AP language and composition lesson 7 Flashcards
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| 3546579988 | abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe | 0 | |
| 3546579989 | accolade | praise, an award | 1 | |
| 3546579990 | ascetic | one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury | 2 | |
| 3546590004 | bequeath | to hand down, to give or to leave in a will | 3 | |
| 3546597294 | charlatan | one who claims to know something that he does not, a quack | 4 | |
| 3546603030 | conflagration | a large fire | 5 | |
| 3546603036 | dearth | a lack, a scarcity | 6 | |
| 3546605672 | diffidence | shyness, reserve, unassertiveness | 7 | |
| 3546619740 | effervescent | showing high spirits | 8 | |
| 3546623209 | ethereal | heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible | 9 | |
| 3546633627 | expunge | to remove, to erase | 10 | |
| 3546636525 | guile | deceitfulness, duplicity | 11 | |
| 3546639679 | implausible | not believable | 12 | |
| 3546642520 | incongruity | nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility | 13 | |
| 3546651851 | insularity | qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness of opinion | 14 | |
| 3546663874 | morose | being sullen or gloomy | 15 | |
| 3546667839 | placate | to appease or to pacify by making concessions | 16 | |
| 3546670939 | poignant | piercing, incisive, and keen | 17 | |
| 3546673973 | provincial | lacking sophistication, narrow-minded | 18 | |
| 3546679125 | reiterate | to repeat | 19 | |
| 3546679126 | spontaneous | having no external cause, acting on impulse | 20 | |
| 3546683690 | synthesis | combining parts into a whole | 21 | |
| 3546686809 | toxic | poisonous | 22 | |
| 3546689358 | vigilant | very alert, watchful | 23 | |
| 3546689359 | voluble | ability to us words easily, fluent and glib | 24 |