First 50 AP Language Flashcards
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| 14648794752 | Abhorring | To regard with extreme repugnance or aversion | 0 | |
| 14648794753 | Abstruse | Difficult to understand | 1 | |
| 14648794754 | Acerbic | Harsh or severe, as of temper or expression; polemical | 2 | |
| 14648794755 | Admonishing | cautioning, advising, or counseling against something; reproving or scolding; especially in a mild and good-willed manner | 3 | |
| 14648813969 | ambiguous | open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations | 4 | |
| 14648813970 | ambivalent | uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things | 5 | |
| 14648813971 | Antagonistic | Acting in opposition; opposing especially mutually hostile; unfriendly | 6 | |
| 14648813972 | apathetic | having or showing little or no emotion/ not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive | 7 | |
| 14648813973 | Audacious | extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless | 8 | |
| 14648813974 | Authoritarian | having an air of authority; accustomed to exercising authority; positive; peremptory; dictatorial | 9 | |
| 14648813975 | Bantering | good-humored, playful conversation | 10 | |
| 14653514697 | belligerent | warlike; given to waging war | 11 | |
| 14653514698 | bemused | Bewildered or confusing | 12 | |
| 14653514699 | benevolent | characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings | 13 | |
| 14653514700 | bewildered | completely puzzled or confused; perplexed | 14 | |
| 14653514701 | blithe | joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful | 15 | |
| 14653514702 | brusque | abrupt in manner; blunt; rough | 16 | |
| 14653514703 | candid | frank; outspoken; open and sincere/ free from reservation, disguise, or subterfuge; straightforward | 17 | |
| 14653514704 | capricious | flighty; led by whims; erratic | 18 | |
| 14653514705 | Caustic | making biting, corrosive comments | 19 | |
| 14653514706 | censorious | severely critical; faultfinding | 20 | |
| 14653514707 | choleric | extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible | 21 | |
| 14653514708 | Churlish | rude in a mean-spirited and surly way | 22 | |
| 14653514709 | colloquial | characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal | 23 | |
| 14653514710 | conciliatory | to overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease | 24 | |
| 14653514711 | condescending | showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority | 25 | |
| 14653514712 | contemptuous | showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful. | 26 | |
| 14653514713 | contentious | tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome/ causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy | 27 | |
| 14653514714 | credulous | having or showing too great a readiness to believe things on slight or uncertain evidence | 28 | |
| 14653514715 | Curt | rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner/ brief; concise; terse; laconic | 29 | |
| 14653514716 | Cynical | scornful of the motives, virtue, or integrity of others; bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous or pessimistic | 30 | |
| 14653514717 | Derisive | Characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking; disdainful | 31 | |
| 14653514718 | Derogatory | Tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory | 32 | |
| 14653514719 | Detached | Impartial or objective; disinterested; unbiased/ not involved or concerned; aloof | 33 | |
| 14653514720 | Diabolic | Having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked | 34 | |
| 14653514721 | Didactic | Intended for instruction, instructive | 35 | |
| 14653514722 | Diffident | Lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth or fitness; timid; shy | 36 | |
| 14653514723 | Disconcerting | causing one to feel unsettled; unsettling, unnerving, discomfiting, troubling | 37 | |
| 14653514724 | Dogmatic | asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated | 38 | |
| 14653514725 | Dubious | wavering or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt | 39 | |
| 14653514726 | Duplicitous | deceitful | 40 | |
| 14653514727 | earnest | serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous | 41 | |
| 14653514728 | Ebullient | overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited; enthusiastic | 42 | |
| 14653514729 | Effusive | Unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve | 43 | |
| 14653514730 | Egotistical | given to talking about oneself; vain; boastful; opinionated; indifferent to the well-being of others; selfish | 44 | |
| 14653514731 | Elegiac | Expressing sorrow or lamentation | 45 | |
| 14653514732 | Elevated | exalted or noble; lofty | 46 | |
| 14653514733 | Empathetic | showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states | 47 | |
| 14653514734 | Encouraging | to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence/ to stimulate by assistance, approval, etc.; to promote, advance, or foster | 48 | |
| 14653514735 | Enigmatic | difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious | 49 |
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AP Lang. Suffixes Flashcards
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| 14801401824 | able, ible | capable of | 0 | |
| 14858937956 | acious, icious | full of | 1 | |
| 14801408350 | ac, ic, ical | like, related | 2 | |
| 14858937957 | ant, ent | full of | 3 | |
| 14858953058 | ate | make, become | 4 | |
| 14858956594 | en | make, become | 5 | |
| 14858959789 | er (1) | more | 6 | |
| 14858964701 | er (2) | a person who does | 7 | |
| 14858970843 | cy, ty, ity | state of being | 8 | |
| 14858975528 | ful | full of | 9 | |
| 14858979710 | fy | to make | 10 | |
| 14858982825 | ism | doctrine, belief | 11 | |
| 14858987164 | ist | dealer, doer | 12 | |
| 14858991264 | ize, ise | make | 13 | |
| 14858995662 | logy | study of | 14 | |
| 14858999571 | oid | resembling | 15 | |
| 14859007047 | ose, ous | full of | 16 | |
| 14911988609 | osis | condition | 17 | |
| 14911992500 | tion, sion | state of being | 18 | |
