ap language, set 12 Flashcards
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| 7978748780 | nativity | n. the occasion of a person's birth | 0 | |
| 7978748781 | nihilism | n. the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless | 1 | |
| 7978748782 | notorious | adj. famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed | 2 | |
| 7978748783 | omnipotent | adj. having unlimited power; able to do anything (god) | 3 | |
| 7978748784 | patronage | n. the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges | 4 | |
| 7978748785 | pent | adj. pent up | 5 | |
| 7978748786 | perplexed | adj. completely baffled; very puzzled | 6 | |
| 7978748787 | pining | v. suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart | 7 | |
| 7978748788 | precipitous | adj. extremely steep | 8 | |
| 7978748789 | presume | v. suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability | 9 | |
| 7978748790 | primitive | adj. preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something | 10 | |
| 7978748791 | prudence | n. caution; good judgement | 11 | |
| 7978748792 | pungent | adj. sharp to the smell or taste | 12 | |
| 7978748793 | pusillanimity | pettiness, cowardly | 13 | |
| 7978748794 | quelled | v. put an end to | 14 | |
| 7978748795 | quixotic | adj. exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical | 15 | |
| 7978748796 | recapitulation | n. an act or instance of summarizing and restating the main points of something | 16 | |
| 7978748797 | refluent | adj. flowing back; ebbing | 17 | |
| 7978748798 | remnant | n. a small part remaining behind | 18 | |
| 7978748799 | predecessor | n. a person who held a job or office before the current holder | 19 |