Ap-Language 70 Terms List Flashcards

11495318141	Servitude	slavery, forced labor	0
11495318142	hypochondria	abnormal anxiety about one's health, especially with an unwarranted fear that one has a serious disease.	1
11495318143	axiom	self-evident truth	2
11495318144	garret	attic	3
11495318145	prevaricate	to lie	4
11495318146	queer	strange	5
11495318147	jaunty	having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner	6
11495318148	haste	to hurry	7
11495318149	damsel	a young unmarried woman	8
11495318150	rouble	Russian currency	9
11495318151	tarred	smeared with tar (a black, sticky substance used for roads) (adj.)	10
11495318152	Caravat	a short, wide strip of fabric worn by men around the neck and tucked inside an open-necked shirt.	11
11495318153	tavern	a bar & restaurant that also has hotel rooms	12
11495318154	tinge	color slightly	13
11495318155	gleamed	flashed or beamed with light	14
11495318156	vice	bad habit	15
11495318157	orator	speaker	16
11495318158	Copecks	an aluminum-bronze coin of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, the 100th part of a ruble.	17
11495318159	vexed	annoyed	18
11495318160	smolder	burn slowly and without a flame	19
11495318161	scoundrel	a mean or wicked person	20
11495318210	sinister		21
11495318162	shrill	high-pitched	22
11495318163	rickety	shaky	23
11495318164	bilious	bad tempered; cross	24
11495318165	chintz	a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric	25
11495318166	sullenly	gloomily	26
11495318167	quarrel	an angry dispute	27
11495318168	cathedral	any large and important church	28
11495318169	terpsichorean	pertaining to dance	29
11495318170	quaint	charmingly old-fashioned	30
11495318171	pharisaical	self-righteous; hypocritical	31
11495318172	Scripture	sacred writings	32
11495318173	decipher	to figure out	33
11495318174	cypher	a secret or disguised way of writing; a code.	34
11495318175	Refinished	Finished again	35
11495318176	Attainments	accomplishments	36
11495318177	diabolical	devilish	37
11495318178	Confederate	an ally; an accomplice	38
11495318179	scorn	lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike	39
11495318180	Hypothalamus	brain region controlling the pituitary gland	40
11495318181	galvanized	steel that has been coated with zinc for increased resistance to rust	41
11495318182	spite	a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone	42
11495318183	fickle	changeable	43
11495318184	inexplicable	unexplainable	44
11495318185	sluggish	slow and lazy	45
11495318186	Epicurius	Greek Philosopher	46
11495318187	ornamental	decorative	47
11495318188	avail	to help; to be of use	48
11495318189	plumage	feathers of a bird	49
11495318190	slick	make smooth or glossy; N: smooth surface; Ex. oil slick; ADJ: smooth; glossy; deftly executed; adroit; glib	50
11495318191	Inversion	turning inward	51
11495318192	forge	counterfeit; reproduce fraudulently; form by heating in a forge and hammering into shape; move with a sudden increase of speed or power; Ex. forged ahead in the last two years; N: furnace where metals are heated	52
11495318193	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	53
11495318194	linger	to be slow in leaving or going away	54
11495318195	spontaneous	unplanned	55
11495318196	Rhetoric	the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.	56
11495318197	investment	the action or process of investing money for profit or material result.	57
11495318198	Stimuli	Changes in the environment	58
11495318199	tribulation	suffering; distress	59
11495318200	alderman	a member of the city government	60
11495318201	abstemious	moderate in appetite	61
11495318202	trencherman	a hearty eater	62
11495318203	runabout	a small car for short journeys	63
11495318204	swarthy	of dark color or complexion	64
11495318205	aristocrat	A member of a rich and powerful family	65
11495318206	sardonic	grimly mocking or cynical	66
11495318207	hostile	unfriendly	67
11495318208	sparsley	thin	68
11495318209	devoid	lacking	69