5412512522 | ephemeral | fleeting, not lasting (adj) "Their romance was definitely ephemeral-it only lasted two days! Haha!" | ![]() | 0 |
5412534752 | innocuous | harmless (adj) "That kitten looked innocuous, but it scratched me really hard." | ![]() | 1 |
5412542270 | ramification | consequence (n) "The boys were not prepared to deal with the ramifications of their actions." | 2 | |
5412554768 | haphazard | random; lacking any organization or planning (adj) "I don't think I deserve my grade! It seems like the teacher just gave the grades out in a completely haphazard way!" | ![]() | 3 |
5503049100 | petulant | cranky (adj) "He is a petulant man who is always blaming others for his problems." | ![]() | 4 |
5503051349 | disingenuous | fake (adj) "Her compliments toward me always seemed disingenuous." | ![]() | 5 |
5503059110 | querulous | grumpy (adj) "The students became querulous whenever the topic of homework came up." | ![]() | 6 |
5503083301 | civility | politeness (n) "She treated her enemies with civility in order to avoid any arguments." | 7 | |
5565108238 | automaton | robot (n) "Some people think technology is turning us all into mindless automatons." | ![]() | 8 |
5591336480 | matter-of-fact | unemotional and practical (adj) "Ms. Laders talked about meeting Jay Park in such a matter-of-fact way, one would think he wasn't her favorite celebrity!" | 9 | |
5591351711 | heuristic | a method or technique of learning or problem solving (n) "I have developed a heuristic for learning new Korean vocabulary: I extract unknown words from Kpop songs, look up the meanings, organize them in different Quizlets according to song title, and then study them three times a day." | 10 | |
5646025185 | circumspect | (adj) careful; unwilling to take risks; prudent "She has a reputation for being very CIRCUMSPECT about her dating life; she carefully researches every guy who asks her out on Facebook." | ![]() | 11 |
5646124615 | lament | (v) to regret strongly, to mourn demonstratively "Ms. Laders always laments her house's losses in trivia. She can be found wailing loudly in the hallway." | ![]() | 12 |
5646146871 | affliction | (n) sickness "Eduard couldn't make it to school due to the stomach flu or some other affliction." | ![]() | 13 |
5646160060 | impetuous | (adj) impulsive "Was Mr. Harrison being impetuous when he decided to spend a lot of money on a drone??" | ![]() | 14 |
5646200775 | chastise | (v) to criticize severely "Ms. Maguire chastised the students for not doing their homework." | ![]() | 15 |
5646306200 | inarticulate | (adj) NOT well-spoken "The boy was really intelligent but very inarticulate, so no one could tell that he was smart." | ![]() | 16 |
5646346611 | frivolous | (adj) unimportant, insignificant "Ms. Maguire went to the Flying Tiger store and bought frivolous items, such as an octopus finger." | ![]() | 17 |
5916976731 | binary | (adj) having only two distinct sides or parts | 18 | |
5916977115 | nuance | (n) details; subtle differences | 19 |
AP Lang Vocab Flashcards
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