AP L&C Unit 1 Flashcards
Arrogate
v
To claim or take without right
Synonym: expropriate
Antonym: abandon
The robbery concluded when the criminal left the bank after ARROGATING the currency.
Acquisitive
adj
Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
Synonym: avaricious
Antonym: altruistic
The conquistador was not concerned with the Natives’ will; he was too ACQUISITAVE.
Banal
adj
Hackneyed, trite, commonplace
Synonym: hackneyed
Antonym: new
Don’t go about the problem in a BANAL way; challenge yourself and figure out something new.
Belabor
v
To work on excessively; to thrash soundly
Synonym: overwork
Just draw a picture; don’t BELABOR over every square inch you draw on the page.
Carping
adj/n
(adj) Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way
(n) petty, nagging criticism
Synonym: nit-picking
Antonym: uncritical
You annoy me because you are so CARPING about everything I do.
Coherent
adj
Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
Synonym: unified
Antonym: disjointed
You should put Pam and Jim together because they are COHERENT and work as a team.
Congeal
v
To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
Synonym: solidify
Antonym: liquefy
As you freeze water to make it ice, the particles CONGEAL in the freezer.
Encomium
n
A formal expression of praise; a lavish tribute
Synonym: eulogy
Antonym: condemnation
Every year on 9/11, there is an ENCOMIUM on television for all that died on that dreadful day.
Eschew
v
To avoid, shun, keep away from
Synonym: shun
Antonym: adopt
Losing weight may be a result of exercising and eschewing junk food.
Germane
adj
Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
Synonym: pertinent
Antonym: irrelevant
If you are going to say things that are not GERMANE to the discussion, then get out of the classroom.
Insatiable
adj
(adj) So great or demanding as not to be satisfied
Synonym: ravenous
Rev up those friers; I have an insatiable appetite!
Intransigent
adj
Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
Synonym: unyielding
Antonym: lukewarm
You have to be able to compromise to settle something with Tara because she is INTRANSIGENT.
Invidious
adj
Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
Synonym: malicious
Antonym: flattering
The Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying (H.I.B.) laws in New Jersey state that INVIDIOUS remarks will result in punishment.
Largesse
n
Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
Synonym: generosity
Antonym: stinginess
I greatly respect celebrities with LARGESSE and philanthropy and celebrities who do not keep all their earnings to themselves.
Reconnaissance
n
A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
Synonym: exploration
In video games like Call of Duty, the player goes on a faux RECONNAISSANCE looking for enemy “soldiers”.
Substantiate
v
To establish by evidence; prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
Synonym: confirm
Antonym: refute
Let me SUBSTANTIATE that any talking in this class will result in detention; it happened to Nick!
Taciturn
adj
Habitually silent or quiet; inclined to talk very little
Synonym: uncommunicative
Antonym: garrulous
If a class is full of a bunch of TACITURN, it might be boring as a result of no real discussion.
Temporize
v
To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
Synonym: procrastinate
It is not a good idea to TEMPORIZE; rather, get your homework done on time.
Tenable
adj
Capable of being held or defended
Synonym: defensible
Antonym: indefensible
As long as you can show your work, your claim that you finished your homework that quickly will be TENABLE.
