5821552705 | Forebears | ancestors | 0 | |
5821558141 | Gentry | upper-class peoples | 1 | |
5821559270 | Aristocrats | noble, wealthy people | 2 | |
5821560301 | Disdain | hate | 3 | |
5821560302 | Spectacle | a public show or display | 4 | |
5821561169 | Avant-garde | unorthodox, daring, or radical methods | 5 | |
5821562069 | Sober | not drunk, subdued in tone, showing self-control | 6 | |
5821562070 | Conventional | used and accepted by most people | 7 | |
5821563146 | Tersely | incredibly short and concise | 8 | |
5821564897 | Ideology | a belief system that guides the actions of an individual or a group of people | 9 | |
5821564898 | Latrine | toilet | 10 | |
5821565613 | Pernicious | harmful or hurtful | 11 | |
5821566624 | Erudite | wise | 12 | |
5821566625 | Cynical | distrusting or disparaging of the motives of others | 13 | |
5821567776 | Pretentious | having or showing the unpleasant quality of people who want to be regarded as more impressive, successful, or important than they really are | 14 | |
5894773448 | Temperament | the usual attitude, mood, or behavior of a person or animal | 15 | |
5894773449 | Innate | existing as part of the basic nature of something | 16 | |
5894774957 | Preponderant | greater in number, force, or importance | 17 | |
5894776782 | Decree | an official order given by a person with power or by a government | 18 | |
5894778488 | Lay | not trained in a certain profession : not having a lot of knowledge about a certain thing | 19 | |
5894779779 | Adduced | to mention or provide (something, such as a fact or example) as evidence or proof to support an argument | 20 | |
5894779780 | Condition | to train or influence (a person or an animal) to do something or to think or behave in a certain way because of a repeated experience | 21 | |
5894781867 | Malleable | capable of being stretched or bent into different shapes | 22 | |
5894784182 | Standardize | to change (things) so that they are similar and consistent and agree with rules about what is proper and acceptable | 23 | |
5894785581 | Conform | to be similar to or the same as something | 24 | |
5894786982 | Hereditary | passed or able to be passed from parent to child before birth | 25 | |
5894788467 | Whence | a word that means "from where?" | 26 | |
5894789973 | Homogenous | having a common origin / being the same | 27 | |
5894789974 | Embody | to represent (something) in a clear and obvious way : to be a symbol or example of (something) | 28 | |
5894792374 | Spectrum | a complete range of different opinions, people, etc. | 29 | |
5918841344 | Underlies | to form the basis or foundation of (an idea, a process, etc.) | 30 | |
5918841417 | Retained | to continue to have or use (something) - to keep | 31 | |
5918844405 | Consumption | the use of something or of buying something | 32 | |
5918845932 | Latter | the second one of two things or people that have been mentioned | 33 | |
5918845933 | Adverse | bad or unfavorable | 34 | |
5918847381 | Derive | to take or get (something) from (something else) | 35 | |
5918850148 | Reaping what you sow | you get what you deserve | 36 | |
5918850149 | Yield | the profit made from an investment | 37 | |
5918852136 | Elasticity | a measure of a variable's sensitivity to a change in another variable | 38 | |
5918853924 | Recession | a period of time in which there is a decrease in economic activity and many people do not have jobs | 39 | |
5918853925 | Incentive | something that encourages a person to do something or to work harder | 40 | |
5945275276 | Disabuse | to show or convince (someone) that a belief is incorrect | 41 | |
5945275807 | Morbidity | not healthy or normal | 42 | |
5945275808 | Mortality | the death of a person, animal, etc | 43 | |
5945276639 | Chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time | 44 | |
5945276640 | Dispel | to make (something, such as a belief, feeling, or idea) go away or end | 45 | |
5945277200 | Altruistic | feelings and behavior that show a desire to help other people and a lack of selfishness | 46 | |
5945277208 | Ambivalent | having or showing very different feelings (such as love and hate) about someone or something at the same time | 47 | |
5945277633 | Angular | having little flesh so that the shapes of your bones can be seen : thin and bony | 48 | |
5945278243 | Arrogant | having or showing the insulting attitude of people who believe that they are better, smarter, or more important than other people | 49 | |
5945278715 | Aversion | a strong feeling of not liking something | 50 |
AP Language and Composition Vocabulary Flashcards
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