AP Literature Chapter 1 Flashcards
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| 10448902842 | Ameliorate | Become better; make better; improve; enhance | 0 | |
| 10448904636 | Conserve | Keep from waste, loss, or decay; save | 1 | |
| 10448905744 | Detriment | Injury, damage, or something that causes it; disadvantage | 2 | |
| 10448906767 | Exotic | 1. introduced from another country; foreign 2. strikingly unusual; strange | 3 | |
| 10448910664 | Folly | Lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking | 4 | |
| 10448911353 | Formerly | In an earlier period; previously | 5 | |
| 10448913098 | Harmony | Peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement; tranquility; concord | 6 | |
| 10448916676 | Ignore | Refuse to take notice of; disregard | 7 | |
| 10448917300 | Impediment | Something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle | 8 | |
| 10448918204 | Indolent | Disposed to avoid exertion; lazy; idle; lethargic | 9 | |
| 10448919076 | Intact | Untouched by anything that damages or diminishes; left complete or entire; uninjured | 10 | |
| 10448920648 | Invalid | Not binding in law; having no force or effect; void; nugatory | 11 | |
| 10448921726 | Noncarcinogenic | Not producing, or tending to produce, cancer | 12 | |
| 10448923767 | Parsimonious | Unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted | 13 | |
| 10448928088 | Raze | Destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level | 14 | |
| 10448927316 | Reticent | Inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reserved | 15 | |
| 10448929990 | Retire | 1. Withdraw from active duty or business 2. Go to bed | 16 | |
| 10448932063 | Retort | Answer; reply sharply or angrily | 17 | |
| 10448932814 | Subvert | Overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine | 18 | |
| 10448933732 | Tractable | Easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding; docile; amenable | 19 |