AP Language Comp. Flashcards
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| 10672806639 | accost | to approach and speak first; to confrony in a challenging or aggressive way | 0 | |
| 10672806640 | animadversion | a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval | 1 | |
| 10672806641 | avid | desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager | 2 | |
| 10672806642 | brackish | having a salty taste amd unpleasant to drink | 3 | |
| 10672806643 | celerity | swiftness, rapidity of motionor action | 4 | |
| 10672806644 | covenant | a solemn agreement | 5 | |
| 10672806645 | devious | straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way | 6 | |
| 10672806646 | gambit | in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece on order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type | 7 | |
| 10672806647 | halcyon | a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent | 8 | |
| 10672806648 | histrionic | (adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic | 9 | |
| 10672806649 | incendiary | (adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n.) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife | 10 | |
| 10672806650 | maelstorm | (n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction | 11 | |
| 10672806651 | myopic | (adj.) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment | 12 | |
| 10672806652 | overt | (adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized | 13 | |
| 10672806653 | pejorative | (adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling | 14 | |
| 10672806654 | propound | to suggest for consideration; to propose | 15 | |
| 10672806655 | propriety | (n) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable | 16 | |
| 10672806656 | sacrilege | improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred | 17 | |
| 10672806657 | summarily | (adv.) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely | 18 | |
| 10672806658 | suppliant | (adj.) asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor | 19 | |
| 10672806659 | talisman | (n.) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish | 20 | |
| 10672806660 | indulate | to move in waves; to have a wavelike appearance or form | 21 |