12154964563 | Affable | easy-going; friendly | 0 | |
12154964564 | Amendable | responsive; agreeable | 1 | |
12154964565 | anachronism | something out of place in time or sequence | 2 | |
12154964566 | anthology | collection of literary works | 3 | |
12154964567 | Anthropomorphism | the attribution of human characteristics to animals, inanimate objects, or forces of nature | 4 | |
12154964568 | apathetic | feeling or showing little emotion | 5 | |
12154964569 | apology | defense of an idea | 6 | |
12154964570 | Apposition | a grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation | 7 | |
12154964571 | Arbiter | a judge who decides a disputed issue | 8 | |
12154964572 | Arbitrary | determined by impulse rather than reason | 9 | |
12154964573 | Archetype | a perfect example; an original pattern or model | 10 | |
12154964574 | Arid | describing a dry, rainless climate | 11 | |
12154964575 | assiduous | hard-working | 12 | |
12154964576 | Astute | shrewd; clever | 13 | |
12154964577 | auspicious | favorable; promising | 14 | |
12154964578 | austere | without decoration; strict | 15 | |
12154964579 | brusque | rudely abrupt | 16 | |
12154964580 | candor | sincerity; openness | 17 | |
12154964581 | capricious | impulsive and unpredictable | 18 | |
12154964582 | caustic | bitingly sarcastic or witty | 19 | |
12154964583 | Decorous | proper; in good taste | 20 | |
12154964584 | Deleterious | harmful, injurious | 21 | |
12154964585 | Convoluted | intricate; complex | 22 | |
12154964586 | conflagration | great fire | 23 | |
12154964587 | Clandestine | secretive | 24 | |
12154964588 | Didatic | intended to instruct | 25 | |
12154964589 | Dilettante | Noob, amateur | 26 | |
12154964590 | Discourse | Conversation | 27 | |
12154964591 | disingenuous | not straightforward; crafty | 28 | |
12154964592 | Disparity | inequality in age, rank, or degree; difference | 29 | |
12154964593 | Dogmatic | stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs | 30 | |
12154964594 | Dubious | doubtful; of unlikely authenticity | 31 | |
12154964595 | Ebullience | intense enthusiasm | 32 | |
12154964596 | Effusive | emotionally unrestrained; gushy | 33 | |
12154964597 | egregious | conspicuously bad or offensive | 34 | |
12154964598 | Emnity | mutual hatred or ill-will | 35 | |
12154964599 | Cogent | convincing; reasonable | 36 | |
12154964600 | convoluted | intricate; complex | 37 | |
12154964601 | Coup | Well executed plan | 38 | |
12154964602 | equanimity | the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure | 39 | |
12154964603 | equivocate | to avoid making a definite statement | 40 | |
12154964604 | Exculpate | to free from blame | 41 | |
12154964605 | facetious | Playfully humorous | 42 | |
12154964606 | facile | done or achieved with little effort; easy | 43 | |
12154964607 | fastidious | possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please | 44 | |
12154964608 | fractious | quarrelsome; unruly | 45 | |
12154964609 | franetic | Wildly excited active | 46 | |
12154964610 | harbinger | something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner | 47 | |
12154964611 | imperious | arrogantly domineering or overbearing | 48 | |
12154964612 | Impinge | hinder; interfere with | 49 | |
12154964613 | inconsequential | unimportant | 50 | |
12154964614 | incontrovertible | not able to be denied or disputed | 51 | |
12154964615 | incorigible | unable to be reformed | 52 | |
12154964616 | incumbent | imposed as a duty; obligatory | 53 | |
12154964617 | indolent | Lazy | 54 | |
12154964618 | ingrate | an ungrateful person | 55 | |
12154964619 | inherent | inborn; built-in | 56 | |
12154964620 | Innate | Possesses from birth | 57 | |
12154964621 | Insipid | uninteresting; unchallenging | 58 | |
12154964622 | Insolent | insulting in manner or speech | 59 | |
12154964623 | Intrepid | courageous; fearless | 60 | |
12154964624 | Inveterate | long established; deep-rooted; habitual | 61 | |
12154964625 | Laudatory | giving praise | 62 | |
12154964626 | Lexicon | a word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary | 63 | |
12154964627 | Lucid | Easily flowing | 64 | |
12154964628 | malfeasance | wrongdoing, misconduct | 65 | |
12154964629 | Malice | extreme ill will or spite | 66 | |
12154964630 | Metonymy | a type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated | 67 | |
12154964631 | Mollify | to calm or soothe | 68 | |
12154964632 | Nascent | coming into existence; emerging | 69 | |
12154964633 | Obdurate | stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action | 70 | |
12154964634 | Ominous | Menacing; threatening | 71 | |
12154964635 | Omnipotent | all-powerful | 72 | |
12154964636 | Ostentatious | describing a showy or pretentious display | 73 | |
12154964637 | panegyric | Statement of high praise | 74 | |
12154964638 | Paradigm | example or model | 75 | |
12154964639 | pejorative | describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone | 76 | |
12154964640 | penitent | expressing remorse for one's misdeeds | 77 | |
12154964642 | pernicious | harmful | 78 | |
12154964643 | Pervasive | dispersed throughout | 79 | |
12154964644 | ponderous | extremely dull | 80 | |
12154964645 | pragmatic | practical | 81 | |
12154964646 | premonition | a feeling about the future | 82 | |
12154964647 | prodigious | enormous | 83 | |
12154964648 | proliferate | to grow or increase rapidly | 84 | |
12154964649 | propitious | presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious | 85 | |
12154964650 | propriety | appropriateness of behavior | 86 | |
12154964651 | prosaic | unimaginative; dull | 87 | |
12154964652 | Prudent | exercising good judgement or common sense | 88 | |
12154964653 | pugnacious | combative; belligerent | 89 | |
12154964654 | quandary | a state of uncertainty or perplexity (in a) | 90 | |
12154964655 | rancorous | hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will | 91 | |
12154964656 | Realism | artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy | 92 | |
12154964657 | reclamation | the act of making something useful again | 93 | |
12154964658 | replete | abundantly supplied; filled to capacity | 94 | |
12154964659 | reprehensible | worthy of blame | 95 | |
12154964660 | Rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively | 96 | |
12154964661 | Ruse | a crafty trick | 97 | |
12154964662 | sardonic | disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh, bitter, or caustic | 98 | |
12154964663 | servile | submissive; like a servant | 99 | |
12154964664 | Solvent | able to pay one's debts | 100 | |
12154964665 | sonorous | producing a deep or full sound | 101 | |
12154964666 | spurious | not genuine | 102 | |
12154964667 | Staid | unemotional; serious | 103 | |
12154964668 | Stoic | indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive | 104 | |
12154964669 | Stratagem | a clever trick used to deceive or outwit | 105 | |
12154964670 | surreptitiously | done by secretive means | 106 | |
12154964671 | Synecdoche | a form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole | 107 | |
12154964672 | tenacity | persistence | 108 | |
12154964673 | tenuous | having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak | 109 | |
12154964674 | timorous | timid; fearful about the future | 110 | |
12154964675 | Torpor | laziness; inactivity; dullness | 111 | |
12154964676 | transient | passing away with time; passing from one place to another | 112 | |
12154964677 | Transitory | short-lived or temporary | 113 | |
12154964678 | venerated | highly respected | 114 | |
12154964679 | vilify | to make vicious statements about | 115 | |
12154964680 | vindicated | freed from blame | 116 | |
12154964681 | virtuoso | a tremendously skilled artist | 117 |
AP Language vocab 1-120 Flashcards
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