AP Lang Flashcards

10810604397	Discomfit	to embarrass and confuse	0
10810613835	edification	Improvement or enlightenment	1
10810622847	malfeasance	misconduct	2
10810627274	feasible	Capable of being accomplished	3
10810633631	surfeit	overabundance	4
10810640152	magnum opus	the greatest work of an artist, writer, or composer	5
10810648566	modus operandi	manner of working	6
10810652320	opulent	possessing or exhibiting great wealth	7
10810661692	Synergy	the power that results from the combination of two or more forces	8
10810669176	Liturgy	a pattern of prayer or worship	9
10810672214	lethargy	A state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy	10
10810684848	laborious	requiring mental or physical effort	11
10810687976	belabor	to discuss in too much detail; to attack	12
10810697462	elaborate	To explain in greater detail	13
10907418991	stanch	to stop the flow of	14
10907424516	staunch	Firm and steadfast	15
10907428223	extant	still in existence	16
10907435643	restive	restless/resisting authority	17
10907442668	apropos	with regard to	18
10907454477	depose	To remove from office or power	19
10907457834	static	still	20
10907464821	ecstasy	intense joy or delight	21
10907476112	stasis	no change	22
10907480642	entity	a being	23
10907483674	essence	the main part	24
10907490265	quintessential	the most typical, ideal, or important	25
11032116243	verdure	greenery; fresh and ripe vegetation	26
11032119170	verdant	green; lush with vegitation	27
11032128720	viridity	Lack of experience; innocence	28
11032128721	candid	open and sincere	29
11032133702	candor	honesty, frankness	30
11032141080	incandescent	shining brilliantly	31
11032145950	pallor	paleness	32
11032146101	pallid	lacking color	33
11032150865	appall	To fill with horror or disapproval	34
11032155333	livid	Enraged; furious	35
11032165180	denigrate	to attack the character of; to mock	36
11132030785	peccadillo	a small sin or fault	37
11132034323	impeccable	having no flaws	38
11132037886	peccant	violating a moral law; sinful	39
11132045866	pejorative	Negative and critical; insulting	40
11132050175	impair	to cause to diminish (strength, value, quality)	41
11132075146	malign	to insult	42
11132085272	malinger	to pretend to be sick in order to avoid something	43
11132102514	malaise	a sense of unease	44
11132111184	negligent	not attentive	45
11132120989	negligible	unimportant; insignificant	46
11132124540	negate	to cancel the effect of	47
11237203222	jocose	cheerful, merry	48
11237208000	jocular	humorous	49
11237216750	festoon	to drape or adorn festively	50
11237222082	fete	To honor with a banquet or feast	51
11237231248	bacchic	Of or related to a wild celebration	52
11237238931	bacchanal	a drunken party or celebration	53
11237243522	plaintive	sorrowful	54
11237251964	plaint	A lament or complaint	55
11237256636	elegy	A song or poem memorializing something or someone	56
11237269476	elegiac	mourning	57
11557242391	somnolent	drowsy	58
11557247012	soporific	causing sleep	59
11557249706	sopor	sleep	60
11557255793	languid	lacking energy	61
11557261701	languish	to waste away	62
11557265370	languor	Lack of physical or mental energy	63
11557276383	acquiesce	to give in	64
11557279559	requiem	A song or religious service for the dead or lost	65
11557285319	quittance	repayment	66
11557301668	fortuitous	happening by chance	67
11557305328	fortuity	chance or accident	68
11557310425	auspices	protection or support	69
11557319725	auspicious	followed by favorable circumstances	70
11557324033	predestination	the belief that one's fate has been determined in advance by a higher power	71
11557335819	destine	intend for specific end	72
11557352739	consortium	group of companies or institutions	73
11557357700	consort	to keep company or associate	74
11557369860	propitious	lucky	75
11557369861	propitiate	to soothe	76
11602855180	importune	to beg	77
11602862577	importunate	demanding	78
11602868228	rapport	A positive relationship	79
11602874140	insufferable	intolerable	80
11602882931	preferential	giving or showing an advantage to one over another	81
11602891560	conferment	the act of bestowing	82
11602901512	periphery	the outermost part or boundary	83
11602936287	euphoria	feeling of great happiness	84
11602940542	congested	overcrowded	85
11602946535	gestate	conceive of develop in mind or body	86
11602953658	gesticulate	to make gestures	87
11661505219	To make gestures	Gesticulate	88
11661505220	To conceive	gestate	89
11661505221	Boundary	Periphery	90
11661505222	The act of giving	Conferment	91
11661505223	Demanding	Importunate	92
11661505224	To beg	Importune	93
11661505225	To soothe	Propitiate	94
11661601827	propitiate	Even the pacifier would not_____ the screaming baby	95
11661710790	Importuned	The frantic mother __________ the man to help find her children.	96
