AP Language Vocabulary
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238467051 | assertion | a declaration or statement | |
238467052 | clarity | clearness in thought or exression | |
238467053 | cogent | convincing;reasonable | |
238467054 | coherent | logically connected | |
238467055 | cohesive | condition of sticking together | |
238467056 | didactic | intended to instruct | |
238467057 | discourse | verbal expression or exchange; conversation | |
238467058 | eloquence | the ability to speak vividly or persuasively | |
238467059 | emphasize | to give special attention to; to stress | |
238467060 | fluid | easily flowing | |
238467061 | implication | the act of suggesting or hinting | |
238467062 | lucid | easily understood; clear | |
238467063 | rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively | |
238467064 | arbiter | a judge who decides a disputed issue | |
238467065 | biased | prejudice | |
238467066 | exculpate | to free from guilt or blame | |
238467067 | impartial | not in favor of one side or the other, unbiased | |
238467068 | incontrovertible | not able to be denied or disputed | |
238467069 | integrity | trustworthiness; completeness | |
238467070 | objectivity | treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices | |
238467071 | penitent | expressing remorse for one's misdeeds | |
238467072 | plausible | seemingly valid or acceptable; credible | |
238467073 | substantiated | supported with proof or evidence; verified | |
238467074 | vindicated | freed from blame | |
238467075 | condescending | treating people as weak or inferior | |
238467076 | contemptuos | feeling hatred; scornful | |
238467077 | despotic | exercising absolute power; tyrannical | |
238467078 | dictatorial | domineering; oppressively overbearing | |
238467079 | disdain | contempt; scorn; to look down on | |
238467080 | haughty | arrogant; vainly proud | |
238467081 | imperious | arrogantly domineering or overbearing | |
238467082 | patronizing | treating in a condescending manner | |
238467083 | convoluted | intricate; complex | |
238467084 | cryptic | difficult to comprehend | |
238467085 | futile | having no useful purpose; pointless | |
238467086 | obscure | relatively unknown, to conceal or make indistinct | |
238467087 | impede | to slow the progress of | |
238467088 | quandary | a state of uncertainty or perplexity | |
238467089 | indolent | lazy | |
238467090 | insipid | uninteresting; unchallenging | |
238467091 | listless | lacking energy | |
238467092 | torpor | laziness; inactivity; dullness | |
238467093 | alienated | removed or disassociated from | |
238467094 | alliance | a union of two or more groups | |
238467095 | disparity | inequality in age, rank, or degree; difference | |
238467096 | servile | submissive; like a servant | |
238467097 | suppressed | subdued; kept from being circulated | |
238467098 | embellish | to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate | |
238467099 | florid | describing flowery or elaborate speech | |
238467100 | opulent | exhibiting a display of great wealth | |
238467101 | ornate | elaborately decorated | |
238467102 | ostentatious | describing a showy or pretentious display | |
238467103 | poignant | profoundly moving; touching | |
238467104 | ebullience | intense enthusiasm | |
238467105 | effusive | emotionally unrestrained; gushy | |
238467106 | egregious | conspicuously bad or offensive | |
238467107 | flagrant | extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable | |
238467108 | frenetic | wildly excited or active | |
238467109 | gratuitous | given freely; unearned; unwarranted | |
238467110 | superfluous | extra; unnecessary | |
238467111 | alleviate | to ease a pain or burden | |
238467112 | asylum | a place of retreat or security | |
238467113 | auspicious | favorable; promising | |
238467114 | benevolent | well-meaning; generous | |
238467115 | benign | kind and gentle | |
238467116 | mollify | to calm or soothe | |
238467117 | reclamation | the act of making something useful again | |
238467118 | sanction | to give official authorization or approval | |
238467119 | dubious | doubtful; of unlikely authenticity | |
238467120 | fabricated | made; concocted to deceive | |
238467121 | hypocrisy | the practice of pretending to be something on is not; insincerity | |
238467122 | slander | false charges and malicious oral statements about someone | |
238467123 | spurious | not genuine | |
266858358 | astute | shrewd; clever | |
266858359 | clandestine | secretive | |
266858360 | coup | a brilliantly executed plan | |
266858361 | disingenuous | not straightforward; crafty | |
266858362 | ruse | a crafty trick | |
266858363 | stratagem | a clever trick used to deceive or outwit | |
266858364 | surreptitiously | done by secretive means | |
266858365 | wary | on gaurd | |
266858366 | wily | cunning | |
266858367 | ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation | |
266858368 | ambivalent | simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain | |
266858369 | apathetic | feeling or showing little emotion | |
