| 6410437630 | invoke | to cite or appeal to someone or something as an authority for an action or in support of an argument; to call on or summon; to give rise to: "She invoked history to prove her point." "There was no way to explain the accident without invoking his rage." |  | 1 |
| 6410439430 | indict | to accuse or charge with a fault, offense, or serious crime: "A grand jury is expected to indict him for murder." |  | 2 |
| 6410439431 | contingent | occurring or existing only if certain other circumstances are the case: "The resolution of the conflict was contingent on the signing of a ceasefire agreement." |  | 3 |
| 6410439432 | vehement | showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense: "Her voice was low but vehement." |  | 4 |
| 6410439433 | holistic | relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than parts: "We take a holistic approach to improving our team." |  | 5 |
| 6410441389 | onus | a disagreeable necessity; the burden of proving something: "The onus is on you to provide evidence for your absurd claims." |  | 6 |
| 6410441390 | moot | subject to debate and typically not admitting of a final decision (therefore often having little practical significance because the subject is too uncertain): "The court ruled that the issue is now moot because the people involved in the dispute have died." |  | 7 |
| 6410441391 | caricature | a ludicrous, grotesque, or comically exaggerated representation of someone or something: "The drawing is a caricature." |  | 8 |
| 6410443000 | propagate | to breed, spread, and promote widely (ideas, specimens, offspring, etc.): "The preacher traveled to propagate his beliefs." |  | 9 |