11661710791	Imporunate	The ___________ expectations she had of her self were the reason she had such good grades.	97
11661710792	Conferment	Although he seemed experienced in the position, the ________ of his title was relatively recent.	98
11661710793	Gestate	He tends to _________ the best ideas when he dreams.	99
11813146778	solipsism	the theory that the self is the only reality	100
11813152509	desolate	Deserted and lonely	101
11813157907	Soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	102
11813465752	monotonous	lacking in variety	103
11813476327	monosyllabic	having only one syllable	104
11813480410	monotone	sameness of sound, style, manner, or color	105
11813486479	divulge	to make public	106
11813490993	vulgar	of the common people	107
11813494215	polymath	a person with knowledge of many subjects	108
11813502081	hoi polloi	the common people/ masses	109
11813505081	polyglot	a speaker of many languages	110
11813515005	divulge	the soldiers were warned not to ______ their battle plans.	111
11813527275	desolate	When she saw the_____ midnight street, she felt a shiver of sadness.	112
11813543643	hoi polloi	The snobbish chef said that his dishes weren't meant for the _____	113
11813568485	monosyllabic	Because Lloyd's conversational style was _______, he earned a reputation as boring.	114
11911837288	totalitarian	form of government with one person, group, or party that controls everything	115
11911847997	totality	completeness	116
11911852748	holistic	concerning the whole, not the parts	117
11911859423	catholic	covering a broad range, universal	118
11911885682	consummate	perfect or ideal in skill/ accomplishment	119
11911901166	summation	accumulation	120
11911911023	trenchant	sharply effective or insightful	121
11911916482	truncate	to cut short	122
11911922191	parcel	to divide into parts and distribute	123
11911926273	parse	to examine or analyze	124
11911930573	repartee	quick, witty conversation	125
11911953096	totalitarian	The ruler was gaining power so quickly that the people feared he could establish a _______ government.	126
11911971324	holistic	After years of specializing only in bone diseases, Dr. Russo decided to become a more _______ practitioner and began to attend classes in nutrition and exercise.	127
11911995017	catholic	The New York Times has a ________ appeal: men and women of all ages and races.	128
11912013187	consummate	Over the years, my mother's _______ graciousness impressed hundreds of visitors to our home.	129
11912040697	trenchant	Despite the speaker's _________arguments for tax reform, the crowd voted against his proposal.	130
11912068223	truncate	Because the actress ran out of time, she was forced to __________ her acceptance speech.	131
11912082789	parcels	The baker ________ out the cookies among his seventeen children.	132
11912095285	parse	The English professor urged the students to _________ each sentence in the sonnet in order to get a better understanding of the meaning.	133
11912115109	repartee	Swift _________ between members of the close family gives us some ideas of the relaxed cheerfulness they feel around one another.	134
12003965471	assertion	a declaration or statement	135
12003973873	exertion	physical or mental effort	136
12003981043	dissertation	a formal and long paper, written for a degree at a university or college	137
12003998754	disconcert	to upset and confuse	138
12004008777	certitude	certainty; inevitability	139
12004013895	ascertain	to discover, find out	140
12004027391	annex	to attach oneself; take over	141
12004035448	nexus	the core or center	142
12004047916	liaison	intermediary; go-between	143
12004055402	obligatory	Expected or required	144
12004060515	ligature	A binding or joining	145
12140138635	sedition	act or practice aimed at undermining authority; rebellion	146
12140149171	ambiance	atmosphere	147
12140158264	circuitous	roundabout or lengthy	148
12140168626	transitory	short-lived or temporary	149
12140173624	accede	to agree, often at the urging of another	150
12140179665	antecedent	one that precedes another	151
12140189208	precedent	tradition; an act or decision that is used as a model for future acts or decisions	152
12140193951	contravene	to violate or go against	153
12140203913	adventitious	artificial; acquired	154
12140210747	parvenu	someone newly wealthy	155
12146101520	sedition	The Army general was jailed after being found guilty of spying and ______.	156
12146133115	ambiance	We enjoyed the pleasant _______ that our hosts provided when we lived for a week with them.	157
12146157123	circuitous	The forty-five minute drive to Grandmother's took two hours this morning because Dad chose a ________ route that he called scenic.	158
