3468561511 | aesthetic | having to do with the appreciation of beauty | 0 | |
3468561512 | affable | easy-going, friendly | 1 | |
3468561513 | alienated | removed or disassociated | 2 | |
3468561514 | amenable | responsive, agreeable | 3 | |
3468561515 | anaphora | repetition of words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses "show me you love me, show me you care, show me we meant something" | 4 | |
3468561516 | antecedent | the noun to which a later pronoun refers | 5 | |
3468561517 | antimetabole | repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast "the meaning of life is to give life a meaning" | 6 | |
3468561518 | apology | defense of an idea | 7 | |
3468561519 | apposition | a grammar construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanation | 8 | |
3468561520 | arbiter | a judge who decides a disputed issue | 9 | |
3468561521 | archetype | perfect example | 10 | |
3468561522 | assertion | a declaration or statement | 11 | |
3468561523 | assidious | hard-working | 12 | |
3468561524 | astute | shrewd, clever | 13 | |
3468561525 | asyndenton | leaving out conjunctions | 14 | |
3468561526 | austere | without decoration | 15 | |
3468561527 | brusque | rudely abrupt | 16 | |
3468561528 | candor | frankess | 17 | |
3468561529 | capricious | impulsive and unpredictable | 18 | |
3468561530 | caustic | bitingly sarcastic or biting | 19 | |
3468561531 | chiasmus | an inversion in the second of two parallel phrases | 20 | |
3468561532 | clandestine | secretive | 21 | |
3468561533 | cogent | convincing, reasonable | 22 | |
3468561534 | coherent | logically connected | 23 | |
3468561535 | conception | the ability to form or understand an idea | 24 | |
3468561536 | convoluted | intricate, complex | 25 | |
3468561537 | copious | plentiful, having a large quantity | 26 | |
3468561538 | cumulative (loose) sentence | independent clause followed by subordinate clauses | 27 | |
3468561539 | declarative sentence | makes a statement | 28 | |
3468561540 | decorous | proper, marked by good taste | 29 | |
3603658132 | deductive | reasoning from general to specific | 30 | |
3603658133 | despotic | exercising absolute power | 31 | |
3603658134 | didactic | intended to instruct | 32 | |
3603658135 | dilettante | one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge | 33 | |
3603658136 | discourse | verbal expression or exchange; conversation | 34 | |
3603658137 | disparage | to belittle | 35 | |
3603658138 | dogged | stubbornly persevering | 36 | |
3603658139 | dogmatic | stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs | 37 | |
3603658140 | ebullience | intense enthusiasm | 38 | |
3603658141 | eclectic | made of up a variety of sources or styles | 39 | |
3644079290 | effusive | emotionally unrestrained, gushing | 40 | |
3644081191 | egregious | conspicuously bad or offensive | 41 | |
3644085571 | elegiac | mournful | 42 | |
3644087422 | eloquence | the ability to speak vividly or persuasively | 43 | |
3644088868 | enmity | mutual hatred or ill will | 44 | |
3644090398 | epigram | brief, witty statement | 45 | |
3644092010 | equanimity | the quality of being calm and even-tempered | 46 | |
3644096651 | equivocate | to avoid making a definite statement | 47 | |
3644113558 | exculpate | to free from guilt or blame | 48 | |
3644114596 | facile | done or achieved with little effort; easy | 49 | |
3749560009 | fastidious | possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please | 50 | |
3749560010 | flagrant | extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable | 51 | |
3749560011 | florid | describing flowery or elaborate speech | 52 | |
3749560012 | fluid | easily flowing | 53 | |
3749560013 | fractious | quarrelsome, unruly | 54 | |
3749560014 | frenetic | vividly excited or active | 55 | |
3749560015 | gratuitous | given freely, unearned, unwarranted | 56 | |
3749560016 | hackneyed | worn out through overuse | 57 | |
3749560017 | heinous | abominable | 58 | |
3749560018 | hortatory | urging, strongly encouraging | 59 |
AP Language and Composition Vocab Flashcards
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