SL 61-150 words for AP Language and Composition Flashcards

1087047627	amenable	disposed or willing to comply	0
1087047628	expostulation	an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof	1
1087047629	paramour	a lover, often secret, not allowed by law or custom	2
1087047630	gall	to cause irritation or annoyance	3
1087047631	superfluous	more than is needed, desired, or required	4
1087047632	penance	voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing	5
1087047633	steadfast	steady; firmly loyal; constant	6
1087047634	malice	extreme ill will or spite	7
1087047635	trifle	something that has little or no importance, significance, or value	8
1087047636	martyr	one who suffers for the sake of principle	9
1087047637	imbibe	to absorb into one's mind; to drink	10
1087047638	callous	emotionally hardened, unfeeling, insensitive; thick-skinned	11
1087047639	insidious	sly, treacherous, devious	12
1087047640	irreverent	showing lack of due respect or veneration	13
1087047641	venerable	commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position	14
1087047642	piety	devoutness	15
1087047643	sully	to soil, stain, tarnish, taint	16
1087047644	aver	to declare to be true, affirm	17
1087047645	incredulity	doubt, skepticism	18
1087047646	providence	divine control and direction by God	19
1087047647	morbid	abnormally susceptible to or characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings; relating to unpleasant subjects (such as death)	20
1087047648	procure	to obtain through care or effort	21
1087047649	prolific	productive, generative, fertile	22
1087047650	caprice	an impulsive change of mind, fickleness	23
1087047651	delusive	deceptive, imaginary	24
1087047652	placidity	calmness, serenity, complacency, tranquility	25
1087047653	inviolable	sacred; of such a character that it might not be broken, injured, or profaned	26
1087047654	enmity	hostility, antagonism, ill-will	27
1087047655	inalienable	incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another	28
1087047656	preternatural	extraordinary or unnatural	29
1087047657	gesticulation	an animated or excited gesture	30
1087047658	capering	playful leaps or hops	31
1087047659	query	question	32
1087047660	pristine	untouched, uncorrupted	33
1087047661	wan	sickly pale	34
1087047662	pallid	lacking color or liveliness	35
1087047663	cabalistic	cryptic, having a secret or hidden meaning	36
1087047664	exigence	demand or requirement; necessity, urgency	37
1087047665	burnish	to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish	38
1087047666	annals	a record of historic events	39
1087047667	expatiate	to give many details in a speech or writing	40
1087047668	benevolence	kindness, compassion	41
1087047669	catechism	a book or selection of basic principles on a subject, such as Christianity	42
1087047670	temporal	worldly, real-life	43
1087047671	indefeasible	not capable of being undone or voided	44
1087047672	emaciated	extremely thin; wasted away	45
1087047673	earnestness	deep sincerity or seriousness	46
1087047674	vehemence	strength, urgency	47
1087047675	unobtrusive	inconspicuous; not obvious	48
1087047676	tarry	to wait, to loiter or linger	49
1087047677	appellation	a title or name	50
1087047678	chirurgical	surgical	51
1087047679	heterogeneous	composed of unlike parts, different, diverse	52
1087047680	scrupulous	careful and precise; honest	53
1087047681	parochial	relating to a parish; of limited scope or outlook	54
1087047682	importunate	pleading; extremely urgent; persistent	55
1087047683	erudition	serious, scholarly learning	56
1087047684	sexton	caretaker of a church	57
1087047685	stealthily	quietly and cautiously	58
1087047686	inimical	hostile, unfriendly	59
1087047687	propagate	to breed; to spread or proliferate	60
1087047688	decorously	properly, tastefully, in a socially correct manner	61
1087047689	mirth	frivolity, gaiety, laughter	62
1087047690	palliate	to make less serious, ease	63
1087047691	somniferous	hypnotic; soporific, sleep-inducing	64
1087047692	odious	hateful, contemptible	65
1087047693	abstruse	difficult to understand	66
1087047694	firmament	the sky, the heavens	67
1087047695	scurrilous	vulgar, low, indecent	68
1087047696	portent	an omen, a sign of what is to come	69
1087047697	replete	abundantly supplied	70
1087047698	requital	repayment, compensation	71
1087047699	despotic	tyrannical, oppressive	72
1087047700	benign	kindly, gentle, or harmless	73
1087047701	austerity	lack of adornment; strictness or severity of manner	74
1087047702	obviate	to anticipate and prevent, to make unnecessary	75
1087047703	acquiesce	to comply quietly; to agree	76
1087047704	derisively	in a disrespectful and mocking manner	77
1087047705	gallows	a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging	78
1087047706	propinquity	nearness, proximity	79
1087047707	usurp	to seize by force; to take control without authority	80
1087047708	sedulous	constant and persevering	81
1087047709	deleterious	subtly or unexpectedly harmful	82
1087047710	impalpable	unreal, intangible	83
1087047711	petulant	easily irritated or annoyed; rude, peevish	84
1087047712	disposition	mood or temperament	85
1087047713	precocity	unusually advanced intelligence at an early age	86
1087047714	acrid	harsh, bitter	87
1087047715	propensity	inclination, tendency	88
1087047716	asperity	harshness, meanness	89