AP Language Vocabulary Unit 11 Flashcards

6711174019	abstemious	characterized by abstinence and self-discipline	0
6711174020	censurable	deserving of blame or correction	1
6711174021	contingent	-likely but not certain to happen, possible -a representative group forming part of a larger body	2
6711174022	corroborate	to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify	3
6711174023	denizen	an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place	4
6711174024	discursive	passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic	5
6711174025	disseminate	to scatter or spread widely	6
6711174026	dowdy	poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste	7
6711174027	florid	highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy	8
6711174028	foist	to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine	9
6711174029	gauche	awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy	10
6711174030	heresy	an opinion different from accepted belief	11
6711174031	inculcate	to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly	12
6711174032	palpable	capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized	13
6711174033	perceptive	having sympathetic insight of understanding, capable of keen appreciation	14
6711174034	pernicious	extremely harmful; deadly, fatal	15
6711174035	salient	-prominent, standing out, conspicuous -a projection or bulge, a land form that, projects upward or outward	16
6711174036	satiate	-to satisfy completely -full, satisfied	17
6711174037	sear	to char or scorch the surface of; to make or become dry and withered	18
6711174038	specious	deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit	19