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AP Lang Vocab #5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allay | to put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc) to rest; calm; quiet |
| Capacious | capable of holding much; spacious or roomy |
| Diurnal | of or pertaining to a day or each day; daily |
| Extricate | to free or release from entanglement; disengage |
| Ignominious | marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating |
| Mitigate | to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate |
| Palpitate | to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc; flutter |
| Phlegmatic | not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish |
| Propitious | presenting favorable conditions; favorable |
| Prostrate | lying face down |
| Acquiesce | to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent |
| Amity | friendship; peaceful harmony |
| Arduous | requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult |
| Gestalt | a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole |
| Inundate | to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge |