AP Language Vocab Set 6 Flashcards
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| 5169798385 | aggrandize (verb) | to increase in size and intensity; make greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor | 0 | |
| 5169801068 | assiduous (adj) | done with careful and constant attention; diligent; persevering | 1 | |
| 5181078842 | clandestine (adj) | kept secret or hidden especially for some illicit purpose; furtive; covert; surreptitious | 2 | |
| 5181081021 | climactic (adj) | pertaining to the most intense part (of a story) | 3 | |
| 5181082471 | coalesce (verb) | to unite into one body; to merge; to fuse; to meld; to combine | 4 | |
| 5181084691 | cogitation (noun) | deep, serious thought; meditation; careful consideration; deliberation | 5 | |
| 5181086510 | collateral (adj) | parallel in time, rank, or importance; aside from the main subject; secondary | 6 | |
| 5181088842 | collateral (noun) | something given as security | 7 | |
| 5181089885 | colloquy (noun) | a conversation or discussion especially formal; a literal work written as dialogue; a serious high-level discussion; a conference | 8 | |
| 5181093768 | collusion (noun) | a secret agreement for some wrongful purpose; a conspiracy | 9 | |
| 5181118262 | compunction (noun) | a feeling of hesitation, doubt or uneasiness; anxiety arising from awareness of guilt; distress of mind over anticipated actions or results; a twinge of misgiving; scruple; qualm | 10 | |
| 5181120637 | assiduousness, assiduity | assiduous as a noun (two ways) | 11 | |
| 5181124353 | from assidere- to sit beside | etymological clue of assiduous | 12 | |
| 5181126163 | from clandestin (french)- hidden | etymological clue of clandestine | 13 | |
| 5181129363 | from celare- also the root Hell | Origin of clandestine | 14 | |
| 5181129364 | anticlimactic | Antonym of climactic | 15 | |
| 5181132459 | "co" meaning together & "alescere" meaning to grow up | etymological clue of coalesce | 16 | |
| 5181133469 | coalescent | coalesce as an adj | 17 | |
| 5181134267 | coalition | coalesce as a noun | 18 | |
| 5181135633 | cogito ergo sum | Latin philosophical proposition by Rene Descartes "I think, therefore I am" | 19 | |
| 5181145667 | "co" meaning together & "loqui" meaning to speak | etymological clue of colloquy | 20 | |
| 5181146413 | collude | collusion as a verb | 21 | |
| 5181147998 | "com" meaning with & "pungere" meaning to prick | etymological clue of compunction | 22 |