12146186583	transitory	The sandstorm was a ________ phenomenon that could be observed for only a few hours.	159
12146655234	acceded	With a knife pushed against his back, the owner reluctantly ________ to the sale of the family business.	160
12146667426	antecedent	Reginald's knee injury was an _________ to the leg damage that put him in a wheelchair.	161
12146690214	precedent	By serving for only two terms, George Washington set a ________ for the presidents who came after him.	162
12146700995	contravened	Kyle was informed that he had __________ company policy by making personal calls during his working hours.	163
12146722124	adventitious	It was difficult to say whether the change in Jackie's personality was natural or _____________.	164
12146739649	parvenus	When the Morgans won the lottery, they quickly became a pair of _________.	165
12638527109	incendiary	Inflaming; provoking heat or anger	166
12638532722	incendiary	As a fire safety precaution, the University banned the use of any ____________ devices in dormitories.	167
12638546663	Incense	To infuriate; to make passionately angry	168
12638550594	incensed	Peter had failed three of five courses during the semester, which __________the entire family.	169
12638561287	inflammatory	Arousing anger or strong emotion	170
12638565668	inflammatory	the singer was shunned by the public following the _________ remarks she made about religion.	171
12638576154	Flamboyant	Intended to attract attention; showy	172
12638580940	flamboyant	anthony was well known for the __________ costumes he wore while performing in the ice show.	173
12638590859	luster	brilliance; brightness	174
12638594960	luster	the ___________ of Henry Ford's vision for the company he built in 1905 has not been dimmed by the passing of the years.	175
12638652431	Illustrious	well known, respected, and admired for past achievements	176
12638670846	illustious	The guest list for the wedding reception read like a Who's Who of _________ celebrities and world leaders.	177
12638687393	illustrative	descriptive; representative	178
12638690652	illustrative	Karen hoped that the violence and looting currently raging in the streets of the capital were not ______ of the general state of the city.	179
12638699969	fulminate	to attack with words;denounce	180
12638704598	fulminated	fred publicly _________ against the lack of pollution controls of local construction companies, which finally caught the attention of the local media.	181
12668410009	refulgent	brilliantly illuminated; shining	182
12668412968	refulgent	The ________ temple on the hill proved to be a beacon of hope for the weary travelers	183
12668422784	flagrant	noticeably bad or offensive	184
12668426507	flagrant	the team protested that the referee was ignoring the _________ fouls committed by the other team	185
12668440597	conflagration	a large fire	186
12668444585	conflagration	It took firefighters from three towns nearly nine hours to control the _______ at the storage company	187
12784672577	semantic	having to do with the meaning of words or language	188
12784675228	semiotic	of or relating to signs or symbols	189
12784677731	paradigm	a pattern or model	190
12784680624	phraseology	the way in which something is expressed; style	191
12784683435	metaphrase	an exact translation or restatement	192
12784685658	paraphrase	a summary that is not word-for-word	193
12784983861	demonstrative	openly expressive of emotions	194
12784987304	remonstrate	to protest or object	195
12784990432	ominous	Menacing; threatening	196
12784993089	abominable	loathsome; disagreeable	197
12784999252	abomination	something disgustingly offensive	198
12785002625	semantic	If we judge the poem strictly on a _________ basis, rather than noting its emotional and sensory impact, it will seem to make no sense.	199
12785021311	semiotic	For slaves fleeing to Canada, the North Star had a ___ function as well as a practical one: it symbolized hope and freedom.	200
12785031611	paradigm	The elections this year seem to be following the conventional ________.	201
12785040227	Phraseology	Kim's ___________ was a good indication that she had spent years in boarding school.	202
12785046017	Metaphrase	Mr. Keating was disappointed to find that his best student's paper was a complete ______ of a passage from an old library book.	203
12961317354	detrimental	causing damage or harm; injurious	204
12961320686	detrimental	Physicians are divided as to whether the drug is ________ to a patient's nervous system or not	205
12961334842	contrite	feeling regret and sorrow; penitent	206
12961343828	contrite	The defendant was ________ at the sentencing hearing, offering apologies to the family of his victim.	207
12961356446	trite	boring because of overuse or repetition	208
