AP vocabulary #2 Flashcards
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| 7881349972 | Imprecation | a curse | 0 | |
| 7881354704 | Non sequitur | something that does not follow logically | 1 | |
| 7881360038 | Sanguine | Cheerful; optimistic | 2 | |
| 7881367945 | Bowdlerize | to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc | 3 | |
| 7881380550 | Panegyric | an expression of praise | 4 | |
| 7881389797 | Quandary | a puzzling situation; a dilemma | 5 | |
| 7881394078 | Ebullient | enthusiastic | 6 | |
| 7881398672 | Deference | respect; consideration | 7 | |
| 7881475182 | Nebulous | hazy; vague; consideration | 8 | |
| 7881489778 | Rakish | dashingly stylish and confident | 9 | |
| 7881495228 | Elegy | a sad or mournful poem | 10 | |
| 7881500197 | Pedantic | tending to show off one's learning | 11 | |
| 7881507102 | Antipathy | an intense dislike | 12 | |
| 7881515730 | Elucidate | to make clear | 13 | |
| 7881526285 | Imminent | likely to happen; threatening | 14 | |
| 7881665647 | Banal | common, ordinary | 15 | |
| 7881689959 | Obdurate | stubborn; hardhearted | 16 | |
| 7881696066 | Peruse | to read carefully; to scrutinize | 17 | |
| 7881701300 | Bedlam | a noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion | 18 | |
| 7881710554 | Affluence | wealth; richness | 19 | |
| 7881714337 | Scurrilous | coarsely abusive; vulgar | 20 | |
| 7881721349 | Onerous | burdensome; heavy; hard to endure | 21 | |
| 7881736871 | Amoral | lacking a sense of right and wrong | 22 | |
| 7881743975 | Eschew | to keep away from; to avoid; to shun | 23 | |
| 7881752855 | Vignette | a short descriptive literary sketch | 24 | |
| 7881763043 | Iconoclast | a person who attacks cherished beliefs or established institutions | 25 | |
| 7881779040 | dearth | shortage | 26 | |
| 7881782095 | Galvanize | to arouse suddenly; to startle | 27 | |
| 7881786471 | Kindle | to ignite; to arouse or inspire | 28 | |
| 7881794592 | nomenclature | a systematic naming in an art or science | 29 |