AP Language Vocabulary 2.7 Flashcards
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| 5490754985 | Labyrinthine | (adj.) irregular, twisting, characterized by twists or turns | 0 | |
| 5490758748 | Erasure | (n.) the act or instance of erasing | 1 | |
| 5490773974 | Niggling | (v.) cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety; to annoy | 2 | |
| 5490773975 | Effigies | (n.) a crude representation of something or someone that is hated or loathed | 3 | |
| 5490780135 | Imposture | (n.) an instance of pretending to be someone else | 4 | |
| 5490781363 | Oligarchies | (n.) a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution | 5 | |
| 5490782871 | Obliquely | (adv.) indirectly | 6 | |
| 5490795471 | Melancholy | (n.) a feeling of sadness | 7 | |
| 5490795472 | Palatial | (adj.) spacious or splendid | 8 | |
| 5490805357 | Incipient | (adj.) pertaining to the undeveloped initial stages | 9 | |
| 5490805358 | Pundit | (n.) a learned person who has expertise in a certain area; one who gives authoritative opinions | 10 | |
| 5490807420 | Furtive | (adj.) done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty | 11 | |
| 5490808967 | Interminable | (adj.) endless | 12 | |
| 5490826719 | Perilously | (adv.) involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous | 13 | |
| 5490829308 | Execrate | (v.) to feel or express great loathing for | 14 | |
| 5490829309 | Dislocate | (v.) to put out of proper place or order. | 15 | |
| 5490831407 | Disquieting | (adj.) causing uneasiness or worry | 16 | |
| 5490838290 | Panegyric | (n.) lofty writing or writing in praise for someone | 17 | |
| 5490839894 | Tachycardia | (n.) abnormally fast heartbeat | 18 | |
| 5490841740 | Gale | (n.) very strong wind | 19 | |
| 5490841741 | Muckraker | (n.) Journalists who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing and expose it to the public (negative connotation) | 20 | |
| 5490848429 | Witch-Hunt | (n.) an act of trying to expose corruption, malfeasance, ethics, or moral violations usually with severe bias | 21 |