AP Language vocab set 3 Flashcards
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6036039467 | analogous | adj. - corresponding to something in particular | 0 | |
6036039468 | banal | adj. - devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed and trite | 1 | |
6036041677 | bombastic | adj. - high sounding, inflated; pretentious (of speech/writing) | 2 | |
6036041678 | capacious | adj. -spacious or roomy | 3 | |
6036043951 | capricious | adj. - erratic; unpredictable; constantly changing | 4 | |
6036049447 | copious | adj. - large in quantity or number; abundant or plentiful | 5 | |
6036049448 | deprecate | v. - to express disapproval | 6 | |
6036051551 | diatribe | n. - a bitter, sharply abusive attack or criticism | 7 | |
6036053257 | esprit de corps | n. - a sense of unity and common interests developed among a group of people closely associated in a task | 8 | |
6036055202 | euphemism | n. - - the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one that is too harsh or blunt | 9 | |
6036055203 | ferment | n. - agitation; unrest; excitement; commotion; tumult | 10 | |
6036067883 | impressionable | adj. - easily impressed or influenced; susceptible | 11 | |
6036072353 | largesse | n. - a generous bestowal of gifts | 12 | |
6036072354 | leaven | 1) n. - an element that produces an alerting or transforming influence 2) v. - to permeate with an altering or transforming element | 13 | |
6036083269 | neophyte | n. - a beginner or novice | 14 | |
6036083270 | noisome | adj. - 1) having an offensive odor 2) harmful or injurious to the health | 15 | |
6036086150 | perfidious | adj. - deliberately faithless; deceitful; treacherous | 16 | |
6036086151 | perfunctory | adj. - performed as a routine duty; hasty and superficial | 17 | |
6036088806 | scurrilous | adj. - grossly and obscenely abusive | 18 | |
6036088807 | unsolicited | adj. - given or supplied without being requested or asked for | 19 |