AP Language Vocabluary (List 2) Flashcards
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| 7363595549 | Accost (v) | to approach in a challenging way | 0 | |
| 7363595550 | Avid (adj) | Very eager | 1 | |
| 7363595551 | Brackish (adj) | Having a salty taste | 2 | |
| 7363595552 | Celerity (n) | swiftness in action or motion | 3 | |
| 7363595553 | Devious (adj) | Acting shifty, to be tricky or sly | 4 | |
| 7363595554 | Gambit (n) | Opening move | 5 | |
| 7363595555 | Halcyon (n) | A legendary bird, of or relating to calm, be peaceful | 6 | |
| 7363595556 | Histrionic (adj) | pertaining to actors, to be melodramatic | 7 | |
| 7363595557 | Incendiary (adj/n) | deliberately causing fire, one who causes fire | 8 | |
| 7363595558 | Maelstrom (n) | A whirlpool of great size and violence | 9 | |
| 7363595559 | Overt (adj) | open, not hidden; easily recognized | 10 | |
| 7363595560 | Sacrilege (n) | improper or disrespectful treatment of something held scared | 11 | |
| 7363595561 | Suppliant (v) | asking humbly and earnestly, one who makes a request humbly | 12 | |
| 7363595562 | Propriety (n) | The state of being proper | 13 | |
| 7363595563 | Undulate (adj) | to move in a wave like motion | 14 |