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AP Language and Composition Flashcards

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recondite

“throughout, the syntax is punchy and slangy, while the diction often grrows brazenly recondite”

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difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend

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erudite

“bobby valentine was erudite, if a bit condescending”

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having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying: possessing or displaying

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defiant

“before leaving atlanta on his plane, mr. trump was defiant”

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full or showing a disposition to challenge, resist, or fight

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grandoise

“his humble, grandoise thanks, and the 500 men rise”

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characterized by affection of granduer or splendor or by absurd exaggeration

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tantalizing

“that seemed ever barely to elude their grasp - like a tantalizing will-o’-the-wisp”

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tormenting or teasing with sight or promise of something unobtainable

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peremptory

“peremptory military commands, this way and that, could not answer the query; the emancipation proclamation seemed but to broaden and intensify the difficulties”

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insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way

adj

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naught

“the war has naught to do with slaves, cried congress”

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nothing

pronoun

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spasmodically

“stood idle, or, if they worked spasmodically”

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suddenly for short periods of time

adverb

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unavailing

“beat unavailing palms against the stone, or steadily, half hopelessy, watcht he streak of blue above”

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futile, useless

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rollicking

“it is int he early days of rollicking boyhood”

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boisterously carefree, joyful, or high-spirited

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revelation

“no true self-conciousness, but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world”

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an act of revealing or communicating divine truth

noun

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demagogy

“by the poverty and ignorance of his people…doctor was tempted toward quackery and demagogy”

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leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power

noun

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latent

“to husband and use his best powers and his latent genius”

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present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic

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articulate

“which is larger audience despised, and he could not articulate the message of another people”

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to give clear and effective utterance to: put into words

verb

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vindictive

“his vindictive nature was demonstrated long before the witchcraft began”

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intense, unreasoning desire for revenge

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clamoured

“i have spoke nothin’, but my heart has clamoured intentions”

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a loud continuous noise

noun

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eloquent

“herbert’s visually eloquent poetry represented a considerable technical challenge for book printers”

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marked by forceful and fluent expression

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contention

“i will not discuss it…unknown…had enough contention since I came; I want no more”

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rivarly, competition: e.g. a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument

noun

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calumny

“in proctor’s presence a fool felt his foolishness instantly - and a Proctor is always marked for calumny therefore”

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the making of false statements with the intent to harm

noun

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sniveling

“she is a cold sniveling woman, and you bend to her!”

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to speack or act in a whining, sniffling, fearful, or weakly emotional manner

verb

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inquisitive

“he is knotted with muscle, canny, inquisitive, and still powerful”

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given to examination or investigation

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acreage

“we vote by name in this society, not by acreage”

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area in acres

noun

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defamation

“is it the devil’s fault that a man cannot say you good morning without you clap him for defamation?”

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unjust injury to someone’s good reputation through the making of false statements

noun

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abrogation

“political opposition…inhumane overlay…justify the abrogation of all normally applied customs”

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abolishment

noun

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congerie

“once such an equation is effectively made, society becomes a congerie”

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heap; pile

noun

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orator

“although he was an outstanding orator and debater throughout his political career”

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one distinguished for skill and power as a public speaker

noun

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consecrate

“living and dead, who struggled here, have consecreated it far above our poor power”

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to make declared sacred

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hallow

“we cannot dedicate… we cannot hallow this ground”

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to make holy or set apart for holy use

verb

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fourscore

“fourscore and seven years ago”

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being four times twenty: eighty

adj

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deplorable

“present deplorable state of the kingdom a very great additional grievance”

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deserving censure or contempt: e.g. wretched, lamentable

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hitherto

“situation affairs is utterly impossible by all methods hitherto proposed”

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up to this or that time

adverb

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rudiments

“stealing till they arrive… learn the rudiment much earlier”

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a basic principle or element or a fundamental skill

noun

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ragoust

“wholesome food, whether stewed… equally serve in a fricasie, or a ragoust”

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a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without veggies

noun

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eminent

“a grave author, an eminent French physician”

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standing out so as to be readily perceived or noted

adj

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prolifick

“infant’s flesh will be in season… plentiful in March that fish being a prolifick dyet’

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CAUSING ABUNDANT GROWTH, GENERATION, OR REPRODUCTION

adj

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censure

“some scrupulous people might be apt to censure such a practice”

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to find fruit and criticize as blameworthy

adj

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carcass

“when any young person… death… sold the carcass to persons”

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dead body

noun

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tithes

“leave their country, than stay at home and pay tithes against their conscience”

