AP English Literature WOTD 8 Flashcards
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| 9726460318 | acme | (n) the highest point, the climax, the peak. | 0 | |
| 9726464554 | cerebral | (adj) favoring intelligence over emotions or instinct, intellectual, rational, logical. | 1 | |
| 9726468877 | conundrum | (n) a difficult problem, a predicament. | 2 | |
| 9726477828 | deleterious | (adj) having a harmful effect, injurious (causing injury), destructive, damaging. | 3 | |
| 9726480953 | discerning | (adj) having keen perception, sharp, astute. | 4 | |
| 9726486665 | echelon | (n) a level of authority or responsibility, a rank. | 5 | |
| 9726490942 | hypocrisy | (n) the practice of proclaiming beliefs, feelings, or values that one does not have or practice. | 6 | |
| 9726495985 | idyllic | (adj) simple and care free, delightfully serine. | 7 | |
| 9726497972 | malinger | (v) to feign illness to avoid work. | 8 | |
| 9726501654 | nondescript | (adj) lacking individual or distinct characteristics, uninteresting, common, ordinary. | 9 | |
| 9726504920 | punitive | (adj) punishing, pertaining to punishment, disciplinary | 10 | |
| 9726509295 | relegate | (v) to place in an unfavorable place or position, to exile, to demote. | 11 | |
| 9726512738 | serendipity | (n) a knack or faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident, luck. | 12 | |
| 9726518311 | soluble | (adj) easily dissolved. | 13 | |
| 9726538374 | waive | (v) to relinquish something voluntarily, to refrain from enforcing. | 14 |