AP Language Week 3 Flashcards

5007522654	Philanthropy	Charity	0
5007538121	Misanthropy	A hatred or distrust of humankind	1
5007543126	Idiosyncrasy	A way of behaving, thinking, or feeling that is particular to an individual or group, especially an odd or unusual one	2
5007544618	Ideology	A closely organized system of beliefs, values, and ideas forming the basis of a social, economic, or political philosophy or program	3
5007544619	Microcosm	A miniature copy of something, especially when it represents or stands for a larger whole	4
5007545867	Gregarious	Very friendly and sociable	5
5007546829	Aggregation	Collected together from different sources and considered as a whole	6
5007548397	Egregious	Conspicuously bad or offensive	7
5007548398	Abdicate	Relinquish, resign	8
5007560788	Vindicate	To clear somebody or something of blame, guilt, suspicion, or doubt	9
5007560882	Syndicate	A group of people who combine to carry out a business, enterprise, or some other common purpose	10
5007565196	Verbose	wordy, long-winded	11
5007566095	Remonstrate	Argue, protest, object	12
5007566096	Uncanny	Weird, eerie	13
5007576985	Voracious	Greedy, insatiable, hungry	14
5007576986	Attribute	To think of something as caused by a particular circumstance; to give credit for something such as a work of art or a saying to a particular person, often wrongly; a quality, property, or characteristic of somebody or something	15
5007577706	Obliterate	Destroy, demolish	16
5007578747	Renunciation	A denial or rejection of something or somebody, usually for moral or religious reasons; an official declaration giving up a title, office, claim, or privilege	17
5007584948	Assuage	Ease, lessen	18
5007585467	Prevaricate	Hedge, evade, stall, beat around the bush	19
5007590879	Indicative	Showing, suggesting, or pointing out that something exists or is true	20
5007590880	Laconic	Using very few words	21
5007591934	Anachronism	A person, thing, idea, or custom from a different period of time	22
5007598441	Dilate	To become, or cause something to become, wider, larger, or stretched; to talk or write at great length	23
5007598442	Prudent	Careful, cautious, sensible	24
5007598443	Pedantic	Perfectionist, fussy	25
5007599211	Militant	Combative, agressive	26
5007599212	Erratic	Unpredictable, inconsistent	27
5007599213	Qualm	A sudden feeling of uncertainty or apprehension, especially a misgiving about an action or conduct	28
5007599912	Quintessence	Ideal, essence	29