Q1 Week 4 Ap Lang Word List Flashcards
alter
other
ob
against
sequ
follow
ex
out
pend
hang
und
wave
amat
love
xero
dry
sed
sit
de
down
nihil
nothing
ism
doctrine
inter
between
ate
cause
ab
away
ous
full of
fid
faith
con
together
altruism
concern for others (It is altruism and not egocentrism that denotes the hero)
obsequies
funeral ceremonies (Nothing disturbed the solemnity of his obsequies)
exodus
a departure (The exodus of refugees streamed out of the war zone)
pensive
sadly thoughtful (From Brutus’s pensive silence, Portia knew something was wrong)
salubrious
healthful (They stood on the plunging deck, and took the salubrious salt air)
demure
modest or affectedly modest (Becky Sharp’s demure act fooled the men, not the women)
undulate
to wave (The water’s gentle undulations foreshadowed the approaching storm)
amiable
friendly (The amiable mediocrity was ineffective in his position)
abate
to lessen (When the waters abated, Pharaoh’s army was drowned)
serene
clear & calm (His peace of mind was echoed in the serenity of the sky)
obsequious
servile (Katherine was no obsequious lickspittle to Petruchio-far from it)
sedate
calm (He fled from his neurotic theology to the sedate reflection of Buddhism)
condescend
lower oneself (Darcy condescended to Elizabeth, to his later regret)
nihilism
belief in nothing (The city was paralyzed by riots and nihilists’ bombs)
interstice
small space (The creature peeked through the interstice at the unsuspecting family)
