8636925542 | Juxtaposition | Two things being placed close together with a contrasting effect | 0 | |
8636925543 | Ad hominem | Going at a persons character rather than their argument | 1 | |
8636925544 | Retrospective | Dealing with past events or situations | 2 | |
8636929196 | Audacity | Bold | 3 | |
8636929197 | Chagrin | Humiliation or embarrassment | 4 | |
8636929198 | Wryly | dry mocking tone mostly in humor | 5 | |
8636932790 | Arbitrary | random choice rather than reason or system as a basis | 6 | |
8636932791 | Callous | Insensitivity or cruel disregard towards others | 7 | |
8636935158 | Unorthodox | Unusual, breaking a norm | 8 | |
8636935159 | Levies | Imposing something on someone such as a tax | 9 | |
8636936949 | Buttresses | Projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall | 10 | |
8636961044 | Presage | a sign or warning of something that could happen | 11 | |
8636961045 | Causal Reasoning | reasoning based on evidence/cause | 12 | |
8636963965 | Inductive reasoning | premises are combined to obtain a claim or conclusion | 13 | |
8636963966 | Deductive reasoning | if all premises are true the claim is true | 14 | |
8636965948 | Antithetical | directly opposed or contrasted | 15 | |
8636969383 | Inordinate | disorderly or not normal in behavior or size | 16 | |
8636969384 | Acute | Highly developed or keen; knowledgeable etc. | 17 | |
8636969385 | Fortitude | courage in pain or adversity | 18 | |
8636971850 | Clandestine | kept secret or done in secret | 19 | |
8636971851 | Futitility | uselessness | 20 | |
8636971852 | Culpability | at fault for a situation; blamed | 21 | |
8636973492 | Imagistic | a way of writing that relies heavily on similar word pattern and imagery | 22 | |
8636973493 | Resolve | fix or settle a problem | 23 | |
8636984879 | Illicit | forbidden by rule law or custom | 24 | |
8636984880 | Amalgam | mixture or blend | 25 | |
8636984881 | Fallibility | capable of making mistakes | 26 | |
8636987210 | Unwarranted | uncalled for | 27 | |
8636987211 | Epitome | perfect example of a quality or type | 28 | |
8636987212 | Equestrian | 29 | ||
8636989090 | Tedium | 30 | ||
8636989091 | Deference | 31 | ||
8636991349 | Naivete | 32 | ||
8636991350 | Hedonism | 33 | ||
8636991351 | Nonplussed | 34 | ||
8636995391 | Petulant | 35 | ||
8636995392 | Discombobulated | 36 | ||
8636995393 | Temporal | 37 | ||
8636997840 | Transience | 38 | ||
8636997841 | Sultriness | 39 | ||
8636997842 | Nostalgic | 40 | ||
8637000593 | Gaudy | 41 | ||
8637000594 | Acerbic | 42 | ||
8637000595 | Avaricious | 43 | ||
8637003208 | Moralist | 44 | ||
8637009779 | Disenchantment | 45 |
AP Language First Semester Vocab Flashcards
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