APLAC Vocabulary 8 Flashcards
(15 cards)
1
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Allay
A
To reduce the intensity of; relieve; pacify; soften; assuage
2
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Ameliorate
A
To make better; to improve
3
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Asperity
A
Roughness or harshness; severity; bitterness; irritability
4
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Exegesis
A
Convincing; clear reasoning; explanation
5
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Extradite
A
To release an accused criminal to another jurisdiction
6
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Hypocrisy
A
Two-faced, falseness
7
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Inveigh
A
To protest, oppose, rail
8
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Lionize
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To honor or celebrate
9
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Pander
A
To act as a go-between; to exploit weaknesses of others
10
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Profligate
A
Wasteful, immoral, licentious
11
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Recalcitrant
A
Stubbornly resistant; resistant
12
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Renunciation
A
Rejection; abandonment; relinquishment; repudiation
13
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Unimpeachable
A
Beyond doubt; unquestionable
14
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Unwieldy
A
Not easily held; bulky; clumsy
15
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Vitiate
A
To reduce the value of; to corrupt or debase; spoil, mar, ruin
