AP Language Set 4 Flashcards
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| 11774659408 | alleviate | to ease a pain or burden | 0 | |
| 11774662408 | asylum | a place of retreat or security | 1 | |
| 11774666424 | auspicious | favorable; promising | 2 | |
| 11774670648 | benevolent | well-meaning; generous | 3 | |
| 11774675939 | benign | kind and gentle | 4 | |
| 11774687462 | mollify | to calm or soothe | 5 | |
| 11774707040 | reclamation | the act of making something useful again | 6 | |
| 11774707042 | sanction | to give official authorization or approval | 7 | |
| 11774710965 | dubious | doubtful; of unlikely authenticity | 8 | |
| 11774719438 | fabricated | made; concocted to deceive | 9 | |
| 11774723845 | hypocrisy | the practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity | 10 | |
| 11774723846 | slander | False charges and malicious oral statements about someone | 11 | |
| 11774733089 | spurious | not genuine | 12 | |
| 11774762471 | astute | shrewd; clever | 13 | |
| 11774766450 | clandestine | secretive | 14 | |
| 11774766451 | coup | a brilliantly executed plan | 15 | |
| 11774770135 | disingenuous | not straightforward; crafty | 16 | |
| 11774773618 | ruse | a crafty trick | 17 | |
| 11774780329 | stratagem | a clever trick used to deceive or outwit | 18 | |
| 11774782512 | surreptitiously | done by secretive means | 19 |