AP Language Set E Flashcards
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| 6593273782 | POSTHUMOUS | occurring after a person's death | 0 | |
| 6593273783 | POSTULATE | to assume without proof, or as self-evident | 1 | |
| 6593273784 | ICONOCLAST | a person who attacks and seeks to overthrow popular ideas or institutions | 2 | |
| 6593273785 | ONUS | a difficult obligation, task, burden, responsibility | 3 | |
| 6593273786 | DEPRECATE | to verbally disapprove of | 4 | |
| 6593273787 | PEJORATIVE | having a disparaging or belittling effect | 5 | |
| 6593273788 | IMMUTABLE | unchangeable | 6 | |
| 6593273789 | OPULENT | wealthy or affluent | 7 | |
| 6593273790 | PRECIPITOUS | extremely or impassably steep | 8 | |
| 6593273791 | MAELSTROM | 1. a powerful or violent whirlpool 2. disordered state of affairs | 9 | |
| 6593273792 | RECAPITULATE | summarize briefly | 10 | |
| 6593273793 | CAPITULATE | to surrender; to give up resistance | 11 | |
| 6593273794 | ACQUIESCE | submit or comply silently or without protest | 12 | |
| 6593273795 | PREEMINENT | superior; surpassing; above or before others | 13 | |
| 6593273796 | SARDONIC | mocking; cynical; sneering | 14 | |
| 6593273797 | PRETENTIOUS | assumption of dignity or importance, usually when exaggerated or underserved | 15 | |
| 6593273798 | OSTENTATIOUS | showy in an attempt to impress others | 16 | |
| 6593273799 | PRESUMPTUOUS | unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward | 17 | |
| 6593273800 | PROPENSITY | a natural inclination or tendency | 18 | |
| 6593273801 | PENCHANT | a strong inclination or tendency | 19 |