AP language #4 Flashcards
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| 13421412198 | oligarchy | A government ruled by a few powerful people | 0 | |
| 13421420163 | omnipotent | almighty, having unlimited power or authority | 1 | |
| 13421424193 | orthography | the conventional spelling system of a language. | 2 | |
| 13421431913 | oxidize | combine or become combined chemically with oxygen. | 3 | |
| 13421447599 | parabola | a symmetrical open plane curve formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its side. The path of a projectile under the influence of gravity ideally follows a curve of this shape. | 4 | |
| 13421457115 | paradigm | a typical example or pattern of something; a model. | 5 | |
| 13421465383 | parameter | (n.) a determining or characteristic element; a factor that shapes the total outcome; a limit, boundary | 6 | |
| 13421468685 | pecuniary | relating to or consisting of money. | 7 | |
| 13421474607 | photosynthesis | process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches | 8 | |
| 13421479019 | plagiarize | take (the work or an idea of someone else) and pass it off as one's own | 9 | |
| 13421488358 | plasma | the colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended | 10 | |
| 13421504573 | polymer | a substance that has a molecular structure consisting chiefly or entirely of a large number of similar units bonded together, e.g., many synthetic organic materials used as plastics and resins. | 11 | |
| 13421519295 | precipitous | dangerously high or steep | 12 | |
| 13421525657 | quasar | a massive and extremely remote celestial object, emitting exceptionally large amounts of energy, and typically having a starlike image in a telescope. It has been suggested that quasars contain massive black holes and may represent a stage in the evolution of some galaxies. | 13 | |
| 13421541199 | quotidian | of or occurring every day; daily. | 14 | |
| 13421547184 | recapitulate | recapitulate; 3rd person present: recapitulates; past tense: recapitulated; past participle: recapitulated; gerund or present participle: recapitulating summarize and state again the main points of. | 15 | |
| 13421557906 | reciprocal | given, felt, or done in return | 16 | |
| 13421563634 | reparation | the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. | 17 | |
| 13421572911 | respiration | the action of breathing. | 18 | |
| 13421577324 | sanguine | optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation. | 19 |