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Ap Lang List
Mrs Martins Cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aggregate | to unite /combine |
| Antithesis | an opposie or contrast |
| Aplomb | Self-confidence;poise |
| Atrophy | wasting away /to waste |
| Attrition | the act of wearing away by friction |
| Autonomy | quality or condition of being independent |
| Charlatan | a quack;an imposter |
| Circumvent | to surround;to catch in a trap |
| Coalesce | to grow together;to merge into one |
| Diatribe | discourse or dispute especially one of malicious criticism |
| Facetious | lightly joking |
| Filch | to steal /the thing stolen |
| Fulminating | thundering; exploding; hurling denunciation |
| Heretical | containing, holding opinions opposite of what is generally accepted |
| Machinations | the act of planning with evil intent |
| Malediction | invocation of evil; curse; slander; a speaking of evil about some collection of things |
| Oscillate | to swing to and fro; to be indecisive |
| Perusal | a careful and thorough reading |
| Pusillanimous | faint-hearted; cowardly |
| Querulous | inclined to find fault; habitually complaining |
| Resilience | the act of leaping or springing back; a rebound |
| Schism | a split or division in organized group |
| Urbane | courteous in manners; polite |
| Vaguay | an odd action or bit of conduct |
| Acrimonious | sharp, bitter, corrosive; severe sarcastic speech |
| Ameliorate | to make better; to improve |
| Assuage | to lessen; pacify, satisfy / to abate or subside |
| Banal | commonplace, trivial |
| Chary | careful, cautious, shy, frugal or stingy |
| Embryonic | in an early stage; underdeveloped |
| Enigma | a perplexing statement,riddle |
| Inexorable | that which cannot be moved by persuasion, immovable |
| Intrepid | fearless,brave, bold |
| Inveterate | deep rooted, settled in habitat, practice |
| Laconic | concise phrase, expressing much in few words |
| Loquacious | talkitive |
| Obeisance | a gesture of respect or reverence (bow or curtsy) deference |
| Pedantic | making a display of knowledge |
| Petulant | impatient, irritable, bad tempered |
| Phlegmatic | hard to rouse to action, sluggish |
| Proclivity | a natural tendency (toward something discreditable) |
| Prognosticate | to predict, to fortell |
| Pugnacious | disposed to fight quarrelsome |
| Pulchritude | Physical Beauty |
| Scrupulous | careful of details, conscientiously |
| Trenchant | keen penetrating; forceful, vigorous, clear out , distinct |
| Vapid | tasteless, flavorless, flat, uninteresting, lifeless, dull |
| Obsequious | excessive willingness to obey; devoted, dutiful |
| Erudite | having extensive knowledge /a learned person |
| Truncate | to shorten by cutting |
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