AP Language Flashcards

7236013952	Altruistic	unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others, generous	0
7236016932	Ambivalent	having contrary feelings or attitudes, uncertain as to course of action	1
7236016933	Angular	lean; sharped cornered; gaunt	2
7236017668	Arrogant	overbearingly assuming; insolently proud	3
7236018647	Aversion	strong disinclination, disliking	4
7236049665	Discern	to differentiate between two or more things	5
7236050806	Disdain	intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy	6
7236060733	Disparage	to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner	7
7236064843	Disparity	inequality, the condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank, or degree	8
7236065574	Embellish	to decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation	9
7236073601	Engender	to cause, to produce, to create	10
7236077750	Innocuous	harmless, producing no injury	11
7236079274	Insipid	boring and stupid	12
7236080329	Lament	to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner	13
7236082961	Laud	to praise, to extol	14
7236085577	Obscure	difficult to see, vague	15
7236088556	Ostentatious	showy, pretentious	16
7236089840	Prodigal	wasteful, a person given to extravagance	17
7236092381	Repudiate	to reject, to disown, to disavow	18
7236097106	Reticence	restraint in speech, reluctance to speak	19
7236100145	Revere	to honor, to regard with respect	20
7236101333	Serene	calm, placid	21
7236102138	Subtle	delicate, elusive, not obvious	22
7236104722	Superfluous	beyond what in needed or required, an overflow	23
7236105879	Taciturn	quiet, not verbose	24
7270339033	Antithesis	a direct opposite, a contrast	25
7270342166	Ascend	to move upward, to rise from lower region	26
7270343769	Austere	strict, stern; unadorned ascetic	27
7270347648	Autonomous	independent, self-contained	28
7270349429	Banal	common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed	29
7270353644	Benign	not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial	30
7270357607	Capricious	changing suddenly, fickle	31
7270358925	Dawdle	to waste time, to spend time idly, to move in a lackadaisical manner	32
7270364340	Defamation	act of harming or ruining another's reputation	33
7270367807	Esoteric	understood only by a small group or selected few	34
7270369713	Exacerbate	to aggravate, to irritate, to vex	35
7270375108	Extol	to praise, to glorify	36
7270376332	Fastidious	reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an extreme	37
7270380621	Furtive	secret in an underhanded way , stealthy	38
7270387461	Gregarious	sociable and outgoing	39
7270389826	Hypocrite	one who is insincere or deceitful	40
7270393297	Innate	existing from birth, inborn	41
7270401241	Lethargic	sluggish, languid	42
7270403538	Melancholy	depression of spirits	43
7270404870	Opaque	not allowing the passage of light, not transparent; hard to understand	44
7270408687	Prolific	abundantly fruitful, marked by great productivity	45
7270415939	Reprove	to scold or to rebuke for a misdeed usually with kindly intent	46
7270421030	Symmetry	balanced proportions	47
7270424959	Tranquil	peaceful, calm	48
7270426031	Venerate	to honor, to revere	49
7366761150	Abstruse	difficult to understand, recondite, concealed	50
7366765318	Affable	friendly, courteous, amiable	51
7366771238	Audacity	excessive boldness, rashness, daring	52
7366781563	Contrite	extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant	53
7366789404	Credulous	believing on slight evidence, gullible	54
7366794356	Depravity	moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act	55
7366802086	Deprecate	to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval	56
7366811588	Didactic	instructive, designed to teach	57
7366816380	Dormant	inactive, sleeping	58
7366822364	Enigmatic	mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling	59
7366826440	Erudite	Scholarly	60
7366841407	Exotic	foreign, unfamiliar	61
7366844243	Fuse	to mix or to join (usually by melting)	62
7366846457	Immutable	unchanging	63
7366850870	Incorrigible	incapable of being reformed or improved	64
7366858920	Loathe	to detest	65
7366862231	Mitigate	to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe	66
7366867326	Nullify	to cause not to be in effect, to negate	67
7366877812	Pacifistic	opposed to war or use of force	68
7366882338	Pretentious	making an extravagant outward show, self-important	69
7366889888	Prologue	introductory remarks in speech, play or literature work, introductory action	70
7366895126	Recant	to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief, revoke	71
