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AP SEM VOCAB II
Test 3/5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sever | To separate, divide into parts |
| Synthesis | Combining parts into a whole |
| Engender | To produce, cause, or bring about |
| Discrete | Unconnected; separate; distinct |
| Disperse | To scatter, spread far and wide |
| Eccentric | Unconventional and slightly strange |
| Redundant | (adj.) Extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush |
| Precursor | That which comes before; forerunner |
| Defer | To postpone |
| Catalyst | Something that brings about a change in something else |
| Disarm | To deprive of weapons or to win over |
| Prone | Likely to or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something, typically |
| Profound | Having great depth or seriousness |
| Torque | A force that causes rotation |
| Digress | To stray from the main subject |
| Diverge | To vary; go in different directions from the same point |
| Tangential | (adj.) Only slightly relevant, going off topic |
| Porous | (adj.) Full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water |
| Plummet | Fall suddenly and steeply |
| Circumlocution | The use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive |