AP Language Unit 11 Flashcards
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| 13699819778 | abstemious | (adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline | 0 | |
| 13699819779 | censurable | deserving of blame or correction | 1 | |
| 13699819780 | contingent | (adj.) likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance; (n.) a representative group forming part of a larger body | 2 | |
| 13699819781 | corroborate | (v.) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify | 3 | |
| 13699819782 | denizen | (n.) an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place | 4 | |
| 13699819783 | discursive | (adj.) passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic | 5 | |
| 13699819784 | disseminate | to scatter or spread widely | 6 | |
| 13699819785 | dowdy | (adj.) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste | 7 | |
| 13699819786 | florid | (adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy | 8 | |
| 13699819787 | foist | (v.) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion | 9 | |
| 13699819788 | gauche | (adj.) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy | 10 | |
| 13699843232 | Heresy | (n.) an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred | 11 | |
| 13699843233 | inculcate | to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly | 12 | |
| 13699843234 | palpable | (adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized | 13 | |
| 13699870175 | perceptive | (adj.) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation | 14 | |
| 13699870176 | pernicious | (adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal | 15 | |
| 13699870177 | salient | (adj.) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; (n.) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward | 16 | |
| 13699870178 | satiate | (v.) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; (adj.) full, satisfied | 17 | |
| 13699870179 | Sear | (v.) to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, singe | 18 | |
| 13699870180 | specious | (adj.) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit | 19 |