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12 AP List 4
KMiller 12AP List 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| feckless | adj) weak; ineffective |
| impasse | (n.) a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| indolent | (adj.) averse to activity, effort, or movement |
| lugubrious | (adj.) exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful |
| ribald | (n.) person of low status; person participating in lewd behavior |
| adulation | (n) excessive or slavish admiration or flattery |
| censure | (n.) judgment involving condemnation |
| dissemble | (v.) to put on the appearance of |
| pernicious | (adj.) highly injurious or destructive |
| droll | (adj.) having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| expectorate | (v.) to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting |
| palpate | (v.) to examine by touch, especially medically |
| peremptory | (adj.) expressive of urgency or command |
| pusillanimous | (adj.) lacking courage and resolution; marked by contemptible timidity |
| surfeit | (n.) an intemperate or immoderate indulgence in something |