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Vocab Week 11-15
AP College Prep with Thomas at Emporia High School
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By: Haley DeLong
Created: 2012-03-08
Size: 100 flashcards
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Created: 2012-03-08
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coerce
to force
comprehensive
covering much, inclusive, thorough
conjecture
guess or assumption
corroborate
confirm, support
domicile
home
elapse
to pass by
fruitless
without gain, useless
garbled
confused, mixed up
inundate
to flood, swamp, or overwhelm
lax
careless, not strict or severe, loose
lurid
sensational
meticulous
paying attention to detail, precise
obviate
render unnecessary, eliminate, do away with
phlegmatic
calm, emotionless, unflappable
poignant
emotionally painful, moving
quip
to joke
rash
reckless, without thought, irresponsible
sanguine
hopeful, optimisticm confident
sporadic
occasional
zealous
enthusiastic
anathema
something detested or loathed
diatribe
bitter criticism
expunge
erase, delete
flamboyant
colorful
fortuitous
accidental and fortunate
ilk
kind, sort
incoherent
disjointed; not easily understood
inhibition
integral
integral
essential, necessary
jaunty
sprightly, energetic
nominal
in name only, slight
ostentatious
showy
placard
poster, advertisement
prestigious
well-known, famous
remuneration
reward or payment
schism
split, divide, area of disagreement
timorous
fearful
truncated
cut short
utopia
perfection; an idea place
cryptic
puzzling, complex, cannot be easily understood
curtail
cut short, end quickly
emit
to discharge, issue, or give off
eventuate
to end; to result finally
haven
place of safety
importune
ask urgently, beg
inchoate
in an early stage; young or new, just taking form
incontrovertible
cannot be denied or disputed
incredulous
skeptical, doubting, can't believe
jeopardize
to endanger
permeate
to spread or pass through
premise
a proposition for an argument or basis for further detail
propitious
favorable, lucky
repress
to put down or hold back
subjugate
to conquer and enslave
subterranean
underground
surmise
guess, assume
surreptitious
secret, quiet and without attracting notice
ultimate
final or best
viable
able to be done; possible
aspire
to strive for
bias
prejudice
havoc
state of ruin or chaos
incisive
keen, acute
inveigh
prejudice
lethal
deadly
mammoth
huge
nettle
irritate
overt
evident, open
precipitate
hasten, bring about prematurely
raze
destroy; burn, bomb or otherwise bring to the ground
relegate
banish, assign to an inferior position, demote
repulse
drive back
scurry
run quickly
sinecure
easy job requiring little effort with big reward
singular
remarkable, uncommon
stentorian
loud and commanding in tone
stereotype
convention, custom, oversimplified belief, opinion, or image
supine
lying prone or on the back
valor
courage
abrogate
to deprive of legal force, cancel
access
admittance
accomplice
an associate in crime
alleged
supposed, reported
asperity
bitterness of temper
complicity
partnership in wrongdoing
controversial
debatable
culpable
deserving blame
declaim
speak loudly
epithet
descriptive name
extrinsic
coming from outside, foreign
fetter
to hamper, to chain
invalidate
repeal by law
landmark
historic
liquidation
destruction, disposal of
nomadic
wandering
paragon
model of excellence
persevere
persist
preclude
prevent
recant
renounce previous statements
fractious
quarrelsome
About this deck
By: Haley DeLong
Created: 2012-03-08
Size: 100 flashcards
Views: 17
Created: 2012-03-08
Size: 100 flashcards
Views: 17
About StudyBlue
STUDYBLUE makes things that make you better at school.
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