AP Literature Strickland (List Nine) Flashcards
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| 7818243242 | Abominable | detestable, loathsome, odious, hateful; causing moral revulsion | 0 | |
| 7818243243 | Destitution | abject poverty; extreme poverty that one lacks to provide for oneself | 1 | |
| 7818243244 | Atrocious | abominable, horrific, atrocity; horrifyingly wicked | 2 | |
| 7818243245 | Aversion | dislike of something, hatred, antipathy, repugnance, disdain, loathing; a strong dislike or disinclination | 3 | |
| 7818243246 | Pacify | to soothe, calm, appease, tranquilize, alleviate, palliate to lessen, mitigate, extenuate quell the anger, agitation; or excitement of | 4 | |
| 7818243247 | Desolation | devastation, wasteland, loneliness; a state of complete emptiness or destruction; anguished misery or loneliness | 5 | |
| 7818243248 | Spurious | false, factitious, apocryphal, bogus, inauthentic; not being what it purports to be; false or fake | 6 | |
| 7818243249 | Bellicose | warlike, angry, pugnacious; demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight | 7 | |
| 7818243250 | Gallant | knight-like, chivalrous, courageous, courteous, amorous, attentive to women, brave; (of a person or their behavior) brave; heroic | 8 | |
| 7818243251 | Scintillating | sparkling, shining; sparkling or shining brightly | 9 |