Lesson 5 (AP Language) Flashcards
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4954200737 | Acrimonious | Angry and bitter, caustic | 0 | |
4954200738 | Ameliorate | To make better, to relieve, to improve | 1 | |
4954200739 | Amenable | Open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion | 2 | |
4954200740 | Amorphous | Shapeless, having no definite form | 3 | |
4954200741 | Buoyant | Capable of floating; cheerful | 4 | |
4954200742 | Cajole | To persuade with deliberate flattery, | 5 | |
4954200743 | Calamity | A serious event causing distress or misfortune | 6 | |
4954200744 | Debase | To reduce in dignity or quality | 7 | |
4954200745 | Efface | To erase, to wear away | 8 | |
4954200746 | Elucidate | To make clear, to explain | 9 | |
4954200747 | Ephemeral | Lasting a short period of time, fleeting | 10 | |
4954200748 | Ferocity | Savagery | 11 | |
4954200749 | Flourish | To thrive, to grow well | 12 | |
4954200750 | Haughty | Arrogant, excessively proud and vain | 13 | |
4954200751 | Impervious | Incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged | 14 | |
4954200752 | Inane | Lacking significance, meaning or point; silly; insipid | 15 | |
4954200753 | Indolence | Laziness | 16 | |
4954200754 | Infallible | Incapable of error | 17 | |
4954200755 | Inscrutable | Difficult to understand, mysterious | 18 | |
4954200756 | Languid | Slow, sluggish, weak | 19 | |
4954200757 | Malice | Desire to harm others | 20 | |
4954200758 | Oblique | Slanting, indirect, misleading | 21 | |
4954200759 | Opulence | Wealth, affluence, abundance | 22 | |
4954200760 | Penitent | Showing or feeling regret of wrongdoing, repentant | 23 | |
4954200761 | Perfunctory | Acting routinely with little interest or care | 24 |