AP Language Vivid Verbs Flashcards

11679268779	Abhor	to consider with horror and disgust	0
11679268780	Allay	to relieve or lessen	1
11679268781	Assert	state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully	2
11679268782	Assimilate	to absorb fully; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully	3
11679268783	Buttress	to support or reinforce, to strengthen	4
11679268784	Castigate	to chastise or punish	5
11679268785	Concede	to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit	6
11679268786	Condemn	to express disapproval of, to denounce	7
11679268787	Condone	to overlook, forgive, or disregard without protest	8
11679268788	Conjecture	to infer from incomplete evidence, to guess	9
11679268789	Deign	do something that one considers to be below one's dignity	10
11679268790	Demean	to debase or degrade	11
11679268791	Demonize	to transform into or as if into a demon	12
11679268792	Denounce	(v.) to condemn openly; to accuse formally	13
11679268793	Deprive	to take something away from someone or something; to not allow to have or keep something	14
11679268794	Derive	to receive or obtain from a source or origin	15
11679268795	Detract	to take away, especially from the value, beauty, or importance of	16
11679268796	Devastate	to lay waste, ruin	17
11679268797	Diffuse	(v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread	18
11679268798	Disapprove	to have an unfavorable view of, to condemn	19
11679268799	Discredit	to damage in reputation; to disgrace; to cause to be distrusted or doubted; lack of trust or belief; doubt	20
11679268800	Dispel	to ride one's mind of	21
11679268801	Distinguish	to recognize as being different or distinct	22
11679268802	Engage	to employ, to obtain and hold the attention of	23
11679268803	Engross	to occupy the attention of	24
11679268804	Enhance	to increase or make greater	25
11679268805	Escalate	to enlarge, increase, or intensify	26
11679268806	Espouse	to take up as a cause, support	27
11679268807	Evoke	bring or recall to the conscious mind	28
11679268808	Exalt	to raise in rank, character, status, elevate	29