4853227039 | ascribe | (v.) to attribute, to describe as a cause or source | 0 | |
4853228622 | askance | (adv.) distrustfully, scornfully (said of how one looks at something) | 1 | |
4853230115 | askew | (adj.) turned to one side, crooked | 2 | |
4853231092 | asperity | (n.) roughness, harshness, irritability, acrimony | 3 | |
4853232938 | assess | (v.) measure | 4 | |
4853233802 | assiduous | (adj.) attentive, diligent (an ~ work team finished the job in two days | 5 | |
4878372737 | assuage | (v.) to make less severe | 6 | |
4878373274 | astral | (adj.) pertaining to the stars | 7 | |
4878373275 | astute | (adj.) shrewd, sharp, keen | 8 | |
4878374371 | atropy | (n.) wasting away (often a body part from disuse), degeneration, decline | 9 | |
4878375910 | attrition | (n.) a wearing down, a gradual decrease (not always referring to a body) | 10 | |
4878378382 | augment | (v.) to increase, to make larger | 11 | |
4878379264 | augury | (n.) prediction, omen | 12 | |
4878379265 | august | (adj.) stately, of supreme dignity, venerable | 13 | |
4878380281 | auspicious | (adj.) favorable, promising success | 14 | |
4878381057 | austere | (adj.) severe | 15 | |
4878381872 | authentic | (adj.) genuine, real | 16 | |
4878381873 | authoritarian | (adj.) like a dictator | 17 | |
4878382473 | autonomous | (adj.) self-governing | 18 | |
4878383151 | avarice | (n.) greed | 19 | |
4878383152 | aver | (v.) to assert with confidence | 20 | |
4878383817 | averse | (adj.) reluctant, not inclined | 21 | |
4878383818 | avert | (v.) to prevent | 22 | |
4878384604 | avid | (adj.) eager, with enthusiasm | 23 | |
4878384605 | avouch | (v.) to state strongly, guarantee | 24 | |
4878385299 | awry | (adj.) askew, amiss, not as expected | 25 | |
4878386114 | axiomatic | (adj.) self-evident, obvious, given | 26 | |
4878387062 | baleful | (adj.) deadly, evil, ominious | 27 | |
4878387646 | balk | (v.) to refuse, to continue or allow, stop short | 28 | |
4878389655 | balmy | (adj.) mild, refreshing | 29 | |
4878389656 | banal | (adj.) trite, commonplace, hackneyed, ordinary | 30 | |
4878392991 | baneful | (adj.) destructive | 31 | |
4878393634 | banter | (n.) playful and light-hearted conversation, jest, teasing | 32 | |
4878394700 | beget | (v.) to produce offspring, to cause or bring about | 33 | |
4878395450 | beguile | (v.) to cheat, delude, charm deceitfully | 34 | |
4878395463 | belittle | (v.) to put down, disparage | 35 | |
4878396245 | bellicose | (adj.) aggressive, ready to fight, belligerent | 36 | |
4878396790 | benefactor | (n.) helper, supporter | 37 | |
4878397457 | benevolent | (adj.) kind-hearted, having good will towards others | 38 | |
4878397933 | benign | (adj.) kindly, not maligant | 39 | |
4878398767 | bibliophile | (n.) a book-lover | 40 | |
4878398768 | bigoted | (adj.) prejudiced and intolerant of a viewpoint other than one's own | 41 | |
4878400084 | bizarre | (adj.) strange | 42 | |
4878404534 | bland | (adj.) mild, tasteless, dull | 43 | |
4878404535 | blandish | (v.) to persuade by mild flattery, coax, cajole | 44 | |
4878405888 | blasphemy | (n.) an irreverent or impious act towards something sacred, sacrilegious disrepect | 45 | |
4878407691 | blatant | (adj.) obvious, flagrant (often glaringly or offensively so) | 46 | |
4878408450 | blithe | (adj.) cheerful | 47 | |
4878408451 | bolster | (v.) to support | 48 | |
4878409299 | bombastic | (adj.) pompous in language, verbose, know it all | 49 | |
4878411336 | bounty | (n.) plenty, abundance, a reward often given for someone's capture | 50 | |
4878412689 | braggadocio | (n.) unjustified boasting, empty bragging | 51 | |
4878413644 | brevity | (n.) briefness | 52 | |
4878415570 | brusque | (adj.) abrupt, blunt, curt, terse | 53 | |
4878415571 | bucolic | (adj.) pertaining to the countryside, pastoral | 54 | |
4878416282 | bumptious | (adj.) boldly conceited, cocky, pushy | 55 | |
4878418140 | buttress (MILLI!) | (n.)an architectural structure meant to support a wall from the outside | 56 | |
4878425914 | cabal | (n.) a small group plotting secretly, a faction | 57 | |
4878426468 | cache | (n.) a hiding place for food or ammunition, etc; stash | 58 | |
4878429166 | cadaverous | (adj.) haggard, skeletal, ghastly, like a corpse | 59 |
AP Language Vocabulary Week 2 Flashcards
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