AP Language Vocabulary Unit 3 Flashcards

5137711279	distraught	very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict	0
5137720044	credence	belief, mental acceptance	1
5137724243	feckless	lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable	2
5137732653	decry	to condemn, express strong disapproval	3
5137756546	articulate	to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; expressed clearly and forcefully	4
5137775206	derogatory	designed to belittle or degrade; disparaging	5
5137781814	cavort	to romp or prance around exuberantly	6
5137841034	dissemble	to disguise or conceal, deliberately give false impression	7
5137848123	eulogy	a formal statement of commendation; high praise	8
5186720261	exhume	to remove from a grave; to bring to light	9
5186722998	evince	to display clearly, to make evident	10
5186748676	verdant	green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement	11
5186751776	verbiage	language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression	12
5186759016	murky	dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision	13
5186768935	propinquity	nearness in place or time; kinship	14
5186771067	intractable	hard to manage, stubborn, not responsive to discipline	15
5186777623	piquant	stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative	16
5186782728	utopian	founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical	17
5186788454	nefarious	wicked depraved, devoid or moral standards	18
5186791516	viscous	having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity	19
5186797563	unwonted	not usual or expected; not in character	20
5186800753	primordial	developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic	21