Vocabulary Studies #1 AP LANG Rockwell

abate

to decrease in terms of force and intensity(verb)

adaptive

providing, contributing to, or marked by adaptation(adjective)

corroborate

to support with evidence or authority(verb)

Deleterious

harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way(adjective)

Didactic

assigned or intended to teach in a disapproving way (adj)

Fruition

pleasurable use(noun)

Indelible

that cannot be removed or erased(adj)

Iniquity

gross injustice(noun)

posthumous

after death(adj)

proliferation

to grow by rapid production(verb)

Recoil

to fall back under pressure(verb)

Repository

a place where something is stored(noun)

Spurious

born to parents not married; falsified origin (adj)

substantiate

to give form to(verb)

totem

an object serving as the emblem of a family(noun)