AP Language Set E Flashcards
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| 11751116972 | OBSTINATE | firmly and unreasonably adhering to one's purpose, opinion | 0 | |
| 11751116973 | OBDURATE | unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; unyielding. | 1 | |
| 11751116974 | INGRATIATE | gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts | 2 | |
| 11751116975 | ESOTERIC | understandable by only an enlightened inner circle | 3 | |
| 11751116976 | REPLETE | full; abundant; filled to the brim | 4 | |
| 11751116977 | RIFE | prevalent; widespread; common (often negative) | 5 | |
| 11751116978 | REPREHENSIBLE | shameful; very bad | 6 | |
| 11751116979 | ENSCONCE | to settle securely or snugly; comfortably | 7 | |
| 11751116980 | ENSHROUD | to cover; conceal; to enclose with a dark cover | 8 | |
| 11751116981 | TEDIUM | dullness; monotony; boredom | 9 | |
| 11751116982 | RESCIND | to take back, repeal | 10 | |
| 11751116983 | REFUTE | to prove incorrect | 11 | |
| 11751116984 | LAMPOON | to ridicule with satire | 12 | |
| 11751116985 | HEDONISM | belief that attainment of pleasure is life's chief aim | 13 | |
| 11751116986 | EPHEMERAL | short-lived; fleeting | 14 | |
| 11751116987 | BOMBASTIC | pompous or pretentious talk or writing | 15 | |
| 11751116988 | OBFUSCATE | to confuse; to bewilder | 16 | |
| 11751116989 | DECORUM | proper behavior, good taste; orderliness | 17 | |
| 11751116990 | DOGGED | persistent, stubbornly determined, refusing to give up | 18 | |
| 11751116991 | CURTAIL | to cut short; end sooner than expected | 19 | |
| 11751116992 | DEGRADE | reduce someone's worth or value; step down to a lower position, rank, social status (suggest humiliation) | 20 | |
| 11751116993 | PRESUMPTUOUS | too forward or bold; overstepping proper bounds | 21 | |
| 11751116994 | PROPENSITY | a natural inclination or tendency | 22 | |
| 11751116995 | PENCHANT | a strong inclination or liking | 23 | |
| 11751116996 | INEPT | unskilled; clumsy; incompetent | 24 |