AP LANGUAGE CH11&12 Flashcards
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| 6227144930 | Lacerate | (v.) To tear flesh in a rough and jagged manner | 0 | |
| 6227147273 | Emissary | (n.) A representative sent on an errand or mission | 1 | |
| 6227150575 | Nefarious | (adj.) Wicked in the extreme | 2 | |
| 6227151735 | Immaculate | (adj.) Without spot or blemish | 3 | |
| 6227157553 | Queue | (n.) A line of people waiting for something; (v.) To form a line | 4 | |
| 6227160508 | Query | (v.) To ask a question or inquire about; (n.) A question asked | 5 | |
| 6227168996 | Patrician | (n.) a nobleman; also, a person of refined upbringing, manners, and taste | 6 | |
| 6227170113 | Gait | (n.) A style of walking or running, a pace | 7 | |
| 6227180005 | Carp | (v.) To find fault with or complain about in a nagging way | 8 | |
| 6227226016 | Kindred | (n.) A group of related persons, such as a clan, tribe or family; (adj.) Of the same ancestry or family | 9 | |
| 6227228248 | Futile | (adj.) Of no avail or effect; Useless; Hopeless | 10 | |
| 6227230009 | Flagrant | (adj.) Shockingly noticeable or evident; Obvious; Glaring | 11 | |
| 6227231374 | Facade | (n.) An artificial or deceptive front of a building or an appearance | 12 | |
| 6227233847 | Genesis | (n.) The beginning or origin of something | 13 | |
| 6227238320 | Fracas | (n.) A noisy, disorderly fight or disturbance | 14 | |
| 6227241064 | Fester | (v.) To become rotten or worse through decay; To become bitter and angry over time | 15 | |
| 6242912141 | Havoc | (n.) Great destruction or devastation; Ruinous damage | 16 | |
| 6242917734 | Deluge | (n.) A great flood; An overwhelming amount or number; (v.) To flood with water; To overwhelm with a large number or amount | 17 | |
| 6242917735 | Modicum | (n.) A moderate or small amount | 18 | |
| 6242925252 | Languish | (v.) To become weak or feeble; to lose strength or vigor | 19 | |
| 6242931095 | Martial | (adj.) Pertaining to war or military operations | 20 | |
| 6242943433 | Pall | (n.) Anything that covers or shrouds, especially with darkness or gloom; (v.) To become boring or wearisome, to tire or become dull | 21 | |
| 6242950083 | Eerie | (adj.) So strange as to inspire a feeling of fear | 22 | |
| 6242955936 | Careen | (v.) To lean or swerve from side to side while in motion | 23 | |
| 6242980641 | Anthropomorphic | (adj.) Resembling the human form in something that is not human | 24 | |
| 6242994335 | Aplomb | (n.) Self-confident assurance; poise | 25 | |
| 6242998883 | Guile | (n.) The quality of being crafty; Skillful deceit or treacherous cunning; Deviousness | 26 | |
| 6243004451 | Catholic | (adj.) Wide-ranging and universal in extent or interests, broad | 27 | |
| 6243011639 | Beneficiary | (n.) One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property | 28 | |
| 6243024896 | Rancid | (adj.) Having the disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats; rank | 29 |