AP Language Unit 3 Flashcards

7931155140	Cavort	(v.) to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry	0
7931167515	Credence	(n.) belief, mental acceptance	1
7931175700	Decry	(v.) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate	2
7931314328	Dissemble	(v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression	3
7931325831	Distraught	(adj.) very much agitates or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict	4
7931331368	Eulogy	(n.) a formal statement of commendation; high praise	5
7931335969	Evince	(v.) to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke	6
7931340803	Exhume	(v.) to remove from a grave; to bring to light	7
7931348022	Feckless	(adj.) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable	8
7931355013	Murky	(adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision	9
7931360671	Nefarious	(adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards	10
7931365155	Piquant	(adj.) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative	11
7931369721	Primordial	(adj.) developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic	12
7931375514	Propinquity	(n.) nearness in place or time; kinship	13
7931382888	Substantive	(adj.) real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic	14
7931389918	Unwonted	(adj.) not usual or expected; not in character	15
7931394872	Utopian	(adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical	16
7931403705	Verbiage	(n.) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression	17
7931408435	Verdant	(adj.) green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgment	18
7931413595	Viscous	(adj.) having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity	19