AP Language Vocab #4 Flashcards
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5292521937 | affable | courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to | 0 | |
5292524945 | aggrandize | to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater | 1 | |
5293528089 | amorphous | shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type r character; without organization, unity, or cohesion | 2 | |
5293536216 | aura | that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality | 3 | |
5293543511 | contraband | illegal traffic, smuggled goods; illegal prohibited | 4 | |
5293548338 | erudite | scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic | 5 | |
5293551615 | gossamer | thin, light, delicate, unsubstantial; a very thin, light cloth | 6 | |
5293556151 | infer | to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply | 7 | |
5293562455 | inscrutable | incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically | 8 | |
5293567761 | insular | relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience | 9 | |
5293574480 | irrevocable | incapable of being changed or called back | 10 | |
5293577290 | propensity | a natural inclination of predilection toward | 11 | |
5293580494 | querullous | peevish, complain, fretful | 12 | |
5293582746 | remonstrate | to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to | 13 | |
5293588749 | repudiate | to disown, reject, or deny the validity of | 14 | |
5293592302 | resilient | able to return to an original shape of form; able to recover quicky | 15 | |
5293598768 | reverberate | to re-echo, resound; to reflect to be reflected repeatedly | 16 | |
5293604306 | scurrilous | coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed | 17 | |
5293611039 | sedulous | persistent, showing industry and determination | 18 | |
5293615320 | sleazy | thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disresputable | 19 |