12961363052	trite	The lyrics of the song are ________ even sappy, but it remains a popular favorite.	209
12961375141	detritus	debris; junk	210
12961380728	detritus	When the sailors notices unusual _________ floating in front of their ship, they wondered if they had reached land.	211
12961396486	attrition	a lowering in number	212
12961404368	attrition	the high teacher __________ in the school led the principal to seek new employees at the local college.	213
12961417987	lenient	not strict; generous	214
12961421764	lenient	Millie liked to stay over at Fran's house because Fran's parents were ________ about bedtimes.	215
12961434453	Lenitive	Easing pain or discord	216
12961443000	lenitive	Sarah's soothing personality had a __________ effect at tense, argument-filled business meetings.	217
12961452526	mollify	to soothe the feelings of; to appease	218
12961457547	mollified	Although Ingrid had been insulted by some of the things Len had said about her, she was _________ by his letter of apology.	219
12961473104	Rudiment	A basic idea or principle	220
12961479739	rudimentary	undeveloped; very basic or simple	221
12961485382	rudiments	Once you have learned the _________ of chess, you will be ready to enter a beginner's tournament.	222
12961496598	rudimentary	Even a __________ book on the French language contains some information on art and culture, so I was surprised that my advanced book had nothing to say on the subject.	223
13082124363	Implicit	implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in	224
13082146915	inexplicable	difficult or impossible to explain	225
13082171429	implicit	Abby and John had an __________ agreement to never raise the subject of politics at her mother's house.	226
13082190803	inexplicable	I found her refusal to carry an umbrella _________.	227
13082202541	diverge	to branch out; to go different ways	228
13082218137	diverged	The two sisters agreed on many things, but their opinions ___________ on the subject of raising children.	229
13082262169	converges	Every year, the motorcycle club ___________ upon the town for a peaceful gathering.	230
13083361786	acclivity	A climbing slope; a hill	231
13083386485	acclivity	The observatory stands at the foot of a gentle __________ that leads to a scenic overlook.	232
13083432923	declivity	a downward slope; a dip	233
13083502779	declivity	The general chose a broad ________ in the landscape as the place where the army could take shelter for the night.	234
13083612167	Proclivity	a natural tendency towards	235
13083615397	proclivity	Kyle's ________ for tennis was in keeping with his natural athletic ability.	236
13083817781	contort	To twist, wrench, or bend severely out of shape	237
13083836926	contort	Brenda was able to __________ her body and wrap her legs around her head.	238
13083849095	Distort	To misshape; misrepresent	239
13083866372	distorted	Critics felt that the film unjustly _________ the role of the private school education in MA	240
13083874516	sinuous	As the car moved past the mountains, we saw the __________ road become a flat, straight highway	241
13083882704	sinuous	curving or twisting	242
13083889271	insinuate	to suggest in an indirect or subtle fashion	243
13083949466	insinuating	When Joe asked why I had missed his party, was he ___________ that I had secretly been meet Julia?	244
13139460287	desultory	moving or jumping from one thing to another	245
13139464173	desultory	the candidate's _________ speech to the crowd failed to concisely deliver his message.	246
13139478207	resilient	able to recover readily; persistent	247
13139480849	resilient	The newborn proved ______ to the lethal virus and soon recovered fully.	248
13139489721	exultant	Marked by great joy or jubilation	249
13139496461	exultant	Large crowds gathered along broadway to welcome the ________ football team back from its victorious Super Bowl game.	250
13139509599	expendable	not necessary; dispensable	251
13139514883	expendable	As part of the latest round of budget cuts, the governor fired all _______ personnel.	252
13139525514	impending	about to occur	253
13139529536	impending	All the faculty members awaited the _______ retirement of the despised Dean.	254
13139542444	append	to add as a supplement; to attach	255
13139549565	appended	A list of corrections will be ___________ to the next edition of the book.	256
13139557910	subjective	varying according to personal opinion or perspective	257
13139577604	subjective	While Jasmine felt that truth was unchanging and eternal, her sister claimed that many truths were _________ and depended on circumstance and situation.	258
13139580773	interject	to insert between other elements	259
13139584637	interjected	Much to the surprise of the announcers, Connie ________ her opinion into the argument regarding the golf tournament.	260
