Ap Language and Composition lesson 5 Flashcards
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| 11149695081 | acrimonious | caustic | 0 | |
| 11149695082 | ameliorate | to make better, to relieve, to improve | 1 | |
| 11149695083 | Amendable | open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable | 2 | |
| 11149695084 | Amorphous | shapeless, having no definite form | 3 | |
| 11149695085 | Buoyant | capable of floating; cheerful | 4 | |
| 11149695086 | Cajole | to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle | 5 | |
| 11149695087 | Calamity | a serious event causing distress or misfortune | 6 | |
| 11149695088 | Debase | to reduce in dignity or quality | 7 | |
| 11149695089 | Efface | to erase, to wear away | 8 | |
| 11149695090 | Elucidate | to make clear, to explain | 9 | |
| 11149695091 | Ephemeral | lasting a short period of time, fleeting | 10 | |
| 11149695092 | Ferocity | savagery | 11 | |
| 11149695093 | Flourish | to thrive, to grow well | 12 | |
| 11149695094 | Haughty | arrogant, excessively proud and vain | 13 | |
| 11149695095 | Impervious | incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged | 14 | |
| 11149695096 | Inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly, insipid | 15 | |
| 11149695097 | Indolence | laziness | 16 | |
| 11149695098 | Infallible | incapable of error | 17 | |
| 11149695099 | Inscrutable | difficult to understand; mysterious | 18 | |
| 11149695100 | Languid | slow, sluggish, listless, weak | 19 | |
| 11149695101 | Malice | Desire to harm others | 20 | |
| 11149695102 | Oblique | slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading | 21 | |
| 11149695103 | Opulence | wealth, affluence, abundance | 22 | |
| 11149695104 | Penitent | showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant | 23 | |
| 11149695105 | Perfunctory | acting routinely with little interest or care | 24 |