AP Language Unit 4: The Economy Flashcards
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| 5327739429 | collateral | security pledged for the payment of a loan | 0 | |
| 5327739430 | congenial | agreeable, suiting, or pleasing in nature; compatible | 1 | |
| 5327739431 | despondent | feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, or gloom | 2 | |
| 5327739432 | digress | to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing | 3 | |
| 5327739433 | emporium | a large retail store, especially one selling a great variety of articles | 4 | |
| 5327739434 | fatalism | the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable | 5 | |
| 5327739435 | importune | to demand with urgency or persistence | 6 | |
| 5327739436 | intuitive | perceiving by instinct independent of any reasoning process | 7 | |
| 5327739437 | lethargy | the quality or state of being drowsy and dull | 8 | |
| 5327739438 | lexicon | the vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, or person | 9 | |
| 5327739439 | milieu | surroundings or settings, especially of a social or cultural nature | 10 | |
| 5327739440 | parsimony | extreme or excessive economy or frugality | 11 | |
| 5327739441 | portly | rather heavy or fat, stout; stately, dignified, or imposing | 12 | |
| 5327739442 | prodigious | extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, etc. | 13 | |
| 5327739443 | salable | subject to or suitable for sale | 14 |