AP Language Vocab 3 Flashcards
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7389366864 | articulate | VERB: pronounce distinctly, express well in words, connect by joint or joints (ate) pronounce, elucidate xxxx mumble, slur ADJ: expressed clearly and forcefully, jointed eloquent xxxxx tongue-tied, halting | 0 | |
7389380009 | cavort | VERB: to romp or prance happily, to make merry gambol | 1 | |
7389384154 | credence | NOUN: belief or moral acceptance credit, trust, confidence xxxxx disbelief, skepticism, incredulity | 2 | |
7389389035 | decry | VERB: to condemn, express strong disapproval, officially depreciate denounce, censure, devalue xxxxx tout, commend, extol, laud, praise | 3 | |
7389395267 | dissemble | VERB: to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression dissimulate, mask, feign | 4 | |
7389399350 | distraught | ADJ: very much agitated or upset bc of emotion or mental conflict frantic, distracted xxxxx calm, composed, collected | 5 | |
7389405203 | eulogy | NOUN: formal statement of commendation, high praise panegyric, encomium, tribute, testimonial xxxxx philippic, diatribe, invective | 6 | |
7389416600 | evince | VERB: to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke exhibit, manifest, occasion | 7 | |
7389422366 | exhume | VERB: to remove from a grace, to bring to light disinter, unearth, uncover xxxxx bury, inter | 8 | |
7389430800 | feckless | ADJ: lacking in spirit and strength, ineffective and weak, irresponsible and unreliable feeble, helpless, incompetent, ineffectual xxxx competent, capable, effective | 9 | |
7389436440 | murky | ADJ: dark and gloomy; obscure and lacking in clarity and precision dim, cloudy, unclear xxxxx clear, transparent, lucid, limpid | 10 | |
7389447851 | nefarious | ADJ: wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards iniquitous, reprehensible xxxx virtuous, honorable, praiseworthy, meritorious | 11 | |
7389453880 | piquant | ADJ: stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative tangy, zestful xxxxx bland, insipid, tasteless, mild | 12 | |
7389462664 | primordial | ADJ: developed or created at very beginning, most ancient times/earliest stage; fundamental, basic original, primeval, primal | 13 | |
7389467962 | propinquity | NOUN: nearness in place or time; kinship proximity, similarity xxxxx remoteness, distance | 14 | |
7389474075 | unwonted | ADJ: not usual or expected, not in character unusual, uncommon, unexpected, atypical xxxx usual, common, customary, typical | 15 | |
7389479635 | utopian | ADJ: founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical idealistic xxxx realistic, pragmatic | 16 | |
7389486118 | verbiage | NOUN: language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression verbosity, prolixity, diction, jargon | 17 | |
7389491588 | verdant | ADJ: green in tint or color, immature in experience or judgement artless, naive xxxx scorched, sere, barren, arid | 18 | |
7389498729 | viscous | ADJ: having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity gummy, sticky, thick xxxxx runny, watery, aqueous | 19 |