AP Language List 7 Flashcards
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5596011703 | Aloof | (adj) not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant | 0 | |
5596011704 | Refute | (v) prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove | 1 | |
5596011705 | Treatise | (n) a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject | 2 | |
5596011706 | Sardonic | (adj) grimly mocking | 3 | |
5596011707 | Unorthodox | (adj) contrary to what is usual, traditional, or accepted; not orthodox | 4 | |
5596011708 | Fleeting | (adj) lasting for a very short time | 5 | |
5596011709 | Ambivalent | (adj) having mixed feeling or contradictory ideas about someone or something | 6 | |
5596011710 | Empirical | (adj) based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic | 7 | |
5596011711 | Conjecture | (n) an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information | 8 |