266858370 | arbitrary | determined by impulse rather than reason | |
266858371 | capricious | impulsive and unpredictable | |
266858372 | equivocate | to avoid making a definite statement | |
266858373 | indifferent | not caring one way or the other | |
266858374 | spontaneous | unplanned; naturally occurring | |
266858375 | whimsical | subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable | |
266896209 | inconsequential | unimportant | |
266896210 | superficial | concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow | |
266896211 | tenuous | having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak | |
266896212 | trivial | of little importance or significance | |
266896213 | assiduous | hard-working | |
266896214 | compelling | forceful; urgently demanding attention | |
266896215 | diligent | marked by painstaking effort; hard-working | |
266896216 | dogged | stubbornly persevering | |
266896217 | endure | to put up with; to strive a hardship | |
266896218 | intrepid | courageous; fearless | |
266896219 | maverick | one who is independent and resists adherence to a group | |
266896220 | obdurate | stubborn; inflexible | |
266896221 | obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action | |
266896222 | proliferate | to grow or increase rapidly | |
266896223 | tenacity | persistence | |
266896224 | vitality | energy; power to survive | |
266896225 | assimilation | to absorb; to make similar | |
266896226 | consensus | general agreement | |
266896227 | context | circumstances of a situation; environment | |
266896228 | derived | copied or adapted from a source | |
266896229 | incumbment | imposed as a duty; obligatory | |
266896230 | inevitable | certain to happen, unavoidable | |
266896231 | malleable | easily shaped or formed; easily influenced | |
266896232 | subdue | to restrain; to hold back | |
266896233 | acquired | developed or learned; not naturally occurring | |
266896234 | conception | the ability to form or understand and idea | |
266896235 | dogmatic | stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs | |
266896236 | enlightening | informative; contributing to one's awareness | |
266896237 | impression | a feeling or understanding resulting from an experience | |
266896238 | intuition | the power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight | |
266896239 | misconception | an incorrect understanding or interpretation | |
266896240 | perception | awareness; insight | |
266896241 | perspective | point of view | |
266896242 | profound | having great depth or seriousness | |
279273466 | inherent | inborn; built-in | |
279273467 | innate | possessed from birth; inborn | |
279273468 | inveterate | long established; deep-rooted; habitual | |
279273469 | omnipotent | all-powerful | |
279273470 | proximity | closeness | |
279273471 | elusive | difficult to capture, as in something actually fleeting | |
279273472 | emigrate | to leave one country or region and settle in another | |
279273473 | transient | passing away with time; passing from one place to another | |
279273474 | transitory | short-lived or temporary | |
279273475 | affable | easy-going; friendly | |
279273476 | amenable | responsive; agreeable | |
279273477 | camaraderie | good will between friends | |
279273478 | cordial | friendly; sincere | |
279273479 | facetious | playfully humorous | |
279273480 | impinge | hinder; interfere with | |
279273481 | lament | express grief for; mourn | |
279273482 | melancholy | sadness; depression | |
279273483 | sanction | an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country | |
279273484 | truncated | shortened; cut off | |
288800947 | aesthetic | having to do with the appreciation of beauty | |
288800948 | anthology | a collection of literary pieces | |
288800949 | contemporary | current, modern; from the same time | |
288800950 | dilettante | one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge | |
288800951 | eclectic | made up of a variety of sources or styles | |
288800952 | excerpt | a selected part of a passage or scene | |
288800953 | genre | describing a category or artistic endeavor | |
288800954 | medley | an assortment or a mixture, especially of musical pieces | |
288800955 | mural | a large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface | |
288800956 | narrative | characterized by the telling of a story, a story | |
288800957 | parody | an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect | |
288800958 | realism | artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy | |
288800959 | Virtuoso | a tremendously skilled artist | |
288800960 | decorous | proper; marked by good state | |
288800961 | equanimity | the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure | |
288800962 | propriety | appropriateness of behavior | |
288800963 | prudent | exercising good judgement or common sense | |
288800964 | serene | calm | |
288800965 | staid | unemotional; serious | |
288800966 | stoic | indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive |