AP Language Vocab #3 Flashcards
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| 5168609563 | abominate | to have an intense dislike or hatred | 0 | |
| 5168611416 | acculturation | the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend | 1 | |
| 5168654479 | adventitious | resulting from chance rather than from inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired, not congenital | 2 | |
| 5171427677 | ascribe | to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute | 3 | |
| 5171433514 | circuitous | roundabout, not direct | 4 | |
| 5171435697 | commiserate | to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share feeling of distress | 5 | |
| 5171440464 | enjoin | to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit | 6 | |
| 5171449777 | expedite | to make easy, cause to progress faster | 7 | |
| 5171454768 | expiate | to make amends, make up for; to avert | 8 | |
| 5171458111 | ferment | a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; (v) to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action | 9 | |
| 5171469292 | inadvertent | resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental | 10 | |
| 5171476758 | nominal | existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously | 11 | |
| 5171484229 | noncommittal | not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no | 12 | |
| 5171491696 | peculate | to steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use | 13 | |
| 5171499475 | procilvity | a natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior) | 14 | |
| 5171507691 | sangfroid | composure or coolness, especially in trying circumsstances | 15 | |
| 5171512157 | seditious | resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government | 16 | |
| 5171518042 | tenuous | thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported | 17 | |
| 5171527268 | vitrilic | bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a string acid) | 18 | |
| 5171533366 | wheedie | to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end | 19 |