13139593941	Undulate	to move in a wavelike fashion, to ripple	261
13139599423	undulate	The only way the snake could make its way to the top of the sand dune was to __________ its body, almost hypnotically	262
13171886001	inundate	to flood	263
13171889279	inundated	After the radio first broadcast the song, people ___________ the station with requests to play it again.	264
13171894505	redound	to have an effect	265
13171900392	redounds	No one is surprised that the story the egotistical head surgeon tells _______ to his own glory.	266
13340047077	disseminate	to scatter or spread	267
13340051333	disseminate	The candidate hired a staff of three to help her _________ her campaign information to the community.	268
13340057715	seminal	fundamentally influential or important	269
13340062120	seminal	The big bang theory was __________ in the quest to discover the creation of the universe.	270
13340068566	florid	overly decorated or showy	271
13340071777	florid	The dull, plain lines of the painting reflected an artistic backlash against the ____________ busy patterns of an earlier movement.	272
13340084202	flourish	to thrive or prosper	273
13340088939	flourish	The new railroad station will help the town's economy________.	274
13340103451	deracinate	to uproot or remove from one's homeland	275
13340107762	deracinated	The Great potato famine of the 1850s _____________ many irish families and forced them to come to America.	276
13340120407	irradicable	impossible to destroy	277
13340125472	irradicable	The insect population in out attic proved ____________, so we gave up trying to exterminate them and hired a professional.	278
13340136829	eradicate	to destroy	279
13340141139	eradicate	the army was called in to _________ the dangerous species of huge rats that had begun nesting on the island.	280
13340149454	germinate	to cause to grow	281
13340152122	germinate	We planted the seeds in egg cartons first to help them _________ more quickly.	282
13340172054	germinal	occuring in the earliest stage of development	283
13340177129	germinal	Dr. Jenkins was active during the ________ stages of Canada's space program, but retired before the first launch.	284
13340188231	germane	Relevant	285
13340193203	germane	A working knowledge of Spanish is _____________ to the position at the Latin American Cultural Center in downtown Cleveland.	286
13429738987	decorum	appropriateness of behavior	287
13429750259	decorum	Bernadette was careful to exhibit the utmost __________ during her visit with her stern grandparents.	288
13431342363	decorous	proper	289
13431346230	decorous	All the guests were expected to exhibit __________ behavior at all times.	290
13431357762	adorn	to decorate	291
13431370798	adorned	Thirty-three gold statues ________ the birthday cake of the award-winning director of the movie.	292
13431385293	suborn	to convince someone to lie or commit a crime	293
13431392679	suborn	The attorney was found to be in contempt of the court for trying to _______ the defendant's mother.	294
13431411615	Ornate	heavily decorated or intricate	295
13431416169	ornate	the ________ chandelier gave the dining hall an added touch of beauty and class.	296
13431426498	formulaic	done according to an overused method or trite	297
13431433986	formulaic	Critics expecting a ________ reworking of the same old drama will be pleasantly surprised by acting in the new Hollywood film.	298
13457237007	formality	something done only for show or ceremony	299
13457237008	Formulate	To devise	300
13457237009	Inordinate	abundant; excessive	301
13457237010	Ordain	To command	302
13457237011	Preordained	Determined in advance	303
13457237012	Preordained	Danny hoped that he would win the track meet, but did not believe that his success was ________.	304
13457237013	Ordained	The king's minister declined to question anything that the king had _________.	305
13457237014	Inordinate	If the birthday party was indeed "enjoyed by all," why was there an _________ amount of sobbing going on there?	306
13457237015	Formality	Because my client and I know one another so well, we have dispensed with the _________ of shaking hands	307
13457237016	Formulated	Bonnie _________ a plan whereby she would receive ten percent of the money her sister made.	308
13519637700	Munificent	generous	309
13519637701	Munificent	Phil was ________ in his donation of three million dollars to AIDS research.	310
13519637702	Remunerate	To compensate	311
13519637703	Renumerate	The city council was unable to think of a way to properly _____ Ted for his effort at fighting crime.	312
13519637704	Communal	Shared by the community or public	313
13519637705	Communal	The _____ bathrooms in the dorm took some time for her to get used to.	314
