AP LANG: chapter 2 vocab flashcards

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Appall

To shock in a terrible or disturbing way.

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Cognizant

aware of ; conscious of

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Commiserate

To express sorrow or comfort someone.

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Expedient

Self-interested, selfish; only looking out for oneself.

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Hindrance

A barrier or something you have to get around.

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Kindle

To inspire or start it up to a spark.

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Lavish

Overly luxurious.

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Ludicrous

Ridiculous or absurd.

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Negligent

Thoughtless or careless; low effort.

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Scrutinize

To inspect or check something carefully.

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Clamor

Loud noise.

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Contract

To become smaller.

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Duplicity

Deceit; lying.

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Equivocal

Vague.

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Irresolute

unable to device; indecisive

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Rescind

To cancel.

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Stagnant

Motionless.

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Uniform

similar

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Untenable

unable to defend; indefensible

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Vilify

To speak evil of.

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Affable

Good-natured; friendly

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Apocryphal

Fictitious.

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Desultory

Random; not thorough and organized.

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Garbled

Distorted, unclear, mixed up.

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Irascible

Bad-tempered, irritable, angered.

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Loquacious

Talking too much; chatty.

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Obtuse

Stupid; dense.

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Opaque

hard to understand; complex.

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Paucity

Lack of; shortage; scarcity.

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Recapitulate

To sum up; repeat; reiterate.

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Accolade

An expression of approval.

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Assuage

To make less severe.

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Cacophony

Unpleasant noise.

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Censure

Disapproval.

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Diatribe

A verbal attack.

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Edifice

A structure.

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Gravity

Seriousness.

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Infraction

broke a rule

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Profane

Lacking reverence ; lacking respect

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Somber

Very serious.

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Blasphemy

An insult to something holy.

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Enmity

Hostility.

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Erroneous

Wrong.

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Garner

To gather.

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Heretic

A rebel.

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Incite

To urge on.

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Languish

weak

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Peruse

To inspect.

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Recluse

A hermit; person who tends to avoid other people or lives a solitary life

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Renounce

To give up.

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