AP Language Unit 1 Flashcards

7533549716	Acquisitive	(adj.) Able to get and retain ideas/information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property	0
7533574443	Arrogate	(v.) to claim or take without right.	1
7533582839	Banal	(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace.	2
7533590399	Belabor	(v.) to work excessively; to thrash soundly	3
7533713314	Carping	(adj.) Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism.	4
7550624572	Coherent	(adj.) Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful.	5
7550626965	Congeal	(v.) To change from a liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid.	6
7550629166	Emulate	(v.) To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model.	7
7550631260	Encomium	(n.) A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute.	8
7550633303	Eschew	(v.) To avoid, shun, keep away from.	9
7550634990	Germane	(adj.) Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting.	10
7550636981	Insatiable	(adj.) So great or demanding as not to be satisfied	11
7550638837	Intransigent	(adj.) Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable.	12
7550640807	Invidious	(adj.) Offensive, hateful,; tending to cause bitterness and resentment.	13
7550644035	Largesse	(n.) Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions.	14
7550646207	Reconaissance	(n.) A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination.	15
7550649176	Substantiate	(v.) To establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to.	16
7550652142	Taciturn	(adj.) Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little.	17
7550655169	Temporize	(v.) To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise.	18
7550656998	Tenable	(adj.) Capable of being held or defended.	19