AP Language Unit 2 Flashcards
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| 4771656513 | Aegis | 1. The shield of breastplate of Zeus or Athena 2. Protection; Support | 0 | |
| 4771656514 | Apprise | 1. To give notice to; inform; advise | 1 | |
| 4771656515 | Bibulous | 1. Fond of or addicted to drink 2. Absorbent; spongy | 2 | |
| 4771656516 | Claque | 1. A group of persons hired to applaud an act or performer 2. A group of sycophants | 3 | |
| 4771656517 | Deracinate | 1. To pull up by roots; uproot; extirpate; eradicate 2. To isolate or alenate (a person) from a Native or customary culture or environment | 4 | |
| 4771656518 | Eleemosynary | 1. Of or relating to alms, charity, or charitable donations; charitable 2. Derived from or provided by charity | 5 | |
| 4771656519 | Indigenous | 1. Originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native 2. Innate; inherent; natural | 6 | |
| 4771656520 | Lachrymose | 1. Suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful 2. Given to shedding tears readily; tearful | 7 | |
| 4771656521 | Lexicon | 1. A work book or dictionary 2. The vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, person etc... | 8 | |
| 4771656522 | Melee | 1. A confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people 2. Confusion; turmoil; jumble | 9 | |
| 4771656523 | Microcosm | 1. A little world; a world in miniature 2. Anything that is regarded as a world in miniature | 10 | |
| 4771656524 | Minuscule | 1. Very small 2. (Of letters of writing) small; not capital | 11 | |
| 4771656525 | Obfuscate | 1. To confuse, bewilder, or stupefy 2. To make obscure or unclear | 12 | |
| 4771656526 | Paternalism | 1. The system, principle, or practice of managining, buisness, nations, etc... 2. In the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children | 13 | |
| 4771656527 | Polarize | 1. To divide into sharply opposing factors, political groups, etc... | 14 | |
| 4771656528 | Purview | 1. The range of operation, authority, control, concern, etc... 2. The range of vision, insight, or understanding | 15 | |
| 4771656529 | Sanguine | 1. Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident 2. Reddish; ruddy | 16 | |
| 4771656530 | Solecism | 1. A nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was 2. A breach of good manners or etiquatte | 17 | |
| 4771656531 | Vassal | 1. (In the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant 2. A person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subject, subordinate, follower, or retainer | 18 | |
| 4771656532 | Verisimilitude | 1. The appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability 2. Something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance | 19 |