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AP English Vocab. #5
Vocabulary List #5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship (i.e. a knight greeting a queen) | genuflections |
| talking without sincerity or thought | glib |
| cadence | rhythmic flow (in language this is done through parallel syntax, rhyme, etc.) |
| treacherous; deceitful | insidious |
| to fake (i.e. a possum feigns death when it is in danger) | feign |
| impromptu; done with little or no planning or preparation | extemporaneous |
| to bewilder or confuse | bemuse |
| to annoy | exasperate |
| fiery; heated; satanic | sulphurous |