AP Language 2013-14 Week 8 Redemption Flashcards

1030862436	aberration	straying away from what is normal	0
1030862437	abhor	to hate, to detest	1
1030862438	abide	be faithful, to endure	2
1030862439	abscond	Run away; usually includes taking something along	3
1030862440	abstemious	Sparing in consumption of especially food and drink	4
1030862441	abysmal	bottomless extreme	5
1030862442	acclaimed	welcomed with shouts and approval	6
1030862443	adorn	add beauty, decorate	7
1030862444	adulterate	make something impure by mixing inferior substance, corrupt, debase	8
1030862445	aesthetic	concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste	9
1030862446	aggregate	sum total of many heterogenous things taken together	10
1030862447	alleviate	make (pain) easier to bear	11
1030862448	alliteration	use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse	12
1030862449	ambiguous	doubtful, uncertain	13
1030862450	amnesty	a pardon, warrant granting release from punishment	14
1030862451	anarchy	state of lawlessness and disorder	15
1030862452	anguish	severe suffering	16
1030862453	anomalous	Deviating from the general or common order or type	17
1030862454	antipathy	A feeling of intense dislike, object of a feeling of intense aversion	18
1030862455	apartheid	brutal racial discrimination	19
1030862456	boisterous	loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint	20
1030862457	chauvinist	a blindly devoted patriot	21
1030862458	conciliatory	reconciling, soothing, comforting, mollifying	22
1030862459	graze	touch or scrape lightly in passing	23
1030862460	heresy	belief contrary or violation of what is generally accepted dogma	24
1030862461	imperative	urgent, essential	25
1030862462	incongruous	out of place, not in harmony or agreement	26
1030862463	indistinct	not easily heard/seen/clearly marked	27
1030862464	itinerary	an established line of travel or access	28
1030862465	lethargic	Deficient in alertness or activity	29
1030862466	lustrous	being bright polished	30
1030862467	malleable	yielding, easily shaped	31
1030862468	nascent	coming into existence, emerging	32
1030862469	pedestrian	commonplace, trite, unremarkable	33
1030862470	placate	soothe, pacify, calm	34
1030862471	maudlin	Overly emotional	35
1030862472	effervescent	Bubbly, lively	36
1030862473	commensurate	matching, corresponding, or proportionate in degree, size, amount, or other property	37
1030862474	fidelity	Faithfulness; loyalty	38
1030862475	approbation	(n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval	39
1030862476	supersede	take the place of	40
1030862477	sycophant	person who flatters the rich and powerful	41
1030862478	transgress	break go beyond (a limit)	42
1030862479	transient	temporary,fleeting	43
1030862480	trepidation	alarm, excited state of mind, fearful	44
1030862481	ubiquitous	present everywhere	45
1030862482	ulterior	situated beyond	46
1030862483	unscathed	unharmed, unhurt	47
1030862484	vain	conceited	48
1030862485	vex	annoy, distress, trouble	49
1030862486	vigilance	watchfulness	50
1030862487	vigilant / te	member of a vigilance committee / self appointed crime fighter	51
1030862488	vigorous	strong,energetic	52
1030862489	vindictive	having a desire to revenge	53
1030862490	viscous	having the properties of glue, mucilaginous / relatively high resistance to flow	54
1030862491	vivacious	lively high-spirited	55
1030862492	volatile	changeable, inconstant, fickle, unstable, explosive	56
1030862493	warrant	authority, written order, guarantee	57
1030862494	whimsical	full of odd and fanciful ideas	58
1030862495	woo	try to win	59