| 14911995712 | tude | state of | 19 |
AP Lang Vocab Flashcards
Vocabulary Tests
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| 14746079595 | desecrate (verb) | Definition:to violate the sacredness of a thing or place Example: the theives also desecrated the church with graffiti. | 0 | |
| 14746079596 | gargantuan (adj) | Definition: enormous or gigantic Example: our country has a gargantuan $4,000,000,000,000 debt. | 1 | |
| 14746079597 | induce (verb) | Definition: to bring about or to make happen Example: by promising them money, she induced voters to vote for John. | 2 | |
| 14746079598 | profane (adj) | Definition: lewd or indecent Example: he exposed himself in public, the police arrested him for profane offense | 3 | |
| 14746079599 | capitulate (verb) | Definition: to surrender or give in Example: we won't capitulate the terrorists demands | 4 | |
| 14746079600 | Anadiplosis (rhetorical strategy) | Definition: repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next Example: death, as the psalmist saith, is certain to all; all should die | 5 | |
| 14972983954 | Pragmatic (adj) | Definition: Practical Sentence: I don't know that it's pragmatic to pack makeup on a camping trip. | 6 | |
| 14972983955 | Sadistic (adj) | Definition: deriving pleasure from cruelty towards others. Sentence: I hate sadistic teachers who love to pile work on us. | 7 | |
| 14972983956 | Hapless (adj) | Definition: unfortunate or unlucky Sentence: He was a hapless man, and always seemed to be breaking things and getting into accidents. | 8 | |
| 14972983957 | Genial (adj) | Definition: friendly Sentence: the dog was big and looked fierce, but was actually genial. | 9 | |
| 14972983958 | Malleable (adj) | Definition: capable of being shaped or transformed. Sentence: Pre-Schoolers minds are very malleable. | 10 | |
| 14972983959 | Antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 11 |
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AP World summer Assignment Flashcards
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| 14625157358 | c. 8000 BCE | Beginnings of Agriculture (Neolithic Revolution) | 0 | |
| 14625158326 | 6th century BCE | life of Buddha, Confucius, Laozi (beginnings of Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism) | 1 | |
| 14625158327 | 221 BCE | Qin Dynasty unified China | 2 | |
| 14625159336 | 27 BCE - 180 CE | Pax Romana | 3 | |
| 14625167705 | 32 CE | Beginnings of Christianity | 4 | |
| 14625170009 | 220 CE | End of Han Dynasty | 5 | |
| 14625172077 | 312 CE | Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity | 6 | |
| 14625174561 | 476 CE | Fall of Rome | 7 | |
| 14625176612 | 527 CE | Justinian rules the Byzantine Empire (the remaining, Eastern half of the Roman Empire) | 8 | |
| 14625178664 | 622 CE | Founding of Islam (Hijrah) | 9 | |
| 14625181511 | 732 CE | Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move into France) | 10 | |
| 14625184526 | c. 900 CE | Decline of classical Maya | 11 | |
| 14625185979 | 1054 CE | Great schism in Christian Church (Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox) | 12 | |
| 14625186945 | 1095 CE | First Crusade | 13 | |
| 14625188696 | 1206 CE | Genghis (Chinggis) Khan begins Mongol conquests | 14 | |
| 14625189349 | 1258 CE | Mongols sack Baghdad, end of Abbasid caliphate | 15 | |
| 14625190895 | 1347-1348 CE | Bubonic Plague in Europe | 16 | |
| 14625191938 | 1368-1644 CE | Ming Dynasty in China | 17 | |
| 14625193769 | 1405-1433 CE | Voyages of Zheng He on the Indian Ocean | 18 | |
| 14625194451 | 1453 CE | Ottomans capture Constantinople | 19 | |
| 14625196004 | 1492 CE | Columbus/Reconquista of Spain | 20 | |
| 14625199308 | 1517 CE | Martin Luther/Protestant Reformation begins | 21 |
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AP Language Flashcards
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| 7752139406 | Rhetoric | a thoughtful activity leading to effective communication also a rational exchange of opposing viewpoints | 0 | |
| 7752234391 | Premise | -two parts of a syllogism. -a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion | 1 | |
| 7752237773 | Assumption | A belief or statement taken for granted without proof. | 2 | |
| 7752242362 | Deductive reasoning | reasoning from general to specific | 3 | |
| 7752559989 | Syllogism | A from of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion | 4 | |
| 7752242363 | Inductive reasoning | reasoning from specific to general | 5 | |
| 7752245638 | Claim | an assertion, usually supported by evidence | 6 | |
| 7752248890 | Assertion | an emphatic statement and is supported by evidence becomes | 7 | |
| 7752248891 | Counterargument | an argument that opposes your claim | 8 | |
| 7752252241 | Concede | to admit as true; to yield, submit | 9 | |
| 7752252242 | Concession | a reluctant acknowledgment or yielding | 10 | |
| 7752252243 | Refute | to prove incorrect | 11 | |
| 7752255126 | Refutation | a denial of the validity of an opposing argument | 12 | |
| 7752255127 | Rebut | to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion | 13 | |
| 7752255128 | Rebuttal | an attempt to contradict or disprove an argument by offering a counter argument | 14 | |
| 7752258432 | Rhetorical Triangle | speaker, audience, subject | 15 | |
| 7752262117 | Aristotelian Triangle | rhetorical triangle | 16 | |
| 7752262118 | Ethos | refers to the character of a person | 17 | |
| 7752262119 | Logos | an appeal to logic | 18 | |
| 7752264562 | Pathos | associated with broader appeals to emotion | 19 | |
| 7752264563 | Persona | the role, attitude, personality a writer assumes in order to achieve a literary purpose | 20 | |
| 7752268195 | Diction | a writer's or speaker's choice of words | 21 | |
| 7752268196 | Syntax | sentence structure | 22 | |
| 7752268197 | Tone | an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience | 23 | |
| 7752270879 | Bias | prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue. | 24 | |
| 7752270880 | Propaganda | ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause | 25 |
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