13740959147 | abnegation | self-denial, rejection in favor of others | 0 | |
13740959148 | acquiesce | to agree, to favor, to accept | 1 | |
13740959149 | acrimony | sharp animosity, harshness, or bitterness | 2 | |
13740959150 | acumen | superior mental qualities, keen insight | 3 | |
13740959151 | aplomb | great poise, confident composure | 4 | |
13740959152 | assuage | appease, satisfy, make less intense | 5 | |
13740959153 | bedizen | ornament in a showy, gaudy, vulgar manner | 6 | |
13740959154 | bucolic | pastoral, idyllically rural; of or relating to shepherds | 7 | |
13740959155 | caliber | degree of merit, degree of mental capacity | 8 | |
13740959156 | candid | frank, outspoken, sincere | 9 | |
13740959157 | captious | fault-finding, exaggerating trivial defects | 10 | |
13740959158 | charlatan | impostor, fraud | 11 | |
13740959159 | cohort | companion, a group of warriors or soldiers | 12 | |
13740959160 | credulity | gullibility, readiness to believe without evidence | 13 | |
13740959161 | cupidity | greed, lust for wealth, excessive desire | 14 | |
13740959162 | dilatory | delaying, procrastinating, inclined to waste time | 15 | |
13740959163 | effusive | demonstrative, overflowing emotion | 16 | |
13740959164 | elation | great joy or gladness, high spirits | 17 | |
13740959165 | enjoin | direct someone to do something, to prohibit or forbid | 18 | |
13740959166 | explicate | explain, make plain, make clear | 19 | |
13740959167 | abrogate | abolish or treat as non-existent | 20 | |
13740959168 | anachronistic | set in the wrong time, misdated | 21 | |
13740959169 | ardor | fervor, zeal, passion | 22 | |
13740959170 | auspicious | favorable, attended by good | 23 | |
13740959171 | boorish | rude, unmannerly | 24 | |
13740959172 | chastise | discipline, punish | 25 | |
13740959173 | cogent | to the point, relevant | 26 | |
13740959174 | conflagration | large, destructive fire or war | 27 | |
13740959175 | coruscate | sparkle, gleam | 28 | |
13740959176 | coterie | clique, select group of people | 29 | |
13740959177 | decry | belittle, to condemn openly | 30 | |
13740959178 | diatribe | tirade, criticism | 31 | |
13740959179 | ebullient | high spirited, joyously unrestrained | 32 | |
13740959180 | enervate | weaken, exhaust, deprive of strength | 33 | |
13740959181 | erudite | learned, showing profound knowledge of | 34 | |
13740959182 | exonerate | free from blame, relieve from responsibility | 35 | |
13740959183 | fetid | stinking, having an offensive odor | 36 | |
13740959184 | foment | instigate, attempt to stir up public opinion | 37 | |
13740959185 | garrulous | wordy, rambling, excessively talkative | 38 | |
13740959186 | gregarious | sociable, fond of company | 39 | |
13740959187 | codicil | supplement to a will, a legal change to a will | 40 | |
13740959188 | copious | abundant, plentiful | 41 | |
13740959189 | diametrical | direct opposite, absolute reverse | 42 | |
13740959190 | disburse | expend, distribute | 43 | |
13740959191 | dolt | blockhead, stupid person | 44 | |
13740959192 | duplicity | deceitfulness, deceptiveness | 45 | |
13740959193 | effete | decadent, sterile, worn out | 46 | |
13740959194 | equine | of, relating to, or resembling horses or the horse family | 47 | |
13740959195 | exculpate | absolve, free from blame | 48 | |
13740959196 | expedite | hasten, dispatch, quicken | 49 | |
13740959197 | extemporize | to do in a makeshift way, to deliver impromptu | 50 | |
13740959198 | fallible | liable to err, likely to fail or to make a mistake | 51 | |
13740959199 | fatuous | inane, silly, unreal | 52 | |
13740959200 | furtive | stealthy, sly, shifty | 53 | |
13740959201 | gauche | awkward, tactless, lacking social grace | 54 | |
13740959202 | germane | relevant, pertinent | 55 | |
13740959203 | hone | sharpen, whet, file, grind | 56 | |
13740959204 | immutable | unchangeable, unalterable | 57 | |
13740959205 | iniquitous | sinful, wicked, vicious | 58 | |
13740959206 | kudos | glory, a praising remark for exceptional achievement | 59 | |
13740959207 | avarice | greed, cupidity | 60 | |
13740959208 | calumny | slander, lies to damage another's reputation | 61 | |
13740959209 | consonant | in agreement, in harmony | 62 | |
13740959210 | dearth | scarcity, shortage, lack | 63 | |
13740959211 | debacle | sudden collapse, a flood, a failure | 64 | |
13740959212 | elan | dash, distinctive and stylish elegance | 65 | |
13740959213 | elegy | a lament for the dead | 66 | |
13740959214 | galvanize | startle into sudden activity, to coat with zinc | 67 | |
