AP English Literature - Lesson 7 Flashcards
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| 8062919790 | archipelago | (n.) Any large body of water studded with islands or the islands collectively themselves. | 0 | |
| 8062927150 | careen | (v.) to swerve or lurch from side to side while in motion | 1 | |
| 8062933810 | cavalier | (adj.) arrogant; haughty; carefree; casual | 2 | |
| 8062941055 | contiguous | (adj.) side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time | 3 | |
| 8062944705 | correlate | (v.) to connect related things; to bring things into proper relation with one another | 4 | |
| 8063014850 | etymology | (n.) study of word parts; study of the origins of words; the science that studies such histories | 5 | |
| 8063022344 | frenetic | (adj.)wildly excited; frantic | 6 | |
| 8063030983 | kinetic | (adj.) relating to motion | 7 | |
| 8063038150 | presage | (v.) to foretell; indicate in advance | 8 | |
| 8063041676 | pulverize | (v.) to grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome | 9 | |
| 8063048198 | recondite | (adj.) not easily understood; hidden; dealing with an obscure topic | 10 | |
| 8063059968 | repulse | (v.) to cause disgust or distaste; to drive back; to repel | 11 | |
| 8063075893 | seismic | (adj.) relating to or caused by an earthquake; having widespread effects | 12 | |
| 8063085087 | undulate | (v.) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form | 13 | |
| 8063091673 | upheaval | (n.) a sudden, violent upward movement; great disorder or radical change | 14 |