7325160269 | archetype | original model that's widely imitated | 0 | |
7325163848 | apathy | insensibility to emotion; lack of effort | 1 | |
7325165765 | antithesis | exact opposite | 2 | |
7325167365 | ado | unnecessary activity | 3 | |
7325170137 | absolve | to free from sin or blame | 4 | |
7325175022 | acquiesce | to comply or submit | 5 | |
7325195907 | bureaucracy | administration characterized by the excessive procedure and routine | 6 | |
7325199794 | bedlam | scene of great uproar;asylum | 7 | |
7325201996 | barring | excluding by exception | 8 | |
7325208969 | burgeon | to sprout; to grow; to blossom and flourish | 9 | |
7325211758 | bilious | having a nasty temper | 10 | |
7325215491 | bleak | without hope | 11 | |
7325285107 | acute | very refined or sharp | 12 | |
7325294473 | acrimonious | bitter | 13 | |
7325296565 | admonish | to warn of fault; usually in a mean tone | 14 | |
7325300278 | brevity | shortness of duration | 15 | |
7325305320 | brandish | to wave or shake as a weapon | 16 | |
7325309141 | bolster | to support | 17 | |
7325311567 | accost | to confront boldly | 18 | |
7325313848 | austere | severely simple; unadorned | 19 | |
7325323467 | baleful | malignant; threatening | 20 | |
7325328951 | beleaguer | to surround with troubles | 21 | |
7325332656 | ascetic | a person who deliberately chooses to live a plain and simple life | 22 | |
7325344533 | aggrandize | to exaggerate, put on a false front, and make something look greater than it really is | 23 | |
7325363647 | bequeath | to hand down | 24 | |
7325363648 | bauble | a showy, usually cheap, ornament; knickknack | 25 | |
7325375665 | aloof | distant; disinterested | 26 | |
7325380598 | ad hominem | appealing to one's prejudices, emotions, or special interests rather than to one's intellect or reason | 27 | |
7325393285 | blatant | completely obvious | 28 | |
7325395755 | belittle | to attack or make lower in significance | 29 | |
7325399513 | belligerent | warlike; eager to fight | 30 | |
7325399514 | bemoan | to complain | 31 | |
7325401307 | balk | to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified | 32 | |
7325402918 | auspicious | favoring success | 33 | |
7325402919 | ambiguous | having an unclear or double meaning | 34 | |
7325419091 | anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified | 35 | |
7325419092 | ambsace | something worthless or unlucky | 36 | |
7325421925 | beseech | to beg | 37 | |
7325424338 | banal | lacking originality or freshness | 38 | |
7325426261 | adhere | to stick to; to fasten | 39 | |
7325428370 | acumen | keen insight | 40 | |
7325428371 | bravado | an aggressive display of boldness | 41 | |
7325429952 | boorish | rude | 42 | |
7325431704 | aesthetic | visual beauty | 43 | |
7325435835 | ambivalence | the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes | 44 | |
7325457903 | benevolent | kind | 45 | |
7325460544 | brusque | somewhat rough in manner or speech | 46 | |
7325465116 | blasphemy | the act of insulting religion or anything held dearly to a person | 47 | |
7325470024 | assuage | to relieve or ease | 48 | |
7325473346 | allude | to refer by suggestion | 49 |
AP English "AB" vocab Flashcards
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