AP Language and Composition: List Twelve Flashcards
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6136851736 | elegiac | relating to or characteristic of an elegy (sad poem) | 0 | |
6136851737 | fecund | producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile | 1 | |
6136853415 | fortuitous | happening by accident or chance rather than design | 2 | |
6136853416 | infirmity | physical or mental weakness | 3 | |
6136856930 | malady | a disease or ailment | 4 | |
6136856931 | nuance | a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound | 5 | |
6136858887 | profligate | (adj.) recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources (n.) a licentious, dissolute person | 6 | |
6136858888 | remonstrance | a forcefully reproachful protest | 7 | |
6136861307 | scintillate | emit flashes of light; sparkle | 8 | |
6136861308 | vitiate | spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of | 9 |