AP Language Vocabulary Flashcards
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3005313625 | approbation | the expression of apporoval or favorable opinion, praise, official approval | 0 | |
3005324410 | Approbation: Synoyms/ Antonyms | Synonyms: commendation, sanction antonyms: disapproval, condemnation, censure | 1 | |
3005327489 | Assuage | to make easier or milder, relieve, to quiet, calm, to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench | 2 | |
3005341335 | Assuage synonyms and Antonyms | Synonyms: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay Antonyms:intensify, aggravate, exacerbate | 3 | |
3005346154 | Coalition | a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose | 4 | |
3005354683 | Coalition synonyms and antonym | Synonyms: alliance, league, federation combine Antonym: splinter group | 5 | |
3005358339 | Decadence | decline, decay, or deterioration, a condition or period of decline or decay, excessive self indulgence | 6 | |
3005366293 | Decadence synonyms and antonyms | Synonyms: degeneration, corruption Antonyms: rise, growth, development, maturation | 7 | |
3005371746 | Elicit | to draw forth, bring out from some source( such as another person) | 8 | |
3005375536 | Elicit Synonyms and Antonyms | Synonyms: call forth, evoke, extract, educe Antonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle | 9 | |
3005381663 | Expostulate | to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning | 10 | |
3005388452 | Expostulate Synonyms | Synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain | 11 | |
3005392138 | Hackneyed | used to often as to lack freshness or originality | 12 | |
3005396366 | Hackneyed synonyms and Antonyms | Synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, corny Antonyms: new, fresh, novel, original | 13 | |
3005400100 | Hiatus | a gap, opening, break ( in the sense of having an element missing) | 14 | |
3005402533 | Hiatus Synonyms and Antonyms | Synonyms: pause, lacuna Antonyms: continuity and continuation | 15 | |
3005408466 | Inneundo | a hint, indirect suggestion or reference( often in a derogatory sense) | 16 | |
3005414537 | Innuendo Synonyms and Antonyms | synonyms: insinuation, intimation antonyms: direct statement | 17 | |
3005419646 | Jaded | wearied, worn out, dulled ( in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) | 18 | |
3005425444 | Jaded Synonyms and Antonyms | Synonyms: sated, surfeited, cloyed Antonyms: unspoiled, uncloyed | 19 | |
3005429276 | Lurid | causing shock, horror or revulsion, sensational, pale of sallow in color, terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint | 20 | |
3005433439 | Lurid Synonyms and Antonyms | Synonyms: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful and ghastly Antonyms: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome | 21 | |
3005441792 | Meritorious | worthy, deserving recognition and praise | 22 | |
3005447450 | Meritorious Synonyms and Antonyms | Synonyms: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable Antonyms: blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable | 23 | |
3005453161 | Petulant | peevish, annoyed by trifiles, easily irrtated and upset | 24 | |
3005456768 | Petulant Synonyms and Antonyms | Synonyms: irritable, testy, waspish Antonyms: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable | 25 | |
3005462040 | Prerogative | a special right or privilege, a special quality showing excellence | 26 | |
3005469131 | Prerogative Synonyms | Synonyms: perquisite, perk | 27 | |
3005475975 | Provincial | pertaining to an outlying area, local, narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward of a simple plain design that orginated in the countryside. (n.) a person with a narrow point of view, a person from an outlying area, a soldier from a province or colony | 28 | |
3005495272 | Provincial Synonyms and Antonyms | Synonyms: narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive Antonyms: cosmoplitan, catholic, broad-minded | 29 | |
3005501901 | Simulate | to take pretense of, imitate, to show the outer signs of | 30 | |
3005505500 | Simulate Synonyms | feign, pretend, affect | 31 | |
3005510496 | Transcend | to rise above or beyond, exceed | 32 | |
3005513191 | Transcend Synonyms | surpass, outstrip | 33 | |
3005520798 | Umbrage | shade cast by trees, foliage giving shade, an overshadowing influence of power, offense, resentment, a vague suspicion | 34 | |
3005528933 | Umbrage Synonyms and Antonyms | Synonyms: irritation, pique, annoyance Antonyms: pleasure, delight, satisfaction | 35 | |
3005538308 | Unctuous | excessively smooth or smug, trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity or piety, fatty oily, pliable | 36 | |
3005548037 | Unctuous Synonyms and Antonyms | Synonyms: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy Antonyms: gruff, blunt | 37 | |
3032200512 | intercede | intervene on behalf of another | 38 | |
3032207658 | Intercede synonyms and antonyms | intervene, mediate | 39 |