7366901997	Servile	overly submissive	72
7366904646	Trepidation	fear, trembling, agitation	73
7366910339	Vilify	to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against	74
7512931466	Aesthetic	relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art	75
7512959140	Aloof	apart, indifferent	76
7512963579	Archaic	antiquated, old, out of use	77
7512967693	Assuage	to easy, to mitigate, to makes less painful or burdensome, to calm	78
7512975648	Belie	to contradict, to give a false impression	79
7512981146	Contentious	quarrelsome, stirring controversy	80
7512989098	Daunt	to intimidate, to dismay	81
7512995002	Debilitate	to weaken, to enfeeble	82
7513000315	Discord	lack of agreement, tension, strife	83
7513010400	Dissemination	the act of spreading widely; scattering	84
7513018869	Dogmatic	strongly opinionated in an unwanted manner	85
7513023836	Duplicity	double dealing, hypocrisy	86
7513029444	Egocentric	self-centered, selfish	87
7513036884	Euphemism	Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive	88
7513047931	Gluttonous	greedy for food and drink	89
7513053046	Mundane	ordinary, commonplace	90
7513056211	Ominous	threatening	91
7513059664	Petulance	unreasonable touchiness or irritability	92
7513075650	Pompous	exaggerated show of dignity or self importance, bombastic	93
7513082163	Precocious	exceptionally early in development or occurrence	94
7513094105	Slothful	lazy, indolent	95
7513097517	Trivia	insignificant matters	96
7513101084	Verbose	wordy, very talkative	97
7513107846	Virulent	extremely poisonous; hateful	98
7513116936	Volatile	quickly changeable, easily vaporized	99
7737779196	Acrjmonious	Caustic	100
7737779197	Ameliorate	To make better, to relieve, to improve	101
7737779198	Amenable	open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable	102
7737779199	amorphous	Shapeless, having no definite form	103
7737779200	buoyant	capable of floating; cheerful	104
7737779201	Cajole	to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle	105
7737779202	Calamity	A serious event causing distress or misfortune	106
7737779203	Debase	to reduce in dignity or quality	107
7737779204	Efface	to erase, to wear away	108
7737779205	elucidate	to make clear; to explain	109
7737779206	ephemeral	lasting a short period of time, fleeting	110
7737779207	Ferocity	savagery	111
7737779208	Flourish	To thrive, to grow well	112
7737779209	Haughty	Arrogant, excessively proud and vain	113
7737779210	impervious	Incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damages	114
7737779211	Inane	Lacking significance, meaning or point; silly, insipid	115
7737779212	indolence	laziness	116
7737779213	Infallible	Incapable of error	117
7737779214	Inscrutable	Difficult t to understand, mysterious	118
7737779215	Languid	slow, sluggish, listless, weak	119
7737779216	Malice	Desk re to harm others	120
7737779217	Oblique	slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading	121
7737779218	Opulence	wealth, affluence, abundance	122
7737779219	Penitent	Showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant	123
7737779220	perfunctory	acting routinely with little interest or care	124
7830879855	antiquated	obsolete, out of fashion, no longer usable	125
7830884524	arable	fit for plowing, tillable	126
7830887658	ascendancy	domination; growing power	127
7830892352	atrophy	to waste away, to wither	128
7830894365	clandestine	secret	129
7830898766	conciliate	to reconcile, to pacify, to renew a friendship	130
7830902625	cursory	superficial, casual, hastily done	131
7830905426	derision	scoffing at, mockery, ridicule	132
7830909442	enmity	absolute hatred	133
7830910917	extricate	to free, to disentangle	134
7830914643	forbearance	patience, lenience	135
7830921393	frivolous	lacking in seriousness or importance	136
7830923551	garrulous	talkative, rambling	137
7830928719	impetuous	violent, hasty, rash, impulsive	138
7830933539	industrious	skillfully busy or occupied	139
7830935348	infamous	having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad	140
7830940150	insolence	insulting or contemptuous behavior	141
7830945347	levity	excessive frivolity, flippancy	142
7830953186	oblivion	state of being forgotten	143
7830955314	paradoxical	something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct	144
7830958864	perjury	false testimony under oath	145
7830964374	rancor	bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity	146
7830967467	sycophant	a self-serving flatterer, a brownnoser	147
7830969392	vacillating	changing, fluctuating	148
7830972171	vivid	bright, distinct, and clear	149

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