AP Language Set C Flashcards
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| 10617515135 | COMPUNCTION | a feeling of anxiety caused by regret for doing something wrong or causing pain | 0 | |
| 10617515136 | EXACERBATE | to increase the severity; aggravate | 1 | |
| 10617515137 | AMELIORATE | to make or become better or improve | 2 | |
| 10617515138 | PLACATE | to appease or pacify with concessions | 3 | |
| 10617515139 | ASSUAGE | to make milder; relieve; soothe, calm fears or anger | 4 | |
| 10617515140 | VIABLE | 1. capable of living; 2. useful or effective | 5 | |
| 10617515141 | DENIGRATE | to attack the reputation of; to speak ill of | 6 | |
| 10617515142 | VEHEMENT | strongly emotional; intense or passionate | 7 | |
| 10617515143 | DELINEATE | to portray in words; describe with precision | 8 | |
| 10617515144 | INURED | made tough by habitual exposure | 9 | |
| 10617515145 | SALIENT | prominent; of notable significance | 10 | |
| 10617515146 | EXTOL | to praise, to glorify | 11 | |
| 10617515147 | ENERVATE | to weaken; to reduce in vitality | 12 | |
| 10617515148 | LACONIC | brief and to the point | 13 | |
| 10617515149 | VERBOSE | wordy, long winded | 14 | |
| 10617515150 | CACHET | a mark of distinction; prestige | 15 | |
| 10617515151 | ELICIT | to draw forth, bring out from some source | 16 | |
| 10617515152 | OBSCURE | unclear; not well known; partially hidden; hard to understand | 17 | |
| 10617515153 | VISCERAL | Instinctive rather than rational | 18 | |
| 10617515154 | QUINTESSENTIAL | the most typical; ideal | 19 | |
| 10617515155 | ELUCIDATE | to clarify, explain | 20 | |
| 10617515156 | FIAT | an official order, a decree | 21 | |
| 10617515157 | SACROSCANT | holy; too sacred to attack (often used ironically) | 22 | |
| 10617515158 | WINDFALL | unexpected good fortune | 23 | |
| 10617515159 | ASCETICISM | self-restraint; doctrine that claims renunciation of worldly pleasures allows one to achieve a higher spiritual state of being | 24 |