13740959215 | histronics | acting, theatricals | 68 | |
13740959216 | illicit | unlicensed, unlawful | 69 | |
13740959217 | inane | pointless, silly, foolish | 70 | |
13740959218 | intrinsic | innate, true, natural, inherent | 71 | |
13740959219 | levity | lightness of character, excessive frivolity | 72 | |
13740959220 | lucid | clear, bright, shining | 73 | |
13740959221 | mercurial | active, lively, erratic | 74 | |
13740959222 | paradox | seeming self-contradiction that's true, a statement opposing accepted opinion | 75 | |
13740959223 | pathos | pity, evoking compassion | 76 | |
13740959224 | pensive | reflective, meditative, dreamily thoughtful | 77 | |
13740959225 | penurious | poor, impoverished | 78 | |
13740959226 | plethora | excess, abundance, state of being overfull | 79 | |
13740959227 | impolitic | unwise, injudicious | 80 | |
13740959228 | incarnadine | blood-red, crimson, flesh color | 81 | |
13740959229 | indigenous | native, natural, innate | 82 | |
13740959230 | indigent | destitute, impoverished, needy | 83 | |
13740959231 | ineffable | inexpressible, unutterable, indescribable, taboo | 84 | |
13740959232 | inure | toughen, harden, habituate | 85 | |
13740959233 | irascible | testy, touchy, irritable | 86 | |
13740959234 | laud | praise, extol, acclaim, to glorify | 87 | |
13740959235 | limpid | clear, transparent, lucid, serene | 88 | |
13740959236 | lithe | pliant, flexible, supple | 89 | |
13740959237 | loquacious | very talkative, garrulous | 90 | |
13740959238 | ludricous | laughable, ridiculous, funny because of obvious absurdity | 91 | |
13740959239 | lugubrious | mournful, dismal, gloomy, excessively sorrowful | 92 | |
13740959240 | malfeasance | wrongdoing, official misconduct, illegal deed | 93 | |
13740959241 | malign | defame, slander | 94 | |
13740959242 | morass | marsh, bog, swamp | 95 | |
13740959243 | mundane | common, ordinary, everyday | 96 | |
13740959244 | pariah | outcast, Untouchable | 97 | |
13740959245 | patrimony | heritage from one's father or other ancestor, legacy | 98 | |
13740959246 | pecuniary | financial, monetary, relating to money | 99 | |
13740959247 | abatement | the act of putting an end to, a deduction | 100 | |
13740959248 | altruistic | unselfish concern for the welfare of others | 101 | |
13740959249 | analogous | comparable, similar | 102 | |
13740959250 | aquiline | hooked like an eagle's beak, having characteristics like an eagle | 103 | |
13740959251 | austerity | strict economy, without adornment; a state of great self-denial | 104 | |
13740959252 | brevity | shortness, conciseness, terseness | 105 | |
13740959253 | castigate | criticize or punish severely | 106 | |
13740959254 | deplorable | sad, pitiable, lamentable | 107 | |
13740959255 | doddering | trembling, shaking with old age, to progress in a feeble manner | 108 | |
13740959256 | ennui | boredom, weariness, dissatisfaction | 109 | |
13740959257 | eyrie | nest of a bird of prey, a home | 110 | |
13740959258 | jocularity | state of being playful, jesting, characterized by joking | 111 | |
13740959259 | mandate | command, authorize, decree | 112 | |
13740959260 | maudlin | mawkish, tearfully sentimental | 113 | |
13740959261 | mete | dole, measure out, allot | 114 | |
13740959262 | peregrination | travel from one place to another, journey | 115 | |
13740959263 | prodigious | enormous, extraordinary in size or degree | 116 | |
13740959264 | saturate | fill up completely | 117 | |
13740959265 | temerity | foolish boldness, fearless, daring | 118 | |
13740959266 | vacuous | stupidly blank or empty | 119 | |
13740959267 | iconoclast | destroyer of images of idols, attacker of traditions | 120 | |
13740959268 | impeccable | faultless, irreproachable | 121 | |
13740959269 | inexorable | relentless, unyielding | 122 | |
13740959270 | infer | conclude, to derive by reasoning, to guess, speculate | 123 | |
13740959271 | insipid | pointless, flat, dull | 124 | |
13740959272 | integral | entire, whole, essential | 125 | |
13740959273 | invidious | offensive, obnoxious | 126 | |
13740959274 | laconic | concise, expressing much in a few words | 127 | |
13740959275 | lethargic | drowsy, sluggish, vagrant | 128 | |
13740959276 | malignant | harmful, dangerous | 129 | |
13740959277 | martial | warlike, pertaining to war | 130 | |
13740959278 | misanthropy | hatred or dislike of mankind | 131 | |
13740959279 | mollify | pacify, appease, reduce | 132 | |
13740959280 | ominous | threatening, portentous | 133 | |
