AP Language Set D Flashcards
Terms : Hide Images [1]
| 5567793480 | HEDONISM | a system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good | 0 | |
| 5567793481 | TENUOUS | thin or slender; lacking a sound basis as reasoning | 1 | |
| 5567793482 | BOMBAST | speech too pompous for an occasion | 2 | |
| 5567793483 | CURTAIL | to cut short | 3 | |
| 5567793484 | OBSCURE | not clear or plain; vague, or uncertain | 4 | |
| 5567793485 | OBFUSCATE | to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy | 5 | |
| 5567793486 | DECORUM | propriety in manners and conduct | 6 | |
| 5567793487 | OBSTINATE | firmly and unreasonably adhering to one's purpose, opinion | 7 | |
| 5567793488 | OBDURATE | unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; unyielding. | 8 | |
| 5567793489 | UNCTUOUS | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; oily | 9 | |
| 5567793490 | INGRATIATE | gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts | 10 | |
| 5567793491 | EQUIVOCATE | to use unclear expressions usually to avoid commitment or to mislead | 11 | |
| 5567793492 | RETICENT | intentionally silent; reserved | 12 | |
| 5567793493 | ACCOLADE | any award, honor, or laudatory notice | 13 | |
| 5567793494 | PORTEND (verb) | to indicate in advance | 14 | |
| 5567793495 | PORTENT (noun) | an indication or omen of something about to happen | 15 | |
| 5567793496 | ESOTERIC | understandable by only an enlightened inner circle | 16 | |
| 5567793497 | TORPID | sluggish inactivity; lethargic indifference | 17 | |
| 5567793498 | ABASE | to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation (suggests loss of prestige or dignity) | 18 | |
| 5567793499 | DEGRADE | to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation (suggests humiliation) | 19 |