AP Language Vocabulary Shriver Part 1 Flashcards
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| 15002760829 | Truculen | adj. -fierce, rude, cruel, savage |  | 0 |
| 15002760830 | Venerate | -v- to worship |  | 1 |
| 15002760831 | Impish | -adj.- mischievous |  | 2 |
| 15002760832 | Tempest | n - a storm |  | 3 |
| 15002760833 | Indolent | - adj- idle, lazy, to avoid work |  | 4 |
| 15002760834 | Edifice | -n- a building, especially a tall imposing one |  | 5 |
| 15002760835 | Vicissitude | -n- a condition of constant change or alternation as a natural process, mutability |  | 6 |
| 15002760836 | . Torpor | -n- a state of being dormant or inactive, temporary loss of all or part of the power of sensation or motion, sluggishness, stupor, dullness |  | 7 |
| 15002760837 | Arduous | -adj.- difficult to do, laborious |  | 8 |
| 15002760838 | Advent | -n- arrival- |  | 9 |
| 15002760839 | Sentient | -adj.- capable of feeling |  | 10 |
| 15002760840 | Incumbent | - n- The holder of an office |  | 11 |
| 15002760841 | Sagacious | -adj.- wise Related word- sage |  | 12 |
| 15002760842 | Obtuse | - adj.- not sharp or blunt, either literally or metaphorically. Can be used to mean slow |  | 13 |
| 15002760843 | Alacrity | - n- liveliness, willingness to jump into the action |  | 14 |
| 15002760844 | Tremulous | -adj.- trembling, quivering, palpitating, even fearful |  | 15 |
| 15002760845 | Moribund | -adj.- dying |  | 16 |
| 15002760846 | Imbue | -v- to fill up, to saturate, to permeate or even to thoroughly inspire |  | 17 |
| 15002760847 | Reminiscence | -n- the act of remembering past experiences, the written or spoken recollection Related word- reminisce |  | 18 |
| 15002760848 | Gourmand | -n- a glutton |  | 19 |
| 15002760849 | Vitiate- | v- to make imperfect, faulty or impure; can also refer to impure or perverse people; to nullify a contract |  | 20 |
| 15002760850 | Expatiate | -v- to leave the homeland . |  | 21 |
| 15002760851 | Repudiate | -v- to put away, to divorce, to cast off publicly |  | 22 |
| 15002760852 | banal | adj- trite, commonplace, tired |  | 23 |
| 15002760853 | percolate | - v.-ooze gradually or strain, used metaphorically to mean permeate gradually |  | 24 |
| 15002760854 | Imbecile | -n- a very foolish or stupid person |  | 25 |
| 15002760855 | Cumbersome | - adj.- hard to handle or deal with because of size |  | 26 |
| 15002760856 | Polemic | - adj.- controversial |  | 27 |
| 15002760857 | Malleable | -adj.- capable of being changed molded or trained, originally used to refer to the bending of iron |  | 28 |