AP LANGUAGE Flashcards
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| 5852682060 | Abate (verb) | to make less in amount, degree. We stood on the dock on that moonless night, waiting for the storm to abate | 0 | |
| 5852689164 | adulation (noun) | praise or flattery that is excessive. Athletes have no choice but to accept the adulation of their fans. | 1 | |
| 5852690990 | anathema (noun) | an object of intense dislike. The authors views on bringing up children are anathema to my dad but delight to my mother | 2 | |
| 5852691222 | astute (adjective) | shrewd, craft, showing practical wisdom. The astute of money may be a good skill, but does not create an executive. | 3 | |
| 5852695451 | avarice (noun) | a greedy desire, particularly for wealth. with avarice, you could have everything in the world and it still wouldn't be enough. | 4 | |
| 5852697887 | culpable (adjective) | deserving blame, worthy of condemnation. My brother was culpable of my sisters hair being cut off. | 5 | |
| 5852699679 | dilatory ( adjective) | tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt, intended to delay or postpone. She hired an assistant because she was always dilatory to her meetings. | 6 | |
| 5852699680 | egregious (adjective) | conspicuous, standing out from the mass. That man was egregious in the small room due to the way he smelt. | 7 | |
| 5852703708 | equivocate (verb) | to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation, to be deliberately vague or ambiguous. i will never vote for a candidate who equivocates during speeches. | 8 | |
| 5852706674 | evanescent (adjective) | vanishing, soon passing away, light and airy. Looking back at it, the summer was evanescent. | 9 | |
| 5852706675 | irresolute ( adjective) | unable to make up ones mind. John was irresolute when it came to big decisions | 10 | |
| 5852709820 | nebulous (adjective) | cloud like, resembling a cloud, cloudy in color, not transparent, vague, confused. As sarah continued with her speech, the main idea became nebulous. | 11 | |
| 5852711795 | novice (noun) | a beginner, at an activity that requires skill. you must be patient and realize that he is a novice at sports. | 12 | |
| 5852711796 | penury (noun) | extreme poverty. The people in that house live in penury | 13 | |
| 5852722382 | pretentious (adjective) | done for show, striving to make a big impression,claiming merit or position unjustifiably. Talking about ones wealth is thought to be pretentious and in poor taste. | 14 | |
| 5852724074 | recapitulate (verb) | to review a series of facts, sum up. don't bother to recapitulate the plot, give me your opinion on the book. | 15 | |
| 5852724075 | resuscitate (verb) | to revive, bring back consciousness or existence. teammates that resuscitate the team spirit are the easiest to play with. | 16 | |
| 5852727741 | slovenly (adjective) | untidy, dirty, careless. Her room was in a slovenly state. It took her many hours to clean it. | 17 | |
| 5852728895 | supposition (noun) | something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence. Because of a supposition that lead the kids in a wrong direction, they made many mistakes | 18 | |
| 5852728896 | torpid (adjective) | inactive, sluggish, dull. we all felt torpid after sitting in | 19 | |
| 5852731528 | hyperbole | exaggeration | 20 | |
| 5852731529 | apostrophe | 21 | ||
| 5852732982 | understatment | downplaying something | 22 |