AP English Language Vocab 2 Flashcards

15243127556	beatific	(adj.) blissful; rendering or making blessed	0
15243134907	behemoth	(n.) a creature of enormous size, power, or appearance	1
15243139198	blandishment	(n.) anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk, apple-polishing	2
15243144401	cacophonous	(adj.) harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant	3
15243152179	chicanery	(n.) trickery; deception	4
15243159477	consign	(v.) to give over to another's care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use	5
15243166626	coup	(n.) a highly successful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan, or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership	6
15243176029	euphemism	(n.) a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute	7
15243186715	febrile	(adj.) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic	8
15243186799	gainsay	(v.) to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose	9
15243198787	imminent	(adj.) about to happen, threatening	10
15243206778	innate	(adj.) inborn; natural	11
15243213876	loath	(adj.) unwilling, reluctant, disinclined	12
15243222393	manifest	(adj.) clear, evident to the eyes or mind; (v.) to show plainly, exhibit, evince; (n.) a list of cargo and/or passengers	13
15243245160	minutiae	(pl. n.) small or trivial details, trifling matters	14
15243248487	moratorium	(n.) a suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay	15
15243252495	nostrum	(n.) an alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness	16
15243256612	pariah	(n.) one who is rejected by a social group or organization	17
15243277775	visionary	(adj.) not practical, lacking in realism; having the nature of a fantasy or dream; (n.) one given to far fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight	18
15243321475	wizened	(adj. part.) dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as the result of aging)	19