AP English language and composition vocab. Flashcards

6540569263	pedagogic	[NOUN] the function or work of a teacher; teaching origin- GREEK	0
6540569264	stimulating	[VERB] to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: origin- LATIN - stimulatus	1
6540569265	provocative	[ADJECTIVE] tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing. origin- late Middle English / Late Latin - provocativius	2
6540569266	scapegoats	[NOUN] a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place. origin - ?? scape + goat	3
6540569267	picturesque	[ADJECTIVE] visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: origin - French / Italian < French pittoresque < Italian pittoresco (pittor (e) painter1+ -esco -esque ), with assimilation to picture	4
6540569268	conflagration	[NOUN] a destructive fire, usually an extensive one. origin- Latin	5
6540569269	razed	[VERB] to tear down; demolish; level to the ground origin - Middle French / Middle English / Latin	6
6540569270	emanate	[VERB] to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come forth; originate. Origin - Latin	7
6540569271	imparts	[VERB] to make known; tell; relate; disclose origin - late Middle English / Latin	8
6540569272	irrevocably	[ADJECTIVE] not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable origin - Middle English/Latin	9
6540569273	contemplate	[VERB] to consider thoroughly; think fully or deeply about origin- Latin	10
6540569274	sullen	[ADJECTIVE] showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve. origin - Middle English	11
6540569275	sophistry	[NOUN] a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning. Origin-	12
6540569276	tangible	[ADJECTIVE] capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial. Origin- Late Latin	13
6540569277	galvanized	[VERB] to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current. Origin- French	14
6540569278	colloquially	[ADJECTIVE] characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal. origin- colloquy + -al	15
6540569279	astonish	[VERB] to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amaze Origin- Middle English, Old French, Latin	16
6540569280	litanies	[NOUN] a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession. Origin - Late Latin / Late Greek	17
6540569281	barracks	[NOUN] a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison. Origin- French baraque, Middle French < Catalan barraca hut, of obscure origin	18
6540569282	consecrated	[VERB] to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity Origin - Middle English / Latin	19