Lesson 8 (AP Language) Flashcards

11798805578	Acquiesce	To give in, to comply	0
11798805579	Affinity	A likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship	1
11798805580	Blasphemous	Irreverent, profane	2
11798805581	Buttress	A support or prop	3
11798805582	Circumspect	Careful to consider consequences, cautious, prudent	4
11798805583	Corroboration	Confirmation	5
11798805584	Deplete	To use up gradually, to lessen in amount or value	6
11798805585	Despotic	Ruling oppressively and absolutely, tyrannical	7
11798805586	Emaciated	Very thin (usually as a result of starvation), wasting away	8
11798805587	Empirical	Based on observation or experiment and not on theory	9
11798805588	Extraneous	Not essential or vital	10
11798805589	Fallow	Inactive, plowed but not sowed	11
11798805590	Homogenous	Of the same kind	12
11798805591	Hyperbole	Obvious exaggeration	13
11798805592	Incontrovertible	Indisputable	14
11798805593	Irascible	Irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross	15
11798805594	Laconic	Using a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude	16
11798805595	Magnanimity	Having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit	17
11798805596	Obsequious	Overly attentive, like a sycophant, servile	18
11798805597	Proliferation	An increase in number, multiplication	19
11798805598	Scrupulous	Very principled, very careful and conscientious	20
11798805599	Sublime	Exalted, noble, uplifting	21
11798805600	Surreptitious	Secret, clandestine, stealthy	22
11798805601	Veracity	Devotion to the truth	23
11798805602	Zeal	Enthusiasm, fervor	24