AP Language Vocab 2 Flashcards
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| 14817372798 | ameliorate | to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming | 0 | |
| 14817372799 | aplomb | poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity | 1 | |
| 14817372800 | bombastic | pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas | 2 | |
| 14817372801 | callow | without experience; immature; not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers | 3 | |
| 14817372802 | drivel | saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless y'all or thinking; nonsense; to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly | 4 | |
| 14817372803 | epitome | a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality | 5 | |
| 14817372804 | exhort | to urge strongly, advise earnestly | 6 | |
| 14817372805 | ex officio | by virtue of holding a certain office | 7 | |
| 14817372806 | infringe | to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized values | 8 | |
| 14817372807 | ingratiate | to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by other | 9 | |
| 14817372808 | interloper | one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder | 10 | |
| 14817372809 | intrinsic | belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part | 11 | |
| 14817372810 | inveigh | to make violent attack in words, express strong disapproval | 12 | |
| 14817372811 | lassitude | weariness of body or mind, lack of energy | 13 | |
| 14817372812 | millenium | a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy | 14 | |
| 14817372813 | occult | secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny; to hide, cover up; eclipse matters involving the supernatural | 15 | |
| 14817372814 | permeate | to spread through, penetrate, soak through | 16 | |
| 14817372815 | precipitate | to fall as moisture; to hurl down from a great height | 17 | |
| 14817372816 | stringent | strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste | 18 | |
| 14817372817 | surmise | to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof | 19 |