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AP English Vocab 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abeyance | Suspense/suspension. State of temporary inactivity. |
| ambivalent | Unsure, conflicted. Mixture of opposing feelings |
| beleaguer | To surround with armed forces to capture or prevent commerce/communication. |
| carte blanche | Free hand. Permission to do something the way you choose. |
| cataclysm | Flood. Great flow of water. |
| debauch | Degrade, humiliate, demean. To lower character, dignity, or quality. |
| éclat | Show, parade, spectacle. |
| fastidious | Careful, finicky, picky. hard to please. |
| gambol | Spree. A time/instance of carefree fun. |
| imbue | To cause a person to become filled or saturated with a certain quality/principle. |
| inchoate | Initial, first. Beginning to come into existence. |
| lampoon | Creative work that is used to sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person. |
| malleable | Adaptable. Easily molded/modeled. |
| nemesis | Punisher. Someone who inflicts punishment in return for injury/offense. |
| opt | Choose, decide. |
| philistine | Materialist, clown. A person who is interested in material comfort and is hostile/indifferent to art/culture. |
| picaresque | Relating to/suggesting or being a type of fiction dealing with the episodic adventures of a usually roguish protagonist. |
| queasy | Sick, nauseous, squeamish. |
| refractory | Rebellious, defiant, stubborn. |
| savoir-faire | Knowledge of the correct course of action in a particular situation. |