13519637706	Excommunicate	To exclude from membership in a group	315
13519637707	Excommunicate	The archbishop will _______ the king for his crimes against the church.	316
13519637708	Incommunicado	Unable or not allowed to communicate with others	317
13519637709	Incommunicado	Agent Riley will be _______ until the danger in the capital has passed.	318
13519637710	Appreciable	Measurable	319
13519637711	Appreciable	If the two diamonds had no _________ differences, why was one so much more expensive.	320
13519637712	Appraise	To evaluate	321
13519637713	Appraised	In order to get an accurate insurance quote rate, the Daniels family had to have their home _____ by the bank.	322
13519637714	Meritorious	Deserving reward or praise	323
13519637715	Meritorious	The graduate's _________ work earned him an award for excellence.	324
13519637716	Demerit	A fault or flaw	325
13519637717	Demerit	Calvin said that the poor service he had received at the car dealership was certainly a _______ he would mention in his evaluation.	326
13519637718	Meretricious	Seemingly true, but actually false	327
13519637719	Meretricious	No article as full of _______ arguments as Dr. Brannigan's would be published by any respectable science journal.	328
13663900516	instill	to gradually put into	329
13663905077	instill	George's parents tried hard to _________ traditional virtues into their son.	330
13676364041	distill	to extract the essence of	331
13676369445	distilled	Phon's summary _______ the high points of the movie.	332
13676387396	ablution	A cleansing, especially religious or spiritual	333
13676398361	ablution	Considering himself a sinner, George went in search of ________.	334
13678923404	alluvial	deposited by a stream	335
13678927859	alluvial	the ________ soil turned out to be rich in gold and other valuable materials	336
13678936116	lachrymal	having to do with tears	337
13678941072	lachrymal	The smoke irritated my ______ glands, causing me to tear up even though I was not sad.	338
13678957718	lachrymose	teary or oversentimental	339
13678965976	lachrymose	The soap opera was full of ______ death scenes and syrupy love stories.	340
13678979017	lavish adj	luxuriously abundant; extravagant	341
13678988324	lavish v	to give in abundance; to heap	342
13678996621	lavish	A ________ display of toys made children looking into the window jump with excitement.	343
13679004687	lavished	Aunt Mildred _________ presents on her ungrateful nephew.	344
13679011171	riparian	having to do with the banks of a body of water	345
13679018710	riparian	The fisherman argued with their government over who had ________ rights	346
13679026485	meander	to wander or move without direction	347
13723942329	meandering	On the day of the fair, I could look out my window and see my neighbors __________ through the streets.	348
13723952011	fluent	able to speak smoothly or smooth	349
13723964420	fluent	Most of the employees of the company were _______ in Spanish as well as English.	350
13723968628	fluctuate	to change irregularly	351
13723970593	fluctuates	the amount of sodium in the water ______ with daily accumulated rainfall.	352
13757139394	crevice	a small crack	353
13757139395	crevice	Tony found the note tucked into a ________ in the wall.	354
13757145021	crevasse	a large, deep crack or chasm	355
13757148664	crevasse	We shouted frantically to the mystery skier, who was heading in the direction of the __________.	356
13757160740	fission	splitting	357
13757164663	fission	_________ of the nucleus of uranium- 235 generates several unstable subatomic particles.	358
13757183133	fissure	opening; split	359
13757186677	fissure	a _______ in the sea floor allowed superheated gases to escape upwards into the ocean.	360
13757199157	hiatus	an interruption in space or time; gap	361
13757209309	hiatus	A brief _______ in the discussion allowed the panelists to step outside for a few moments	362
13757233998	orotund	deep and full	363
13757247981	orotund	The speaker's ________ bass voice reverberated throughout the room.	364
13757254532	orotund	pompous	365
13757262634	orotund	Governor Jetson's ____________ speech made many in the audience roll their eyes.	366
13757276965	orifice	mouth or opening	367
13757281291	orifice	The small birds stored their windert seeds in an _______ of the tree.	368
13757290647	excavate	to dig up	369
13757293337	excavated	Archaeologists have ________ an ancient Mayan village from a hillside beside a shopping mall.	370
13757306274	cavernous	deep and empty; like a cavern	371
13757320497	cavernous	Claudette hesitated before entering the __________ bedchamber	372
13757330594	concave	curving inward; hollowed	373
13757340211	concave	The space probe began sliding downward on the _______ surface of the lake bed.	374