Week 4: AP Language and Composition Terms Flashcard

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Astute

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Quick-witted and insightful; able to accurately assess situations or people.

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Capricious

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Unpredictable, whimsical, and erratic; subject to sudden changes in mood or behavior.

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Despotic

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Oppressive, authoritarian, and dictatorial; exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way.

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Fickle

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Likely to change frequently, especially regarding one's loyalties, interests, or affections.

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Nascent

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Emerging, developing, or budding; in the early stages of existence.

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Synonyms for 'Astute'

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Shrewd, perceptive, insightful.

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Synonyms for 'Capricious'

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Whimsical, mercurial, changeable.

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Synonyms for 'Despotic'

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Tyrannical, oppressive, autocratic.

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Synonyms for 'Fickle'

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Changeable, volatile, inconsistent.

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Synonyms for 'Nascent'

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Emergent, budding, incipient.