Lesson 2 (AP Language) Flashcards

4808404114	Antithesis	A direct opposite, a contrast	0
4808404115	Ascend	To move upward	1
4808404116	Austere	Strict, stern	2
4808404117	Autonomous	Independent, self contained	3
4808404118	Banal	Common, ordinary	4
4808404119	Benign	Not causing harm, beneficial	5
4808404120	Capricious	Changing suddenly	6
4808404121	Dawdle	To waste time	7
4808404122	Defamation	Act of harming or ruining another's reputation	8
4808404123	Esoteric	Understood only by a small group or a select few	9
4808404124	Exacerbate	To aggravate, to irritate	10
4808404125	Extol	To praise, to glorify	11
4808404126	Fastidious	Reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an extreme	12
4808404127	Furtive	Secret in an underhanded way	13
4808404128	Gregarious	Sociable and outgoing	14
4808404129	Hypocrite	One who is insincere or deceitful	15
4808404130	Innate	Existing from birth, inborn	16
4808404131	Lethargic	Sluggish, languid	17
4808404132	Melancholy	Depression of spirits	18
4808404133	Opaque	Not allowing the passage of light, not transparent, hard to understand	19
4808404134	Prolific	Abundantly fruitful, marked by great productivity	20
4808404135	Reprove	To scold or to rebuke for a misdeed usually with kindly intent	21
4808404136	Symmetry	Balanced proportions	22
4808404137	Tranquil	Peaceful,calm	23
4808404138	Venerate	To honor, to revere	24