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AP Language Vocabulary Set 1 Flashcards

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5449619560ApocryphalOf dubious authenticity or origin; spurious. (Adj)0
5449621570ArcaneUnderstood by only a few; mysterious. (Adj)1
5449621571ConveneTo summon or cause to assemble. (v)2
5449623315ExpedientUseful for some purpose; convenient. Concerned primarily or exclusively with serving one's own interests. (Adj)3
5449623316ExudeTo flow out slowly; to ooze or emit. To give forth; to exhibit in abundance. (v)4
5449623317GesticulateTo motion energetically with the body or limbs. (v)5
5449627027ImperturbableCalm and assured. (Adj)6
5449629228IncrementAn increase, addition or gain, often by regular, consecutive amounts. (n)7
5449629229LevityExcessive frivolity; a lack of seriousness; joking. (n)8
5449629230MortifyTo embarrass or humiliate. (v)9
5449631995PeripheryThe area around the edges; the outermost part. (n)10
5449631996RaconteurOne who tells stories with skill and wit. (n)11
5449635881ReiterateTo say or do over again; to repeat. (v)12
5449635882SubterfugeA deceptive scheme or strategy. (n)13
5449638165VacillateTo move back and forth from lack of balance; waver. To alternate indecisively between opinions or courses of action. (v)14
5449638166Word History: Incrementfrom Latin to Anglo-French to Middle English Latin: incrementum: growth, increase; an addition from stem of increscere: to grow in or upon first attested 1630s.15

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