9094969327 | aesthetic | concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty | 0 | |
9094969328 | amoral | being neither moral nor immoral; lacking moral sensibility; not involving questions of right or wrong | 1 | |
9094969329 | aphorism | a pithy observation that contains a general truth; a terse saying that holds a general truth | 2 | |
9094969330 | analogous | comparable in certain respects; similar in some way | 3 | |
9094969331 | approbation | approval or praise | 4 | |
9094969332 | avant-garde | favoring or introducing experimental or unusual ideas | 5 | |
9094969333 | censor | a person who examines books, movies, letters, etc, and removes things that are considered to be offensive, immoral, or harmful to society | 6 | |
9094969334 | certitude | absolute conviction that something is the case | 7 | |
9094969335 | circumspection | the quality of being wary and unwilling to take risks | 8 | |
9094969336 | conjecture | an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information | 9 | |
9094969337 | contrived | deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously | 10 | |
9094969338 | churlish | rude in a mean-spirited way; not polite | 11 | |
9094969339 | cynical | distrusting the motives of others; bitterly or sneeringly distrustful or pessimistic | 12 | |
9094969340 | diminutive | extremely or unusually small, little, or tiny | 13 | |
9094969341 | dogma | a belief or set of beliefs that is accepted by the members of a group without being questioned or doubted | 14 | |
9094969342 | ephemeral | lasting a very short time; short-lived | 15 | |
9094969343 | ebullient | lively and enthusiastic; cheerful and full of energy | 16 | |
9094969344 | empathy | the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions | 17 | |
9094969345 | equitable | just or fair; dealing fairly and equally with everyone | 18 | |
9094969346 | erudite | having or showing knowledge that is learned by studying | 19 | |
9094969347 | enervated | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor | 20 | |
9094969348 | equanimity | mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation | 21 | |
9094969349 | expedient | providing an easy and quick way to solve a problem or do something | 22 | |
9094969350 | extrinsic | not part of something; coming from the outside of something | 23 | |
9094969351 | exuberance | the quality or state of being very lively, happy, or energetic | 24 | |
9094969352 | epitomize | to be a perfect example or representation of something | 25 | |
9094969353 | enigmatic | difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious | 26 | |
9094969354 | elegiac | having a mournful or sad quality | 27 | |
9094969355 | fatuous | silly and pointless | 28 | |
9094969356 | guile | sly or cunning intelligence; crafty or artful deception | 29 | |
9094969357 | homologous | having the same relation; relative position or structure; corresponding in structure or origin | 30 | |
9094969358 | illicit | forbidden by law, rules, or custom; not legally permitted or authorized | 31 | |
9094969359 | ineptitude | lack of skill or ability | 32 | |
9094969360 | ironclad | not able to be changed; too strong to be doubted or questioned; unbreakable, solid, foolproof | 33 | |
9094969361 | ideologue | a person who zealously advocates an ideology; someone who very strongly supports and is guided by the ideology of a particular group; prone to fanciful ideas/theories; a theorist | 34 | |
9094969362 | indignant | feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment | 35 | |
9094969363 | indefatigable | able to work or continue for a very long time without becoming tired | 36 | |
9094969364 | imperious | having or showing the proud and unpleasant attitude of someone who gives orders and expects other people to obey them | 37 | |
9094969365 | intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature of a thing; occurring as a natural part of something | 38 | |
9094969366 | inscrutable | impossible to understand; causing people to feel curious or confused | 39 | |
9094969367 | incredulous | not able or willing to believe something; feeling or showing a lack of belief | 40 | |
9094969368 | invective | of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse; insulting, abusive, or highly critical language | 41 | |
9094969369 | judicious | having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense | 42 | |
9094969370 | lexicon | the words used in a language or by a person or group of people; the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge | 43 | |
9094969371 | mayhem | actions that hurt people and destroy things; a scene or situation that involves a lot of violence | 44 | |
9094969372 | magnanimity | the quality of being very generous or forgiving | 45 | |
9094969373 | modicum | a small amount; a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something considered desirable or valuable | 46 | |
9094969374 | oblique | not explicit or direct in addressing a point | 47 | |
9094969375 | polemical | a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something | 48 | |
9094969376 | paucity | a small amount of something; amount that is less than what is needed or wanted; scarcity | 49 | |
9094969377 | paradigm | a model or pattern for something that may be copied; a theory or a group of ideas about how something should be done, made, or thought about | 50 | |
9094969378 | prodigy | a young person who is unusually talented in some way | 51 | |
9094969379 | prodigal | spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant | 52 | |
9094969380 | ribald | referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way | 53 | |
9094969381 | sanguine | confident or hopeful; optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation | 54 | |
9094969382 | servile | having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others | 55 | |
9094969383 | synchronicity | the simultaneous and coincidental occurrence of events that appear significantly related by have no visible connection | 56 | |
9094969384 | speculative | based on guesses or ideas about what might happen or be true rather than on facts; tending to think what might happen | 57 | |
9094969385 | strident | sounding harsh and unpleasant; expressing opinions or criticism in a very forceful and often annoying or unpleasant way | 58 | |
9094969386 | symbiosis | a relationship between two people or groups that work and depend on each other; mutually beneficial relationship | 59 | |
9094969387 | synesthesia | an expression of one sense through the description of another sense; a condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another | 60 | |
9094969388 | transcendentalism | a man's spirit in association with nature; a philosophy which says that thought and spiritual things are more real than ordinary human experience and material things | 61 | |
9094969389 | treatise | a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject | 62 | |
9094969390 | torpor | a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy | 63 | |
9094969391 | uncanny | strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way; strange or unusual in a way that is surprising or difficult to understand | 64 | |
9094969392 | wistful | having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing | 65 | |
9094969393 | wry | using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor | 66 | |
9094969394 | vituperative | bitter and abusive; containing or characterized by verbal abuse | 67 |
AP Language Multiple Choice Flashcards
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