AP Language Set B Flashcards
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| 10734267280 | STATUS QUO | the existing condition or state of affairs | 0 | |
| 10734267281 | ACERBIC | bitter, sharp in taste or temper | 1 | |
| 10734267282 | CRITICAL | finding fault | 2 | |
| 10734267283 | CAUSTIC | (adj.) able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic | 3 | |
| 10734267284 | GUISE | outward appearance; false appearance | 4 | |
| 10734267285 | SEMBLANCE | a likeness; an outward appearance | 5 | |
| 10734267286 | DISPARAGE | regard or represent as being of little worth | 6 | |
| 10734267287 | PROSCRIBE | to forbid | 7 | |
| 10734267288 | APHORISM | a concise statement of a truth or principle | 8 | |
| 10734267289 | SINE QUA NON | an essential or indispensable element or condition | 9 | |
| 10734267290 | AFFLUENT | rich; prosperous; wealthy | 10 | |
| 10734267291 | ILLUSORY | deceptive; false; misleading | 11 | |
| 10734267292 | DISPARATE | fundamentally different; entirely unlike | 12 | |
| 10734267293 | VINDICATE | clear from hint or charge of wrongdoing; to justify | 13 | |
| 10734267294 | APLOMB | confidence without arrogance | 14 | |
| 10734267295 | AUSPICIOUS | favorable; promising | 15 | |
| 10734267296 | HARANGUE | long, passionate, ranting speech (diatribe) | 16 | |
| 10734267297 | DISSENT | difference of opinion (implies refusal to assent and/or withholding consent) | 17 | |
| 10734267298 | UBIQUITOUS | present, appearing, or found everywhere | 18 | |
| 10734267299 | PARADIGM | model or pattern; worldview, set of shared assumptions, values, etc. | 19 | |
| 10734267300 | TRAVESTY | a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation (often unintentional) | 20 | |
| 10734267301 | CREDULOUS | too trusting; gullible | 21 | |
| 10734267302 | UNTENABLE | impossible to defend or justify | 22 | |
| 10734267303 | OPULENT | luxurious; grandiose | 23 | |
| 10734267304 | TACIT | understood or implied without being stated | 24 |