AP Language Unit 3 Vocabulary Flashcards

3663454708	accost	to approach and speak to in a challenging and aggressive way	0
3663456197	allege	to state without proof	1
3663457688	ascribe	to attribute to; to assign	2
3663459122	authenticate	to prove genuine	3
3663460447	broach	to bring up	4
3663460448	capitulate	to surrender, usually after negotiation	5
3663462175	circumvent	to go around; avoid	6
3663463659	condone	to give silent approval to; to overlook or excuse	7
3663464958	conjecture	to guess; speculate	8
3663466353	censure	to blame; criticize	9
3663467725	enervate	to weaken	10
3663468871	equivocate	to avoid commitment, often through evasive language	11
3663470024	exacerbate	to aggravate or make worse	12
3663471281	exculpate	to free from blame	13
3663471282	foster	to nourish; encourage	14
3663472799	galvanize	to stimulate or excite as if by electric shock	15
3663474386	pontificate	to speak with pompous authority	16
3663476152	prevaricate	to lie	17
3663480102	repudiate	to deny; refuse to accept; disown	18
3663482127	ruminate	to contemplate at length	19
3663485041	incongruous	out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming	20
3663486877	lucid	easily understood; completely intelligible	21
3663489090	tangential	merely touching; slightly connected; peripheral; incidental	22
3663490545	tenuous	thin or slender in form; having little substance or strength	23
3663492949	transient	not lasting or permanent	24
3663495585	ubiquitous	existing or being everywhere	25
3663496674	unassailable	not subject to denial or dispute	26
3663498679	verbatim	corresponding word for word in a text	27
3663498680	virulent	actively poisonous; intensely harmful	28
3663501264	acuity	perceptiveness	29
3663502503	adage	a wise saying/proverb	30
3663504058	behemoth	a huge creature	31
3663504059	bias	a preference or prejudice	32
3663505522	certitude	certainty	33
3663507160	duplicity	speaking or acting in two different ways	34
3663507161	effrontery	shameless or impudent boldness	35
3663508802	fidelity	strict observance of promises; loyalty	36
3663509915	forbearance	a refraining from something	37
3663511419	impunity	exemption from punishment	38
3663512944	litany	a recitation or recital that resembles a prayer or repetitive chant	39
3663514184	microcosm	a little world	40
3663514185	missive	a written message; letter	41
3663515361	mores	ways and attitudes accepted without question and embodying the fundamental moral view of a group	42
3663518040	nicety	a delicate or fine point	43
3663519720	pastiche	a musical, literary, or artistic composition made up of selections from other works	44
3663521116	paucity	smallness of quantity; scarcity	45
3663522397	perponderance	superiority in weight, power, numbers	46
3663523451	renumeration	reward; pay	47
3663530568	trepidation	tremulous fear or agitation	48
3663532676	vanguard	the forefront of any movement	49