AP Language: Unit 11 Flashcards
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| 6374991066 | adduce (n. adducer) | (v.) to offer as an example | 0 | |
| 6374992493 | antediluvian | (adj.) ancient; outmoded | 1 | |
| 6374994971 | atavistic (n. atavist, atavism, adv. atavistically) | (adj.) exhibited the characteristics of one's forebears | 2 | |
| 6374994972 | benison | (n.) blessing | 3 | |
| 6374994997 | cadge | (v.) to get something by taking advantage of someone | 4 | |
| 6374996632 | chevron | (n.) a badge consisting of stripes meeting at an angle, worn on the sleeve as an indication of rank or service | 5 | |
| 6374998741 | concatenate (n. concatenation) | (v.) to link | 6 | |
| 6374998742 | debacle | (n.) great disaster; fiasco | 7 | |
| 6375000210 | diurnal | (adj.) daily | 8 | |
| 6375001671 | effulgent (n. effulgence) | (adj.) shining brightly; brilliant | 9 | |
| 6375001672 | exigent (n. exigency) | (adj.) critical, urgent | 10 | |
| 6375002887 | festoon (adj. festooned) | (n.,v.) a string or garland, as of leaves or flowers, suspended in a loop or curve between two points | 11 | |
| 6375004172 | gerrymander (n. gerrymandering) | (v.) change voting district lines in order to favor a political party | 12 | |
| 6375005427 | inchoate | (adj.) in an initial or early stage; incomplete; disorganized | 13 | |
| 6375005428 | junta | (n.) a small group ruling a country, esp. immediately after a coup and before a legally constituted government has been instituted | 14 | |
| 6375005429 | limn | (v.)to portray or describe | 15 | |
| 6375007466 | matutinal (adv. matutinally) | (adj.) early in the day | 16 | |
| 6375007467 | niveous | (adj.) like snow, snowu | 17 | |
| 6375008796 | oppidan | (n., adj.) a town-dweller | 18 | |
| 6375010577 | pedagogue | (n.) a schoolteacher | 19 | |
| 6375013846 | phoenix | (n.) a mythical bird; an emblem of immortality or of reborn idealism or hope | 20 | |
| 6375013847 | proboscis | (n.) any long flexible snout; the human nose, esp. when unusually long or prominent | 21 | |
| 6375015346 | quidnunc | (n.) a gossip; a busybody | 22 | |
| 6375015347 | roue | (n.) a lecherous dissipated man | 23 | |
| 6375017321 | seminal | (adj.) original, ground-breaking | 24 | |
| 6375017322 | senescence (adj.) | (n.) old age | 25 | |
| 6375019058 | stentorian | (adj.) very loud and strong | 26 | |
| 6375019059 | tarn | (n.) a small mountain lake, especially one formed by glaciers | 27 | |
| 6375020741 | turpitude | (n.) depravity; baseness | 28 | |
| 6375023889 | welter | (n., v.) turmoil; a bewildering jumble | 29 |