AP Language Set I Flashcards
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| 13178400157 | DESPOTISM | the cruel exercise of absolute power | 0 | |
| 13178400158 | RECTITUDE | moral uprightness | 1 | |
| 13178400159 | NASCENT | beginning to exist or develop | 2 | |
| 13178400160 | IMPETUS | a moving force, impulse, stimulus | 3 | |
| 13178400161 | ENGENDER | produce, cause, give rise to | 4 | |
| 13178400162 | VICISSITUDE | a change or variation; ups and downs | 5 | |
| 13178400163 | RENEGE | to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise | 6 | |
| 13178400164 | PROLIFERATE | to reproduce or spread rapidly | 7 | |
| 13178400165 | GERMANE | relevant/appropriate | 8 | |
| 13178400166 | EFFACE | to erase | 9 | |
| 13178400167 | EFFUSIVE | emotionally excessive; overly demonstrative | 10 | |
| 13178400168 | COGENT | powerfully convincing | 11 | |
| 13178400169 | GRATIUITOUS | uncalled for, unwarranted | 12 | |
| 13178400170 | VOLITION | will; conscious choice | 13 | |
| 13178400171 | PROXIMITY | nearness, closeness | 14 | |
| 13178400172 | ABSTRUSE | hard to understand because of complexity/abstractness; is also esoteric | 15 | |
| 13178400173 | INSATIABLE | impossible to satisfy | 16 | |
| 13178400174 | VORACIOUS | exceedingly eager or avid | 17 | |
| 13178400175 | IMPERVIOUS | 1. not permitting passage 2. incapable of being influenced | 18 | |
| 13178400176 | CAMARADERIE | good-fellowship | 19 | |
| 13178400177 | VANGUARD | the front part of an army; the forefront in any movement | 20 | |
| 13178400178 | RELEGATE | assign to a lower position | 21 | |
| 13178400179 | SUBJUGATE | to conquer by force, bring under complete control | 22 | |
| 13178400180 | ICONOCLAST | one who undermines traditional conventions or institutions | 23 | |
| 13178400181 | DEMOGOGUE | a leader who appeals to citizens' emotions to obtain power | 24 |