Platt AP Language Unit 7 Vocabulary Flashcards

15319732315	acerbic	biting, bitter in tone or taste	0
15319732316	blandish	to coax by using flattery	1
15319738257	capricious	subject to whim, fickle	2
15319747203	cleave	divide into parts	3
15319753628	consign	to give something over to another's care	4
15319759564	coup	a brilliant, unexpected act	5
15319765872	defile	to make unclean, impure	6
15319765967	effervescent	bubbly, lively	7
15319771537	enfranchise	to grant the vote to	8
15319775923	fetter	to chain, restrain	9
15319775924	goad	to urge, spur, incite to action	10
15319781790	ignominious	humiliating, disgracing	11
15319787235	incontrovertible	indisputable	12
15319790725	innuendo	an insinuation	13
15319790820	irreverence	disrespect	14
15319795986	luminous	brightly shining	15
15319800600	morass	a wet swampy bog; figuratively, something that traps and confuses	16
15319800601	obfuscate	to render incomprehensible	17
15319804976	perspicacity	lacking color	18
15319810357	pallid	shrewdness, perceptiveness	19
15319810358	precipice	the face of a cliff, a steep or overhanging place	20
15319817722	protean	able to change shape; displaying great variety	21
15319821189	recalcitrant	defiant, unapologetic	22
15324723009	sanctimonious	giving a hypocritical appearance of piety	23
15324726539	staid	sedate, serious, self-restrained	24
15324726540	tenuous	having little substance or strength	25
15324730846	undulate	to move in waves	26
15324730847	viscous	not free flowing, syrupy	27
15324733702	abdicate	to give up a position, usually one of great power or authority	28
15324733703	acquiesce	to agree without protesting	29