AP Language & Composition - Unit 3 Vocab Flashcards
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| 15352399046 | Ancillary | (adj.) subordinate or supplementary | 0 | |
| 15352402049 | Bowdlerize | (v.) to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.) | 1 | |
| 15352409091 | Condescend | (v.) to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner | 2 | |
| 15352415609 | Cozen | (v.) to trick; to cheat or swindle | 3 | |
| 15352415610 | Enclave | (n.) an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character | 4 | |
| 15352415611 | Forte | (n.) a person's strong point; what a person does best | 5 | |
| 15352417373 | Gratis | (adj.) free (adv.) without charge | 6 | |
| 15352417374 | Icon | (n.) a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion | 7 | |
| 15352417375 | Interstice | (n.) a small, narrow space between things or parts of things | 8 | |
| 15352419138 | Macrocosm | (n.) the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something | 9 | |
| 15352419139 | Mountebank | (n.) a trickster or swindler; a charlatan | 10 | |
| 15352420720 | Paean | (n.) a song of praise, joy, or triumph | 11 | |
| 15352422482 | Persiflage | (n.) lighthearted joking, talking, or writing | 12 | |
| 15352429235 | Plethora | (n.) overfullness; superabundance; superfluity | 13 | |
| 15352429236 | Pragmatic | (adj.) concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; being stiff in one's opinions | 14 | |
| 15352429237 | Quizzical | (adj.) puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal | 15 | |
| 15352430855 | Rapacity | (n.) inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one's desires by force, extortion, or plunder | 16 | |
| 15352430856 | Schism | (n.) a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions | 17 | |
| 15352430857 | Therapeutic | (adj.) having the power to heal or cure; being beneficial | 18 | |
| 15352433448 | Virtuoso | (n.) a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique (adj.) masterly or brilliant | 19 |