10771890214 | affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others (synonyms- amiable, genial; antonym- uptight) | 0 | |
10771892577 | antithesis | opposition, contrast; direct opposite of something else; (in rhetorical writing) the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in "Give me liberty or give me death." (synonyms- converse, contradictory; antonym- similarity) | 1 | |
10771895551 | aversion | a strong dislike or disinclination (synonyms- abhorrence, anathema; antonym- affection) | 2 | |
10771898747 | cajole | to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax (synonyms- inveigle; antonym- dissuade) | 3 | |
10771901796 | conducive | tending to promote or assist (synonyms- contributive, causative; antonym- deleterious) | 4 | |
10771909181 | cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced; hasty (synonyms- impetuous, impulsive; antonym- circumspect) | 5 | |
10771911372 | detrimental | obviously harmful; damaging (synonyms- averse, deleterious; antonym- innocuous) | 6 | |
10771928735 | empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience; capable of being verified or disproved by observation or experiment (synonyms- experiential, observational; antonym- theoretical) | 7 | |
10771932936 | exasperate | to excite the anger of, enrage; to cause irritation or annoyance to (synonyms- aggravate, irritate; antonym- appease) | 8 | |
10771936074 | furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed (synonyms- crafty, guileful; antonym- overt) | 9 | |
10771942399 | incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true (synonyms- distrustful, skeptical; antonym- certain) | 10 | |
10771946015 | mercenary | (of a person or their behavior) primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics; a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army (synonyms- acquisitive, avaricious; antonym-generous) | 11 | |
10771950037 | parochial | having a limited or narrow outlook or scope; relating to a church parish (synonyms- insular, provincial; antonym- liberal) | 12 | |
10771955979 | perfidious | deceitful and untrustworthy (synonym- betraying, insidious; antonym- devoted) | 13 | |
10771959270 | precocious | having early development in maturity and intelligence; (of behavior or ability) indicative of early development (synonyms- mature, advanced; antonym- backward) | 14 | |
10771966559 | quagmire | an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation; a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot (synonyms- predicament, quandary; antonym- advantage) | 15 | |
10771970090 | supine | failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence; not resisting; (of a person) lying face upward (synonyms- apathetic, inattentive; antonym- upright) | 16 | |
10771973816 | tempestuous | characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion; stormy (synonyms- tumultuous, frenetic; antonym- apathetic) | 17 | |
10771978698 | transcend | be or go beyond the range or limits of (something abstract, typically a conceptual field or division); surpass (a person or an achievement) (synonyms- eclipse, overshadow; antonym- surrender) | 18 | |
10772144034 | wry | using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor; (of a person's face or features) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance (synonyms- sardonic, satirical; antonym- humorless) | 19 |
AP Language & Composition Vocabulary List 2 Flashcards
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