13740959281 | omniscient | all-knowing, infinite awareness | 134 | |
13740959282 | ostracism | banishment, exile, exclusion | 135 | |
13740959283 | panegyric | formal eulogy, or commendation | 136 | |
13740959284 | paradigm | model, pattern, standard | 137 | |
13740959285 | parsimonious | stingy, excessively frugal. | 138 | |
13740959286 | peripatetic | wandering, roving, vagrant | 139 | |
13740959287 | affray | public fight or riot, quarrel, or brawl | 140 | |
13740959288 | apothegm | short, pithy saying, terse remarks | 141 | |
13740959289 | decrement | loss, decrease | 142 | |
13740959290 | incongruous | lacking harmony or agreement | 143 | |
13740959291 | salacious | lustful, lecherous, obscene | 144 | |
13740959292 | sartorial | of or about tailors or tailoring | 145 | |
13740959293 | soliloquy | talking as is alone; utterance by a person talking to himself | 146 | |
13740959294 | sordid | dirty, vile | 147 | |
13740959295 | stringent | strict, severe, exacting | 148 | |
13740959296 | supplant | remove, replace, overthrow | 149 | |
13740959297 | taciturn | uncommunicative, habitually silent | 150 | |
13740959298 | tepid | lukewarm, moderately warm | 151 | |
13740959299 | truculent | savage, cruel, fierce | 152 | |
13740959300 | unctuous | suave, smug, excessively pious | 153 | |
13740959301 | venal | mercenary, corruptible, able to be bribed | 154 | |
13740959302 | verbose | wordy, loquacious, lack of incisiveness or precision | 155 | |
13740959303 | vernacular | common, native language | 156 | |
13740959304 | virago | a shrew; ill-tempered woman | 157 | |
13740959305 | voracious | greedy, immoderate, insatiable | 158 | |
13740959306 | tedium | boredom, ennui, dullness | 159 | |
13740959307 | incite | provoke, arouse, goad | 160 | |
13740959308 | insular | detached, isolated, having a narrow point of view | 161 | |
13740959309 | intrepid | fearless, dauntless, fortitude | 162 | |
13740959310 | manumission | freeing, release from slavery | 163 | |
13740959311 | moribund | dying, stagnant, on the verge of extinction | 164 | |
13740959312 | nescient | ignorant, agnostic, lack of knowledge | 165 | |
13740959313 | obfuscate | confuse, cloud, make obscure | 166 | |
13740959314 | placebo | substance having no pharmaceutical effect | 167 | |
13740959315 | proliferation | excessive rapid spread | 168 | |
13740959316 | pusillanimous | cowardly in spirit, fearful | 169 | |
13740959317 | recondite | deep, difficult, profound, little known | 170 | |
13740959318 | sanctimonious | hypocritical show of piety or righteousness | 171 | |
13740959319 | similitude | likeness, resemblance, comparison | 172 | |
13740959320 | soporific | of or about sleep, drowsy | 173 | |
13740959321 | supine | inactive, passive, lying on the back | 174 | |
13740959322 | tactile | tangible, perceptible to the touch | 175 | |
13740959323 | temporal | secular, transitory of this world, limited by time | 176 | |
13740959324 | ungulate | hoof like, of or about horses | 177 | |
13740959325 | vapid | insipid, spiritless, inane | 178 | |
13740959326 | zenith | acme, highest point | 179 | |
13740959327 | antipathy | aversion, habitual repugnance | 180 | |
13740959328 | wane | diminish, abate, decrease | 181 | |
13740959329 | encomium | eulogy, formal expression of high praise | 182 | |
13740959330 | cacophonous | harsh, discordant, unpleasant | 183 | |
13740959331 | ambivalent | having opposing feelings or desires | 184 | |
13740959332 | puissant | powerful, potent, mighty | 185 | |
13740959333 | bellicose | pugnacious, ready to fight | 186 | |
13740959334 | amenable | agreeable, answerable | 187 | |
13740959335 | cavil | harp, nitpick, raise minor objections | 188 | |
13740959336 | commodious | spacious, roomy | 189 | |
13740959337 | desultory | disconnected, random, lacking in order | 190 | |
13740959338 | discreet | judicious, tactful, diplomatic | 191 | |
13740959339 | emanate | emit, send forth, flow out | 192 | |
13740959340 | didactic | too inclined to teach, preach, or lecture | 193 | |
13740959341 | ephemeral | transitory, short-lived, fleeting | 194 | |
13740959342 | feckless | feeble, ineffective, worthless | 195 | |
13740959343 | heinous | hateful, odious, abominable | 196 | |
13740959344 | piquant | pungent, spicy, provocative | 197 | |
13740959345 | obstreperous | unruly, uncontrolled, vociferous, clamorous | 198 | |
13740959346 | discrete | separate, distinct, detached from others | 199 |
AP Literature and Composition Vocabulary Flashcards
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