AP Language Vocabulary 13 Flashcards

Vocabulary from Unit 13.

6584976591	abstruse	(adj.) extremely difficult to understand	0
6584976592	affront	(n.) an open or intentional insult; a slight; (v.) to insult to one's face; to face in defiance , confront	1
6584976593	canard	(n.) a false rumor, fabricated story	2
6584976594	captious	(adj.) excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse, or show up	3
6584976595	cognizant	(adj.) aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction	4
6584976596	contrite	(adj.) regretful for some misdeed or sin; plagued by a sense of guilt; thoroughly penitent	5
6584976597	cynosure	(n.) the center of attraction, attention, or interest; something that serves to guide or direct	6
6584976598	decorous	(adj.) well behaved, dignified, socially proper	7
6584976599	deign	(v.) to think it appropriate or suitable to one's dignity to do something; to condescend	8
6584976600	desiccated	(adj., part.) thoroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality; arid and uninteresting	9
6584976601	efficacy	(n.) the power to produce a desired result	10
6584976602	engender	(v.) to bring into existence, give rise to, produce; to come into existence, assume form	11
6584976603	ethereal	(adj.) light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound)	12
6584976604	facade	(n.) the front or face of a building; a surface appearance (as opposed to what may lie behind)	13
6584976605	ghoulish	(adj.) revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead	14
6584976606	incongruous	(adj.) not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible	15
6584976607	machination	(n.) a crafty, scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end	16
6584976608	mesmerize	(v.) to hypnotize, entrance; to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch	17
6584976609	opprobrium	(n.) disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach	18
6584976610	putative	(adj.) generally regarded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred	19