AP Language: Vocabulary III Flashcards
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| 6163965253 | pernicious (adj) | deadly, harmful, pestilent | 0 | |
| 6163965254 | pious (adj); piety (noun) | godly, reverent, holy | 1 | |
| 6163965255 | plait (verb); plaits (noun) | to braid, braids | 2 | |
| 6163965256 | porter (noun) | a railroad employee who assists passengers | 3 | |
| 6163965257 | prattle (verb) | idle talk, to go on and on meaninglessly | 4 | |
| 6163965258 | precipitate (verb); precipitous (adj) | to cause to happen, especially sudden or prematurely; done hastily, without thought | 5 | |
| 6163965259 | precocious (adj) | characterised by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity, especially mental development | 6 | |
| 6163965260 | prerogative (noun) | privilege, right | 7 | |
| 6163965261 | profligate (adj) | wasteful, extravagant, prodigal | 8 | |
| 6163965262 | prostrate (adj or verb) | to lay face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration | 9 | |
| 6163965263 | prudent (adj) | careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment | 10 | |
| 6163965264 | qualm(s) (noun) | an uncomfortable feeling of doubt about whether you are doing the right thing | 11 | |
| 6163965265 | randy (adj) | sexually aroused | 12 | |
| 6163965266 | recitation (noun) | an event when one recites a literary work (usually) orally for an audience | 13 | |
| 6163965267 | reiterate (verb); reiteration (noun) | to say or explain again | 14 | |
| 6163965268 | resonant (adj); resonance (noun) | strong and deep in tone or strongly reminiscent; evocative | 15 | |
| 6163965269 | rheumatism (noun) | any pain disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues | 16 | |
| 6163965270 | sated (adj); satiety (noun) | satisfied; full | 17 | |
| 6163965271 | scant, scanty (adj) | barely sufficient | 18 | |
| 6163965272 | schizoid (adj) | of, relating to, or having a personality disorder marked by extreme shyness, flat affect, discomfort with others, and an inability to form close relationships; a person who is reclusive | 19 | |
| 6163965273 | self-abasement (noun) | to put oneself down, to denigrate oneself | 20 | |
| 6163965274 | sodden (adj) | drenched, soaked, sopping; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink | 21 | |
| 6163965275 | tawdry (adj) | cheap, gaudy, trashy, tacky | 22 | |
| 6163965276 | throes (noun) | the condition of agonising struggle or trouble; intense violent pain or struggle | 23 | |
| 6163965277 | timorous (adj) | fearful; shy; timid | 24 | |
| 6163965278 | torpor (noun) | listlessness; languor, without energy, apathetic | 25 | |
| 6163965279 | torrent (noun) | an overwhelming number or amount or a violently fast stream of water | 26 | |
| 6163965280 | transcendent (adj); transcendence (noun) | beyond ordinary; sublime | 27 | |
| 6163965281 | transient, transience | fleeting; not lasting | 28 | |
| 6163965282 | tremulous (adj) | quivering as from weakness or fear | 29 | |
| 6163965283 | turbid (adj) | churned up; cloudy, muddy, murky | 30 | |
| 6163965284 | unabashed (adj) | not embarrassed | 31 | |
| 6163965285 | variegated (adj) | having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color or colors; varicolored | 32 | |
| 6163965286 | veracity (noun) | truthfulness | 33 | |
| 6163965287 | veritable (adj) | being truly so-called; real or genuine | 34 | |
| 6163965288 | vigilant (adj); vigilance (noun) | on guard, cautiously aware, continuous attention | 35 | |
| 6163965289 | vigilante (noun) | one who takes or advocates the taking of law enforcement into one's hands | 36 | |
| 6163965290 | vociferation (noun); vociferous (adj) | cry out loudly and vehemently, especially in protest | 37 | |
| 6163965291 | voluble (adj); volubility (noun) | talking easily, readily, and at length; fluent | 38 | |
| 6163965292 | weft (noun) | the horizontal threads interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric | 39 |