120291796 | Assertion | a declaration or statement | |
120291797 | Biased | prejudiced | |
120291798 | Contemptuous | feeling hatred; scornful | |
120291799 | Convoluted | intricate; complex | |
120291800 | Indolent | lazy | |
120291801 | Disparity | inequality in age, rank or degree; difference | |
120291802 | Embellish | to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate | |
120291803 | Effusive | emotionally restrained; gushy | |
120291804 | Alleviate | to ease a pain or burden | |
120291805 | Dubious | doubtful | |
120291806 | Astute | shrewd; clever | |
120291807 | Ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation | |
120291808 | Inconsequential | unimportant | |
120291809 | Assiduous | hard-working | |
120291810 | Assimilation | to absorb; to make similar | |
120291811 | Acquired | developed or learned; not naturally occuring | |
120291812 | Inherent | inborn; built-in | |
120291813 | Elusive | difficult to capture, as in something actually fleeting | |
120291814 | Affable | easy-going; friendly, amiable | |
120291815 | Impinge | hinder, interfere with | |
127494158 | Aesthetic | having to do with the appreciation of beauty | |
127494159 | Decorous | proper; marked by good taste | |
127494160 | Disparage | to speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle | |
127494161 | Brusque | rudely abrupt | |
127494162 | Deleterious | having a harmful effect; injurious | |
127494163 | Archaic | old-fashioned; characteristic of an earlier period | |
127494164 | Austere | without decoration; strict | |
127494165 | Surreptitiously | done by secretive means | |
127494166 | Innovative | introducing something new | |
127494167 | Candor | sincerity; openness | |
127494168 | Ample | describing a large amount of something | |
127494169 | Exemplary | commendable; worthy of imitation | |
127494170 | Pernicious | causing great harm | |
127494171 | Sardonic | disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh, bitter, caustic | |
127494172 | Haughty | arrogant, vainly proud | |
127494173 | Jocund | cheerful, merry | |
127494174 | Reticent | reserved; does not speak freely | |
127494175 | Pensive | dreamilyor wistfully thoughtful (often marked with some sadness) | |
127494176 | Whimsical | capricious; unpredictable | |
127494177 | Jingoistic | chauvinistic patriotism | |
133258629 | Nascent | coming into existence; emerging | |
136665654 | Magnanimous | generous, high-minded, noble | |
136665655 | Acerbic | harsh, severe | |
136665656 | Pious | 1. having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnes wish to fulfill religious obligations 2. characterized by a hypothethical concern with virtue or religious devotion; sanctimonious | |
136665657 | Querulous | full of complaints, complaining | |
136665658 | Sanguine | cheerfully optimistic | |
136665659 | Vitriolic | very caustic; scathing | |
136665660 | Euphoric | a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania | |
136665661 | Didactic | intended to instruct | |
136665662 | Exculpate | to free from blame or guilt | |
136665663 | Despotic | exercising absolute power; tyrannical | |
136665664 | Cryptic | difficult to comprehend | |
136665665 | Insipid | uninteresting, unchallenging | |
136665666 | Opulent | exhibiting a display of great wealth | |
136665667 | Egregious | conspicuously bad or offensive | |
136665668 | Asylum | a place of retreat or security | |
136665669 | Disingenuous | not straightforward; crafty | |
136665670 | Ambivalent | simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain | |
136665671 | Tenuous | having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure; weak | |
136665672 | Compelling | forceful; urgently demanding attention | |
142244664 | Consensus | general agreement | |
142244665 | Dogmatic | stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs | |
142244666 | Innate | possessed from birth; inborn (inherent) | |
142244667 | Amenable | agreeable | |
142244668 | Melancholy | sadness; depression | |
142244669 | Dilettante | one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge | |
142244670 | Equanimity | the quality of being calm and even-tempered | |
142244671 | Pejorative | describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone | |
142244672 | Caustic | bitinly sarcastic or witty | |
142244673 | Insolent | insulting in manner or speech | |
142244674 | Malfeasance | wrongdoing, misconduct | |
142244675 | Hackneyed | worn out through overuse; trite | |
142244676 | Mediocrity | the state of being average; of moderate to low quality | |
142244677 | Harbinger | something that indicated what is to come; a forerunner | |
142244678 | Novel | strikingly new or unusual | |
142244679 | Laudatory | giving praise | |
142244680 | Pragmatic | practical | |
142244681 | Timorous | full of fear, timid | |
142244682 | Obsequious | servile; submissive | |
142244683 | Officious | objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted service, help, or advice; meddlesome |
Vocab AP English tri 2
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