AP Language: Vocabulary Set 1 Flashcards
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| 6141533735 | debacle | tumultuous breakup of ice in a river; violent disruption; great disaster; complete failure; fiasco | 0 | |
| 6141533736 | fastidious | having high and capricious standards; demanding delicate care; complex nutritional requirements | 1 | |
| 6141533737 | extremophile | organism that lives under extreme conditions, such as under an ice cap or in a hot spring | 2 | |
| 6141533738 | luculent | clear in thought or expression | 3 | |
| 6141533739 | lapidary | cutter, polisher, or engraver of precious stones typically other than diamonds; act of cutting gems | 4 | |
| 6141533740 | transpire | to give off vapor; to become known or apparent; develop; take place, go on, or occur | 5 | |
| 6141533741 | peradventure | perhaps; uncertainty or doubt as to whether something is the case | 6 | |
| 6141533742 | askance | with a side-glance, obliquely; with disapproval or distrust; scornfully | 7 | |
| 6141533743 | alacrity | promptness in response; cheerful readiness | 8 | |
| 6141533744 | evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor | 9 |