Q1 Week 3 Ap Lang Word List Flashcards
1
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phil
A
love
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andro
A
man
3
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apo
A
away
4
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crypt
A
hidden
5
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tens
A
stretch
6
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in
A
in
7
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port
A
carry
8
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caco
A
bad
9
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ethos
A
custom
10
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pre
A
before
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cap
A
take
12
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ver
A
true
13
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ex
A
out
14
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tude
A
state of
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punct
A
point
16
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acr
A
sharp
17
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per
A
through
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fid
A
faith
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phon
A
sound
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tang
A
touch
21
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philander
A
to engage in love affairs (Ibsen’s Captain Alving was a dissolute philanderer.)
22
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apocrypha
A
unauthentic works (Some books of the Septuagint are regarded as apocryphal.)
23
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tendentious
A
slanted (Voltaire’s essays seemed more tendentious than objective.)
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importune
A
to trouble with (He was persistently urged, even importuned, for weeks.)
25
apothegm
a pithy saying (Oscar Wilde was known for his spontaneously brilliant apothegms)
26
cacoethes
a mania (Tom's weird idea soon became an itch to do it, a lure, a cacoethes.)
27
precept
a maxim (Polonius gave Ophelia precepts for her dealings with lord Hamlet.)
28
veridical
truthful (Marco Polo's incredible account proved to be veridical.)
29
pulchritude
physical beauty (The declasse contest valued pulchritude over aptitude)
30
expunge
completely remove (His divergent remarks were expunged from the record.)
31
acerbity
sharpness of temper (From the acerbity in his voice, she knew there was a problem).
32
perfidy
breach of faith (Quisling's act of perfidy was a stain on Norwegian history.)
33
translucent
semitransparent (In time, the sociopath's vile motives became translucent.)
34
cacphony
bad noise (the terrifying cacophony of the hurricane kept everyone awake.)
35
tangible
touchable (she adored the tangible clouds on the museum's Chinese landscapes.)
