Lesson 7 (AP Language) Flashcards
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5077150432 | Abhor | To regard with extreme repugnance, to detest utterly | 0 | |
5077150433 | Accolade | Praise, an award | 1 | |
5077150434 | Ascetic | One who leads a life of self denial and contemplation, absent of luxury | 2 | |
5077150435 | Bequeath | To hand down, to give or to leave in a will | 3 | |
5077150436 | Charlatan | One who claims to know something he does not, a quack | 4 | |
5077150437 | Conflagration | A large fire | 5 | |
5077150438 | Dearth | A lack, a scarcity | 6 | |
5077150439 | Diffidence | Shyness, reserve, unassertiveness | 7 | |
5077150440 | Effervescent | Showing high spirits | 8 | |
5077150441 | Ethereal | Heavenly, unusually delicate, light | 9 | |
5077150442 | Expunge | To remove, to erase | 10 | |
5077150443 | Guile | Deceitfulness, duplicity | 11 | |
5077150444 | Implausible | Not believable | 12 | |
5077150445 | Incongruity | Nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility | 13 | |
5077150446 | Insularity | Qualities of an island, narrow-mindedness of opinion | 14 | |
5077150447 | Morose | Being sullen or gloomy | 15 | |
5077150448 | Placate | To appease or to pacify by making concessions | 16 | |
5077150449 | Poignant | Piercing, incisive, and keen | 17 | |
5077150450 | Provincial | Lacking sophistication, narrow minded | 18 | |
5077150451 | Reiterate | To repeat | 19 | |
5077150452 | Spontaneous | Having no external cause, acting on impulse | 20 | |
5077150453 | Synthesis | Combining parts into a whole | 21 | |
5077150454 | Toxic | Poisonous | 22 | |
5077150455 | Vigilant | Very alert, watchful | 23 | |
5077150456 | Voluble | Ability to use words easily, fluent and glib | 24 |