AP Language Set 9 Flashcards
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| 13950479061 | ambivalent | having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone | 0 | |
| 13950485182 | Ectoplasm | a ghostly emanation | 1 | |
| 13950496226 | Zeitgeist | the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time | 2 | |
| 13950498139 | injunction | an authoritative command or order | 3 | |
| 13950500680 | philanthropist | lover of humanity; person active in promoting human welfare | 4 | |
| 13950530494 | aristocratic | Of an upper class; distinguished | 5 | |
| 13950527195 | degradation | humiliation | 6 | |
| 13950507919 | zealous | fervent; fanatical | 7 | |
| 13950524925 | distend | expand; swell out | 8 | |
| 13950507918 | ethereal | (adj.) light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound) | 9 | |
| 13950524926 | riposte | retaliatory action or retort | 10 | |
| 13950513746 | fallow | inactive; unproductive | 11 | |
| 13950517933 | amorphous | shapeless | 12 | |
| 13950521558 | automaton | robot | 13 | |
| 13950515879 | coup de grace | decisive finishing blow | 14 |