AP Language Vocab #2 Flashcards
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| 5025109869 | ameliorate | to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming | 0 | |
| 5025112804 | apomb | poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity | 1 | |
| 5027676627 | bombastic | pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas | 2 | |
| 5027688307 | callow | without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers | 3 | |
| 5027745626 | drivel | saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly | 4 | |
| 5028060816 | epitome | a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality | 5 | |
| 5028145784 | exhort | to urge strongly, advise earnestly | 6 | |
| 5028149962 | ex officio | by virtue of holding a certain office | 7 | |
| 5028155194 | infringe | to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds | 8 | |
| 5028161062 | ingratiate | to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in critical or derogatory sense) | 9 | |
| 5028182902 | interloper | one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, and intruder | 10 | |
| 5028190513 | intrinsic | belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent, originating in a bodily organ or part | 11 | |
| 5028202971 | inveigh | to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval | 12 | |
| 5028211662 | lassitude | weariness of body or mind, lack of energy | 13 | |
| 5050059049 | millennium | a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy | 14 | |
| 5050062882 | occult | mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (v.) to hide, conceal; ellipse' (n.) matters involving the supernatural | 15 | |
| 5050120780 | permeate | to spread through, penetrate, soak through | 16 | |
| 5050081197 | precipitate | to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form; (adj.) characterized by excessive haste; (n.) moisture; the product of an action or process | 17 | |
| 5050098979 | stringent | strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste | 18 | |
| 5050109537 | surmise | to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof | 19 |