AP vocab list 3 Flashcards
AP Language vocabulary #3
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| 8111450793 | allay | to put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc) to rest; to calm; to relieve or lessen; to reduce or soften emotion | 0 | |
| 8111450794 | analogous | corresponding in some respect; similar; comparable | 1 | |
| 8111450795 | chicanery | trickery or deception, especially verbal (often legal) quibbling; dishonest practice | 2 | |
| 8111450796 | desultory | random; haphazard; jumping fitfully from one thing to another | 3 | |
| 8111450797 | gamut | the entire scale or range; the whole sweep, scope, or extent | 4 | |
| 8111450798 | harbinger | anything that foreshadows a future event, an omen or sign; a person who goes ahead to make known the approach of another | 5 | |
| 8111450799 | indigent | lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; poor and needy | 6 | |
| 8111450800 | nefarious | extremely wicked or villainous; vile; evil | 7 | |
| 8111450801 | officious | objectionably aggressive in offering unwanted or unrequested advice or help; meddlesome; interfering | 8 | |
| 8111450802 | plaintive | expressing sorrow; sad; mournful | 9 |