AP Language Set E Flashcards
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| 10617516078 | OBSTINATE | firmly and unreasonably adhering to one's purpose, opinion | 0 | |
| 10617516079 | OBDURATE | unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; unyielding. | 1 | |
| 10617516080 | INGRATIATE | gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts | 2 | |
| 10617516081 | ESOTERIC | understandable by only an enlightened inner circle | 3 | |
| 10617516083 | REPLETE | full; abundant; filled to the brim | 4 | |
| 10617516084 | RIFE | prevalent; widespread; common (often negative) | 5 | |
| 10617516085 | REPREHENSIBLE | shameful; very bad | 6 | |
| 10617516086 | ENSCONCE | to settle securely or snugly; comfortably | 7 | |
| 10617516087 | ENSHROUD | to cover; conceal; to enclose with a dark cover | 8 | |
| 10617516088 | TEDIUM | dullness; monotony; boredom | 9 | |
| 10617516089 | RESCIND | to take back, repeal | 10 | |
| 10617516090 | REFUTE | to prove incorrect | 11 | |
| 10617516091 | LAMPOON | to ridicule with satire | 12 | |
| 10617516092 | HEDONISM | belief that attainment of pleasure is life's chief aim | 13 | |
| 10617516093 | EPHEMERAL | short-lived; fleeting | 14 | |
| 10617516094 | BOMBASTIC | pompous or pretentious talk or writing | 15 | |
| 10617516095 | OBFUSCATE | to confuse; to bewilder | 16 | |
| 10617516096 | DECORUM | proper behavior, good taste; orderliness | 17 | |
| 10617516097 | DOGGED | persistent, stubbornly determined, refusing to give up | 18 | |
| 10617516098 | CURTAIL | to cut short; end sooner than expected | 19 | |
| 10617516099 | DEGRADE | reduce someone's worth or value; step down to a lower position, rank, social status (suggest humiliation) | 20 | |
| 10617516100 | PRESUMPTUOUS | too forward or bold; overstepping proper bounds | 21 | |
| 10617516101 | PROPENSITY | a natural inclination or tendency | 22 | |
| 10617516102 | PENCHANT | a strong inclination or liking | 23 | |
| 10617516103 | INEPT | unskilled; clumsy; incompetent | 24 |