AP Language and Comp Vocab 5 Flashcards
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15188592366 | Analogous | similar or comparable in certain respects | 0 | |
15188606917 | Brigand | bandit | 1 | |
15188639595 | Confound | to confuse | 2 | |
15188668572 | Countenance | a person's face or facial expression | 3 | |
15188705991 | Curate | a clergyman who assists a vicar or reverend | 4 | |
15188715133 | Deposition | a written statement by a witness | 5 | |
15188721384 | Discursive | wandering from one topic to another | 6 | |
15188726197 | Disdain | treat something as unworthy | 7 | |
15188804921 | Emissary | An agent sent on a mission | 8 | |
15188824420 | Epigram | a short, witty poem or saying | 9 | |
15188840396 | Ethereal | heavenly | 10 | |
15188843838 | Feign | make a false show of; pretend | 11 | |
15188855101 | Felicity | happiness; bliss | 12 | |
15188855102 | Gambol | to jump or skip about playfully | 13 | |
15188865789 | Incendiary | willfully stirring up strife, riot | 14 | |
15188888624 | Iaconic | brief and to the point | 15 | |
15188898279 | Magnaminous | noble, generous | 16 | |
15188900690 | Mien | way of behaving; appearance | 17 | |
15188911168 | Mutability | tendency to change | 18 | |
15188993828 | Nascent | beginning to exist or develop | 19 | |
15188998381 | Nonplused | a condition of perplexity in which one is unable to react | 20 | |
15188919001 | Wry | turned or bent to one side; ironic | 21 | |
15188932652 | Veracity | truthfulness | 22 | |
15188982773 | Pedantic | showing off knowledge | 23 | |
15188937644 | Venerable | worthy of respect because of advanced age, achievement, virtue, or historical importance | 24 | |
15188978021 | Plight | a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation | 25 | |
15188947383 | Ubiquitous | seeming to be seen everywhere | 26 | |
15188970793 | Quail | to cower, lose heart | 27 | |
15188960141 | Rhetorical | the art of using words effectively in speaking or writing | 28 | |
15188963962 | Repartee | a quick, witty reply | 29 |