AP Literature: Unit 2 Flashcards
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| 7274301993 | Ameliorate | (v)To make better; to improve | 0 | |
| 7274301994 | Aplomb | (n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity | 1 | |
| 7274301995 | Bombastic | (adj.)pompous; using inflated language | 2 | |
| 7274301996 | Callow | (adj.)inexperienced and immature | 3 | |
| 7274301997 | Drivel | (n.)nonsense | 4 | |
| 7274301998 | Epitome | (n.) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality | 5 | |
| 7274301999 | Exhort | (v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly | 6 | |
| 7274302000 | Ex Officio | (adj) by virtue of holding a certain office | 7 | |
| 7274302001 | Infringe | (v.) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds | 8 | |
| 7274302002 | Ingratiate | To establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others by deliberate effort | 9 | |
| 7274302003 | Interloper | (n.)one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder | 10 | |
| 7274302004 | Intrinsic | (adj.)Belonging to or pertaining to the essential nature of a thing | 11 | |
| 7274302005 | Inveigh | (v.)to disapprove; protest vehemently | 12 | |
| 7274302006 | Lassitude | (n.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy | 13 | |
| 7274302007 | Millennium | (n.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy | 14 | |
| 7274302008 | Occult | (n.)relating to practices connected with supernatural phenomena | 15 | |
| 7274302009 | Permeate | (v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak through | 16 | |
| 7274302010 | Precipitate | (v.)to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation | 17 | |
| 7274302011 | Stringent | (adj.)strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste | 18 | |
| 7274302012 | Surmise | (v.)suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it | 19 |