ap vocab Flashcards
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| 14751863891 | ameliorate | to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming | 0 | |
| 14751865824 | aplomb | (n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity | 1 | |
| 14751867393 | bombastic | (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas | 2 | |
| 14751868558 | callow | (adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers | 3 | |
| 14751871023 | drivel | (n.) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; (v.) to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly | 4 | |
| 14751876115 | epitome | (n.) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality | 5 | |
| 14751882404 | exhort | (v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly | 6 | |
| 14751884840 | ex officio | by virtue of holding a certain office | 7 | |
| 14751889822 | infringe | to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds | 8 | |
| 14751890973 | ingratiate | (v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense) | 9 | |
| 14751894972 | interloper | one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder | 10 | |
| 14751897715 | intrinsic | (adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part | 11 | |
| 14751901561 | inveigh | (v.) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval | 12 | |
| 14751903205 | lassitude | (n.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy | 13 | |
| 14751905453 | millennium | (n.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy | 14 | |
| 14751906615 | occult | (adj.) secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny; (v.) to hide, cover up; eclipse; (n.) matters involving the supernatural | 15 | |
| 14751909647 | permeate | (v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak through | 16 | |
| 14751911129 | precipitate | (v.) to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height, to give distinct form to; (adj.) characterized by excessive haste; (n.) moisture; the product of an action or process | 17 | |
| 14751915449 | stringent | (adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste | 18 | |
| 14751917898 | surmise | (v.) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof | 19 |