AP Lit Vocab 5 Flashcards
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8613433641 | consternation | fear resulting from the awareness of danger | ![]() | 0 |
8613433642 | conundrum | a difficult problem | ![]() | 1 |
8613433643 | coterie | an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | ![]() | 2 |
8613433644 | emollient | having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin | ![]() | 3 |
8613433645 | expiate | make amends for | ![]() | 4 |
8613433646 | extricate | release from entanglement of difficulty | ![]() | 5 |
8613433647 | flippancy | showing a lack of seriousness that is thought inappropriate | ![]() | 6 |
8613433648 | foist | to force onto another | ![]() | 7 |
8613433649 | incongruous | lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness | ![]() | 8 |
8613433650 | innocuous | unlikely to harm or disturb anyone | ![]() | 9 |
8613433651 | inveterate | firmly established, long-standing; habitual | ![]() | 10 |
8613433652 | plethora | extreme excess | ![]() | 11 |
8613433653 | preamble | a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose) | ![]() | 12 |
8613433654 | soluble | (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water) | ![]() | 13 |
8613433655 | vitriolic | harsh or corrosive in tone | ![]() | 14 |