14295816752 | innumerable | too many to be counted (often used hyperbolically) | 0 | |
14295819215 | scrawny | (of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony | 1 | |
14295820129 | grippe | old-fashioned term for influenza | 2 | |
14295821026 | chiffonier | similar to a sideboard, a type of furniture with drawers that serves as a receptacle for odds and ends | 3 | |
14295821778 | foils | a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button | 4 | |
14295822377 | sadist | a person who derives pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain or humiliation on others | 5 | |
14295822904 | falsetto | artificially high; above the normal voice range | 6 | |
14295827762 | exhibitionist | a person who behaves in an extravagant way in order to attract attention | 7 | |
14295828320 | qualms | uneasiness about the fitness of an action | 8 | |
14295829176 | unscrupulous | without principles | 9 | |
14295831806 | hound's tooth | a pattern of broken or jagged checks, used on a variety of fabrics | 10 | |
14295832329 | gore | blood that has been shed, especially as a result of violence | 11 | |
14295834416 | tiff | a petty quarrel | 12 | |
14295835147 | pacifist | someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes | 13 | |
14295835761 | Gladstones | type of luggage | 14 | |
14295837254 | lavish | very generous | 15 | |
14295838511 | conscientious | characterized by extreme care and great effort | 16 | |
14295839534 | rostrum | a platform raised above the surrounding level | 17 | |
14295840212 | incognito | with your identity concealed | 18 | |
14295840759 | pervert | a person whose sexual behavior is regarded as abnormal or unacceptable | 19 | |
14295841499 | psychic | a person sensitive to things beyond natural perception | 20 | |
14295845355 | putrid | morally corrupt or evil | 21 | |
14295846141 | verification | additional proof that something that was believed is correct | 22 | |
14295846856 | immaterial | lacking importance; not mattering one way or another | 23 | |
14295847621 | suave | having a sophisticated charm | 24 | |
14295848386 | sterling | highest in quality | 25 | |
14295849116 | crocked | drunk | 26 | |
14295849766 | chateau | a large French country house or castle, often giving its name to wine made in its neighborhood | 27 | |
14295850271 | nonchalant | marked by casual unconcern or indifference | 28 | |
14295851519 | clavichord | a small, rectangular keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades attached to the ends of key levers that gently press the strings, popular from the early 15th to early 19th centuries | 29 | |
14295852933 | bourgeois | of or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes | 30 | |
14295853747 | cliques | a small group of people, with shared interests or other features in common, who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them | 31 | |
14295854430 | blase | unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before | 32 | |
14295855242 | sacrilegious | having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object | 33 | |
14295856294 | atheism | a lack of belief or a strong disbelief in the existence of a god or any gods | 34 | |
14295857274 | seductive | having alluring or tempting qualities | 35 | |
14295858801 | inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point | 36 | |
14295859352 | foyer | an anteroom or lobby especially of a theater; an entrance hallway | 37 | |
14295860093 | ostracize | expel from a community or group | 38 | |
14295863008 | digress | leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing | 39 | |
14295864044 | spontaneous | performed or occurring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus | 40 | |
14295864537 | pedagogue | a teacher, especially a strict or pedantic one | 41 | |
14295865418 | provocative | causing annoyance, anger, or another strong reaction, especially deliberately | 42 | |
14295866125 | harrowing | acutely distressing | 43 | |
14295866670 | reciprocal | given, felt, or done in return | 44 | |
14295867364 | infinitely | to a very great degree, immensely | 45 | |
14295869807 | scraggy | very thin and not looking healthy | 46 |
AP English Language Vocab Flashcards
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