AP Language Set G Flashcards

13378469545	PENSIVE	wistfully thoughtful, usually marked by sadness	0
13378469546	COLLOQUIAL	appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing	1
13378469547	COLLUSION	a secret agreement between two parties to appear as adversaries as a way to defraud a third party	2
13378469548	CLANDESTINE	characterized by or done in secrecy for the purpose of deception	3
13378469549	SURREPTITIOUS	done by stealth; secret actions	4
13378469550	PERFUNCTORY	performed merely as a routine; going through the motions only	5
13378469551	MYOPIC	narrow-minded; lack of foresight	6
13378469552	COMPLACENT	self-satisfied; pleased without awareness of some potential danger or defect	7
13378469553	VOLATILE	highly unstable; explosive	8
13378469554	TOUT	to publicly brag, promote	9
13378469555	MORASS	a wet swampy bog; figuratively, something that traps and confuses	10
13378469556	OBTUSE	lacking sharpness of intellect	11
13378469557	PALPABLE	capable of being touched or felt	12
13378469558	PANACEA	a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems	13
13378469559	PRISTINE	untouched; original purity	14
13378469560	MALLEABLE	capable of being changed; easily shaped	15
13378469561	PARAMOUNT	of chief concern or importance	16
13378469562	FLIPPANT	lacking proper respect or seriousness	17
13378469563	PATRONIZE	treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority	18
13378469564	DUPLICITOUS	deliberately deceptive	19
13378469565	SPECIOUS	deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious	20
13378469566	OSTENSIBLE	appearing as such, seemingly	21
13378469567	TRANSIENT	lasting only a short time, fleeting; one who stays only a short time	22
13378469568	VERACITY	truthfulness	23
13378469569	FORTIUITOUS	happening by chance	24