AP - Vocab #2 Flashcards
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| 7390818903 | Avocation | (n) An activity pursued for pleasure; a hobby | 0 | |
| 7390818904 | Callous | (adj.) emotionally hardened, unfeeling | 1 | |
| 7390823181 | Capricious | (adj) Changing one's mind quickly and often; subject to whims or passing fancies | 2 | |
| 7390823182 | Disparity | (n) inequality; difference | 3 | |
| 7390825980 | Efficacy | (n) the ability to produce a desired or intended result;effectiveness | 4 | |
| 7390825981 | Epistle | (n) a letter | 5 | |
| 7390829275 | Hospice | (n) a health care agency or program for persons who are dying; a shelter for travelers, orphans, or the ill or destitute | 6 | |
| 7390829276 | Impetus | (n.) a moving force, impulse, stimulus | 7 | |
| 7390833075 | Moribund | (adj.) dying, on the way out | 8 | |
| 7390835801 | Vacillate | (v) alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive | 9 | |
| 7390839091 | Akin | (adj) related by blood; having similar qualities or character | 10 | |
| 7390842151 | Corroborate | (v.) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify | 11 | |
| 7390844967 | Inexorable | (Adj) relentless, unyielding | 12 | |
| 7390847790 | Insipid | (adj) lacking interest or flavor; uninteresting; unchallenging | 13 | |
| 7390851751 | Nefarious | (adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards | 14 | |
| 7390857076 | Physiognomy | (n.) - the art of judging human character from facial features | 15 | |
| 7390857077 | Retinue | (n) a group of advisers, assistants, or others accompanying an important person | 16 | |
| 7390861936 | Simpering | (adj) smile or gesture in an affectedly coquettish, coy, or ingratiating manner. | 17 | |
| 7390861937 | Suppliant | (n or adj) a person making a humble plea to someone in power or authority; beseeching | 18 | |
| 7390865491 | Tedium | (n) dullness; monotony; boredom | 19 | |
| 7390865492 | Torrid | (adj.) Very hot, parching, burning; passionate; scorching | 20 | |
| 7390868456 | Turgid | (adj) swollen as from a fluid; bloated; Excessively embellished in style or language; pompous; bombastic | 21 | |
| 7390870377 | Vitriolic | (adj.) bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid); scathing and nasty | 22 | |
| 7390870378 | Wistful | (adj) having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing | 23 | |
| 7390877690 | Zealous | (adj) fervent; fanatical; Enthusiastic | 24 |