AP Lang Flashcards

14707853663	abject	Lowly, miserable and wretched	0
14707853664	abet	to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)	1
14707860642	absolve	to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt	2
14707860643	acclimate	to adapt to a new climate, environment, or situation	3
14707860922	addiction	compulsive need to have an object	4
14707863426	accede	to express approval or give consent	5
14707863427	abstain	to chose not to do something, to refrain deliberatley and often	6
14707870067	abdicate	to renounce a throne, high office, dignity or function	7
14707870068	academic	Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university.	8
14707871789	abhor	to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply	9
14707871790	aphorism	a concise statement of a truth or principle	10
14707873100	breach	an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction	11
14707873101	brigand	a robber or bandit	12
14707874024	circumspect	careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences	13
14707874164	commandeer	to take control of by force, direct authority	14
14707876968	cumbersome	clumsy, hard to handle / unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk	15
14707876969	deadlock	a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equality powerful uncompromising persons or factions	16
14707878290	debris	the remains of something that has been destroyed	17
14707878291	diffuse	to spread or scatter freely or widely	18
14707879873	dilemma	a difficult or perplexing situation or problem	19
14707881072	efface	to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface	20