AP Language Week 5 Flashcards
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9604212441 | retrospective | reference to things past | 0 | |
9604212442 | survey | a detailed critical inspection; a collection of data | 1 | |
9604212443 | radiated | emitted energy; spread | 2 | |
9604212444 | lustily | robustly; strongly; in a healthy, vigorous way | 3 | |
9604212445 | Chanticleer | the name of a rooster traditional to fairy tales and fables | 4 | |
9604212446 | dejection | affected or marked by low spirits | 5 | |
9604212447 | nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night | 6 | |
9604212448 | endeavor | earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something | 7 | |
9604212449 | resignation | the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) | 8 | |
9604212450 | requiem | funeral hymn; (religious) Mass for the souls of the dead or a musical composition of such a Mass | 9 | |
9604212451 | inevitable | unavoidable; bound to happen | 10 | |
9604212452 | sentinel | a person employed to watch for something to happen; a guard | 11 | |
9604212453 | sepulchre | a chamber that is used as a grave | 12 | |
9604212454 | speculative | Characterized by conjecture or abstract reasoning | 13 | |
9604212455 | indubitably | in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted | 14 | |
9604212456 | slough | to shed or cast off (such as the skin of a snake) | 15 | |
9604212457 | calamity | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | 16 | |
9604212458 | befall | happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | 17 | |
9604212459 | martyr | one who suffers (and often dies) for the sake of principle, especially religious principle | 18 | |
9604212460 | cosmos | everything that exists anywhere; the universe as a well-ordered whole | 19 |