AP Language Vocabulary Unit 2 Flashcards

5923737627	Ameliorate	(v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming	0
5923737628	Ameliorate Synonyms	amend, better	1
5923737629	Ameliorate Antonyms	worsen, aggravate, exacerbate	2
5923737630	Aplomb	(n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity	3
5923737631	Aplomb Synonyms	composure, self-possession, levelheadedness	4
5923737632	Aplomb Antonyms	confusion, embarrassment, abashment	5
5923737633	Bombastic	(adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas	6
5923737634	Bombastic Synonyms	inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious	7
5923737635	Bombastic Antonyms	unadorned, simple, plain, austere	8
5923737636	Callow	(adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers	9
5923737637	Callow Synonyms	green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced	10
5923737638	Callow Antonyms	mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated	11
5923737639	Drivel	(n.) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; (v.) to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly	12
5923737640	Drivel Synonyms	(n.) balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot, slaver	13
5923737641	Epitome	(n.) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality	14
5923737642	Epitome Synonyms	abstract, digest, model, archetype	15
5923737643	Exhort	(v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly	16
5923737644	Exhort Synonyms	entreat, implore, adjure	17
5923737645	Exhort Antonyms	discourage, advise against, deprecate	18
5923737646	Ex Officio	(adj., adv.) by virtue of holding a certain office	19
5923737647	Infringe	(v.) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds	20
5923737648	Infringe Synonyms	encroach, impinge, intrude, poach	21
5923737649	Infringe Antonyms	stay in bounds	22
5923737650	Ingratiate	(v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)	23
5923737651	Ingratiate Synonyms	cozy up to, curry favor with	24
5923737652	Ingratiate Antonyms	alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself	25
5923737653	Interloper	(n.) one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder	26
5923737654	Interloper Synonyms	trespasser, meddler, buttinsky	27
5923737655	Intrinsic	(adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part	28
5923737656	Intrinsic Synonyms	immanent, organic	29
5923737657	Intrinsic Antonyms	extrinsic, external, outward	30
5923737658	Inveigh	(v.) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval	31
5923737659	Inveigh Synonyms	rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate	32
5923737660	Inveigh Antoyms	acclaim, glorify, extol	33
5923737661	Lassitude	(n.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy	34
5923737662	Lassitude Synonyms	fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor	35
5923737663	Lassitude Antonyms	energy, vitality, animation, liveliness	36
5923737664	Millennium	(n.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy	37
5923737665	Millennium Synonyms	chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace	38
5923737666	Millennium Antonyms	doomsday, day of judgement	39
5923737667	Occult	(adj.) mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (v.) to hide, conceal; eclipse; (n.) matters involving the supernatural	40
5923737668	Occult Synonyms	(adj.) supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane	41
5923737669	Occult Antonyms	(adj.) mundane, common, public, exoteric	42
5923737670	Permeate	(v.) to spread though, penetrate, soak through	43
5923737671	Precipitate	(v.) to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; (adj.) characterized by excessive haste; (n.) moisture; the product of an action or process	44
5923737672	Precipitate Synonyms	(v.) provoke, produce; (adj.) reckless, impetuous	45
5923737673	Precipitate Antonyms	(adj.) wary, cautious, circumspect	46
5923737674	Stringent	(adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste	47
5923737675	Stringent Synonyms	stern, rigorous, lough, urgent, imperative	48
5923737676	Stringent Antonyms	lenient, mild, lax, permissive	49
5923737677	Surmise	(v.) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof	50
5923737678	Surmise Synonyms	(v.) infer, gather; (n.) inference, presumption	51