AP Lang and Comp Set 8

To cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).

• Digress

• Amass

• Engender

• Apocrypha

Strict, serious, and without any decoration or comfort.

• Austere

• Lax

• Virulent

• Eccentric

Belonging to the same time period; modern.

• Amity

• Contemporary

• Predecessor

• Apocrypha

Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile.

• Fickle

• Virulent

• Respite

• Austere

Unusual or quirky in behavior or appearance.

• Digress

• Amity

• Eccentric

• Benefactor

A short period of rest or relief from something difficult.

• Respite

• Fickle

• Apocrypha

• Engender

Writings or reports that are of doubtful truth or authenticity.

• Apocrypha

• Contemporary

• Predecessor

• Amity

To gather or collect, often in large quantities.

• Digress

• Engender

• Amass

• Benefactor

Not strict or careful enough; negligent.

• Austere

• Lax

• Amity

• Virulent

To go off-topic when speaking or writing.

• Apocrypha

• Engender

• Digress

• Amass