AP Language Vocab Section 5 Flashcards

7970672954	abrogate	pos: verb d: abolish, do away with, annul by authoritative act s: annul, abolish a: establish, confirm, found	0
7970672955	arcane	pos: adjective d: mysterious s: mystical, secret, kabbalistic, eerie, esoteric, weird, uncanny a: clear, common, known	1
7970672956	bowdlerize	pos: verb d: Remove or alter passages that are thought to be inappropriate s: censor, bleep, screen, expurgate a: approve, authorize	2
7970672957	conciliatory	pos: adjective d: tending to win over or soothe, reconcile s: appeasing, calming, tranquilizing, placating a: alienating, antagonizing, fomenting, inciting, provoking	3
7970672958	cosset	pos: verb d: to treat as a pet or pamper s: coddle, baby, indulge, caress, fondle, love a: abuse, mistreat, manhandle	4
7970672959	draconian	pos: adjective d: extremely harsh or severe s: rigid, stringent, strict, permissiveness a: lenient, permitting, flexible	5
7970672960	echelon	pos: noun d: arrangement of troops in a step-like formation s: level, rank, line, tier, row a: ---	6
7970672961	enjoin	pos: verb d: instruct or urge; to require or forbid s: order, encourage, decree, dictate, impose a: yield, submit, agree, acquiesce, comply, conform, obey, cede	7
7970672962	ersatz	pos: adjective d: a substitution or imitation, usually with something inferior s: artificial, synthetic, fake, bogus, spurious a: authentic, genuine	8
7970672963	foment	pos: verb (needs object) d: to instigate or stir up violence/trouble s: incite, goad, spur, prod, nurture a: repress, suppress, quell, prevent ex: He fomented revolution	9
7970672964	importune	pos: verb d: to ask someone to do something repeatedly s: beg, implore, annoy with pressing demands, plead, whine a: hint, imply, suggest	10
7970672965	inchoate	pos: adjective d: just begun and not fully formed; at an early stage; not well organized s: incomplete, undeveloped, incompletely formed, disordered, formless. muddled. incohesive a: established, synthesized, developed, organized , founded	11
7970672966	jurisprudence	pos: noun d: the science or philosophy of law s: a legal system	12
7970672967	salient	pos: 1) adjective 2) noun d: something that stands out 1) most noticeable or important 2) a piece of land that juts out at an angle s: supreme, significant , obtrusive a: inconspicuous, covert	13
7970672968	spurious	pos: adjective d: not coming from the right source; not being what it reports to be s: illegitimate, false, artificial, pseudo, inauthentic, counterfeit, bogus, fraudulent, apocryphal a: authentic, actual, real, true, genuine, authoritative, bona fide	14
7970672969	vitiate	pos: verb d: to spoil or impair the quality of, destroy the legal validity of s: to impair, destroy, injure, twist, warp, defile, soil, sully, contaminate, taint a: purify, improve, restore	15