AP Language Vocab Set 9 Flashcards
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| 5392986197 | capitulate (verb) | to give up; to surrender (under pre-arranged conditions); to stop resisting; to yield | 0 | |
| 5392989674 | cavil (verb) | to object when there is little or no reason to do so; to resort to trivial faultfinding; to carp; to quibble | 1 | |
| 5392993501 | chicanery (noun) | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry; deception; fraud; trickery; wiliness | 2 | |
| 5392998694 | corroborate (verb) | to support a statement; to confirm; to bolster; to substantiate; to confirm; to validate | 3 | |
| 5393002655 | credence (noun) | belief in reports or testimony of another; acceptance as true; plausibility; credibility | 4 | |
| 5393006725 | credulous (adj) | too ready to believe; easily deceived; easily convinced; trusting; naive | 5 | |
| 5393011949 | condescend (verb) | to descend voluntarily to the level (regarded as lower) of the person one is dealing with; to stoop to level considered inappropriate to one's dignity; to deal with others in a proud or haughty way | 6 | |
| 5393019400 | dereliction (noun) | neglect of one's duty; willful negligence; abandonment; desertion | 7 | |
| 5393022359 | debacle (noun) | an overwhelming defeat; a rout; a stunning ruinous collapse; a disaster; a complete failure | 8 | |
| 5393026973 | emulate (verb) | to strive to equal or excel; to rival successfully; to imitate or copy with a view toward equaling or surpassing | 9 | |
| 5393034229 | "robur" meaning strength | etymological clue of corroborate | 10 | |
| 5393036383 | corroboration | corroborate as a noun | 11 | |
| 5393040777 | corroborative | corroborate as an adj | 12 | |
| 5393047102 | "credere" meaning to trust or to believe | etymological clue of credence | 13 | |
| 5393051193 | "credere" meaning to trust or to believe | etymological clue of credulous | 14 | |
| 5393054024 | credulousness; credulity | credulous as a noun | 15 | |
| 5393056058 | "de" meaning away from & "relinquere" meaning to leave | etymological clue of dereliction | 16 | |
| 5393064318 | incredulous | antonym of credulous | 17 | |
| 5393068033 | "debacle" meaning breakup | etymological clue of debacle | 18 | |
| 5393069670 | emulation | emulate as a noun | 19 | |
| 5393069671 | emulous | emulate as an adj | 20 | |
| 5393077447 | deign | do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity (condescend) | 21 | |
| 5393080839 | vouchsafe | give or grant something to someone in a gracious or condescending manner | 22 |