AP English Language and Composition Flashcards

7359888450	Agile	1. Marked by ready ability to move with quick easy grace 2. Having a quick resourceful and adaptable character	0
7359888451	Cadence	1.a: a rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language b: the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity 2 a: a falling inflection of the voice b: a concluding and usually falling strain; specifically : a musical chord sequence moving to a harmonic close or point of rest and giving the sense of harmonic completion 3: the modulated and rhythmic recurrence of a sound especially in nature	1
7359888452	Congeal	1 : to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold 2 : to make viscid or curdled : coagulate 3 : to make rigid, fixed, or immobile 4 : to solidify	2
7359888453	Delineate	1 a: to indicate or represent by drawn or painted lines b: to mark the outline of 2: to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail	3
7359888454	Dispel	to drive away by or as if by scattering : dissipate	4
7359888455	Eradicate	1 : to pull up by the roots 2 : to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots	5
7359888456	Fickle	marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness	6
7359888457	Impugn	to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity	7
7359888458	Pretentious	1: characterized by pretension: as a: making usually unjustified or excessive claims (as of value or standing) b: expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature 2: making demands on one's skill, ability, or means : ambitious	8
7359888459	Veritable	being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary —often used to stress the aptness of a metaphor	9