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a small tax or levy

noun

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inducement

“sixthly, this would be a great inducement to marriage, which all wise nations have either encouraged by rewards”

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a motive or consideration that leads one to action or to additional or more effective actions

noun

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prudence

“gaming in our women: of… prudence and temperance: of learning to love our country”

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ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason

noun

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preventive

“a professor of preventive medicine”

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designed or serving to prevent the occurence of disease

adj

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syncytial

“of the coronavirus, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, known as R.S.V”

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a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm resulting from fusion of cells

adj

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aerosol

“masks work by filtering out both the tiny aerosol particles through”

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a suspension of fine solid or liquid particles in gas

noun

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postdoctoral

“postdoctoral researcher at Standford Medicine”

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being beyond the doctoral level

adj

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forgo

“smaller holiday parties with people you know, its fine to forgo masks if guests test beforehand”

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to give up the enjoyment of advantage of: do without

verb

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confined

“close contact, crowded spaces and confined spaces”

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limited to a particular location

adj

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pediatric

“especially in pediatric hospitals with R.S.V.”

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specializing in pediatrics or its practice

adj

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transmission

“masks help reduce the transmission of several respiratory viruses”

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an act, process, or instance of transmitting

noun

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rundown

“test beforehand and stay home if they’re feeling rundown”

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work-out, exhausted

adj

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bipartisan

“a separate bipartisan bill, which was introduced”

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involving members of two parties

adj

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tailored

‘highly tailored videos to users based on their profiles and interest”

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make or adapt for a particular purpose or person

adj

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interoperable

“deliver globally interoperable experiences”

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ability of a system to work with or use the parts or equipment of another system

adj

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scrutiny

“scrutiny to how foreign actors could obtain American’s data”

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close watch

noun

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omnibus

“omnibus spending bill”

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containing or including many items

adj

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prohibitions

“prohibitions of the app on state government devices”

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an order to restrain or stop

noun

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subsequent

“prompting subsequent bans of the app”

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following in time, order, or place

adj

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overseeing

“overseeing the national security review of the app”

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survey, watch

verb

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punitive

“further measures are unnecessary and punitive”

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inflicting, involving or aiming at punishment

adj

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skeptical

“washington has kept a skeptical stance”

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not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations

adj

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flux

“definition of race has always been in flux”

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change

noun

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compromised

“pre-existing condition… who is immune-compromised”

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made vulnerable by unauthorized access, revelation, or exposure

adj

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nativist

“nativist lobbyists… Mexicans officially labeled nonwhite”

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a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants

adj/noun

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lobbyist

“census bureau…census…lobbyist succeeded”

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one who conducts activities aimed at influencing or swaying public officials and especially members of a legislative body on legislation

noun

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parsed

“everyone’s story can be parsed ever more minutely”

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to examine in a minute way: analyze critically

verb

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institutionalized

“time before race-and-racism-was institutionalized”

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established as a common and accepted part of a system or culture

adj

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quantifiable

“race is not a fixed “quantifiable” value but a fluid one”

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able to be expressed as an amount, quantity, or numerical value

adj

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derogatory

“the once-derogatory term hapa-… pidgin term”

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expressive of a low opinion

adj

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fragmentation

“resistance to fragmentation, a taking control of the narrative”

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a part broken off, detached, or incomplete

noun

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monolithic

“white or black or Asian America isn’t monolithic”

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constituting a massive undifferentiated and often rigid whole

adj

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lexicon

“mixed-race backround-is now part of the every day lexicon”

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REPERTOIRE, INVENTORY

noun

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conventional

“come from a conventional middle-class Nigerian family”

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ordinary

adj

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raffia

“patterned basket made of dyed raffia”

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fiber of the raffia palm used especially as card for tying and wearing

noun

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synonymous

“immigration became synonymous with Mexicans”

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by association is held to embody something

adj

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immersed

“so immersed in the media coverage of Mexicans”

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to plunge into something that surrounds or covers

verb

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dispossess

“dispossess a people, the simplest… tell their story”

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to put out of possession or occupancy

verb

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malign

“stories have been used to dispossess and to malign”

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to utter injuriously misleading or false reports about

verb

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vacancy

“5,000 people apply for one job vacancy in Nigeria”

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physical or mental inactivity: IDLENESS

noun

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catastophes

“Africa is a continent full of catasrophes: There… horrific rapes in Congo”

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a momentous tragic event ranging from extrene misfourtune to utter overthrow or ruin

noun

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rationed

“bread became too expensive, then milk became rationed”

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to use sparingly

verb

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colonial

“failrue of the African state, and not with the colonial creation”

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possessing or composed of colonies

adj

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