10750767942 | Aberration | something that differs from the norm | 0 | |
10750771955 | Ambiguous | unclear or doubtful in meaning | 1 | |
10750775504 | ambivalent | having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone | 2 | |
10783616602 | arbitrary | (adj.) unreasonable; based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness | 3 | |
10783624689 | artifice | a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery | 4 | |
10783629867 | ascribe | (v.) to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute | 5 | |
10783633925 | astute | (adj.) shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom | 6 | |
10783638274 | colloquial | Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing | 7 | |
10783648487 | compunction | Feeling of regret or remorse | 8 | |
10783659708 | conciliatory | intended or likely to placate or pacify | 9 | |
10783663984 | conjecture | A guess, often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence | 10 | |
10783673173 | contemptuous | Feeling hatred; scornful | 11 | |
10783677867 | contingent | (adj.) likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance; (n.) a representative group forming part of a larger body | 12 | |
10783683465 | contrived | deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously | 13 | |
10783696858 | convoluted | intricate and complicated | 14 | |
10783702440 | deferential | respectful and polite in a submissive way | 15 | |
10783707179 | didactic | intended to instruct | 16 | |
10783712595 | discursive | (adj.) passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic | 17 | |
10783716885 | disparage | to belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue | 18 | |
10783725183 | disparate | fundamentally different; entirely unlike | 19 | |
10783730830 | dissemination | the act of spreading something, especially information, widely; circulation | 20 | |
10783737061 | dogmatic | strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner | 21 | |
10783742209 | earnestness | deep sincerity or seriousness | 22 | |
10783746307 | effusive | emotionally excessive; overly demonstrative | 23 | |
10783753040 | elicit | (v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) | 24 | |
10783759319 | embittered | Made bitter or resentful | 25 | |
10783762901 | emphatic | showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly | 26 | |
10783768266 | empirical | based on practical experience rather than theory | 27 | |
10783776878 | Encapsulation | Combining data fields and methods in a class | 28 | |
10783784514 | engenders | cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition). | 29 | |
10783794190 | enigmatic | (adj.) puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood | 30 | |
10783798545 | enunciate | To pronounce or articulate | 31 | |
10783805003 | ephemeral | lasting a very short time | 32 | |
10783815707 | equanimity | (n.) calmness, composure, refusal to panic | 33 | |
10783821068 | equivocal | open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous | 34 | |
10783832672 | euphemistic | of an inoffensive substitute for offensive terminology | 35 | |
10783838262 | exhortation | an address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something | 36 | |
10783844861 | fastidiousness | very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail | 37 | |
10783849722 | fervent | having or displaying a passionate intensity | 38 | |
10783853316 | folly | lack of good sense; foolishness | 39 | |
10783856475 | futility | pointlessness or uselessness | 40 | |
10783865776 | genial | (adj.) cordial, pleasantly cheerful or warm | 41 | |
10783869031 | heedless | showing a reckless lack of care or attention | 42 |
A-H AP Language Vocab Flashcards
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