AP Language Vocabulary Unit 1 Flashcards

4834920026	encomium	a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute	0
4834922649	coherent	holding or sticking together; making making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful	1
4834923922	belabor	to work on excessively; to thrash soundly	2
4834925224	eschew	to avoid, shun, keep away from	3
4834926379	acquisitive	able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property	4
4834930800	to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model	emulate	5
4834931836	arrogate	to claim or take without right	6
4834933119	banal	hackneyed, trite, commonplace	7
4834936273	excoriation	a strong denunciation; the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin	8
4834937324	congeal	to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid	9
4834939707	carping	tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way	10
4834941352	substantiate	to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to	11
4834945594	temporize	to stall pr act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise	12
4834945908	largesse	generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions	13
4834947984	tenable	capable of being held or defended	14
4834949403	insatiable	so great or demanding it cannot be satisfied	15
4834950720	reconnaissance	a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination	16
4834952758	germane	relevant, appropriate, apropos	17
4834954673	ramify	to divide and spread out like branches; to separate into divisions	18
4834957141	intransigent	refusing to compromise, irreconcilable	19
4834959409	taciturn	habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little	20
4834960720	invidious	offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment	21