AP Literature A-D Verbs Flashcards
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| 5207994780 | Bamboozle | to deceive or get the better of someone by trickery, flattery, or the like | 0 | |
| 5207994781 | Beguile | to mislead or lead by deception; charm | 1 | |
| 5207996578 | Assuage | to lessen the severity of something; alleviate | 2 | |
| 5207996579 | Bristle | to stand upright away from the skin, in anger or fear (in relation to hair) | 3 | |
| 5208000208 | Curtail | to cut short; reduce in extent or quality | 4 | |
| 5208126784 | Blaspheme | to talk about God or religion in an irreverant way | 5 | |
| 5208126785 | Absquatulate | to make off with someone or something | 6 | |
| 5208128709 | Congeal | to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing | 7 | |
| 5208128710 | Debase | to reduce in quality or value | 8 | |
| 5208133671 | Belabor | to explain, worry about, or work at something more than necessary (dwell, harp, etc...) | 9 | |
| 5208133672 | Beseech | to beg (someone) for something in a serious manner | 10 | |
| 5208137293 | Acquiesce | to give in or accept something without protest | 11 | |
| 5208137294 | Deride | to talk or write about something in a critical way (ridicule, scoff, etc...) | 12 | |
| 5208137340 | Caterwaul | to make very loud, screeching sounds of complaint (like screaming cats) | 13 | |
| 5208140200 | Buttress | to support someone or something physically or to strengthen them | 14 | |
| 5208140201 | Commune | to communicate with someone in an intense, profound way | 15 | |
| 5208141950 | Dawdle | to waste time; to move lackadaisically | 16 | |
| 5208141951 | Cadge | to get something by begging desperately | 17 | |
| 5208145550 | Beleaguer | an attempt to cause trouble to a person; an attempt to lay siege to someone | 18 | |
| 5208147764 | Careen | to move swiftly in an uncontrollable fashion; to tip over | 19 | |
| 5208149709 | Chortle | to laugh in a gleeful way (chuckle/snort) | 20 | |
| 5208149710 | Acerbate | to irritate; make sour; exasperate | 21 | |
| 5208149711 | Bolster | to add support to or uphold | 22 | |
| 5208151846 | Alight | to descend from the air and settle; to set afire | 23 | |
| 5208151847 | Descry | to discover, catch sight of, disclose, reveal | 24 | |
| 5208153904 | Conflagrate | to start to burn or to cause to burst into flames | 25 | |
| 5208153905 | Disinter | to dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies | 26 | |
| 5208157338 | Aggrandize | to make appear greater or to make greater; add details to; dramatize; embellish | 27 |