AP language Unit 7 Flashcards
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| 6055143641 | Counterpart | a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement | 0 | |
| 6055146721 | Effrontery | shameless boldness, impudence, sass | 1 | |
| 6055150813 | Ephemeral | lasting only a short time, short lived, comes and goes | 2 | |
| 6055153550 | Felicitous | appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well being or good fortune, happy accident | 3 | |
| 6055157873 | Allay | to calm or pacify, set to rest; lesson or relieve | 4 | |
| 6055160968 | Furtive | done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty | 5 | |
| 6055166038 | Coterie | a circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest | 6 | |
| 6055172750 | Embellish | to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details | 7 | |
| 6055177078 | Demur | to object or take exception to; a quiet objection | 8 | |
| 6055180027 | Convival | festive, sociable, having fun together | 9 | |
| 6055182721 | Bestial | beast like; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility | 10 | |
| 6055185091 | Raiment | clothing, garments | 11 | |
| 6055187500 | Garish | glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way | 12 | |
| 6055190354 | Indigent | needy, poor, impoverished | 13 | |
| 6055191980 | Misanthrope | a person who hates or despises people | 14 | |
| 6055194674 | Picayune | of little value or importance, measly, concerned with trifling matters, small minded | 15 | |
| 6055199898 | Pertinacious | very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied | 16 | |
| 6055205126 | Wraith | a ghostly apparition | 17 | |
| 6055210842 | Inordinate | far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive | 18 | |
| 6055215125 | Threshold | the place or point of entering or beginning, the board or stone that lies under a door | 19 | |
| 6055220811 | Illusory | misleading, deceptive; lacking or not based on reality | 20 | |
| 6055222517 | Jettison | to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome | 21 |