AP Language Summer Homework Flashcards

2617567801	abet	to help, encourage, or support someone in a criminal act	0
2617572621	affable	friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to	1
2617572622	affinity	a natural liking or sympathy for someone or something	2
2617572995	ameliorate	to make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better	3
2617572996	animosity	strong hostility	4
2617575629	antithesis	a contrast or opposition between two things; opposite	5
2617576185	ascetic	characterized by extreme self-discipline and avoidance of indulgence	6
2617576186	atavistic	related to an ancient or instinctual way of thinking	7
2617576618	aver	to state, assert, allege	8
2617591996	blight	something that causes harm or damage like a disease	9
2617591997	buttress	to support or strengthen	10
2617596524	cacophony	unpleasantly loud sounds	11
2617596856	certitude	being certain, free of doubt	12
2617597194	clandestine	done secretly, in private	13
2617597195	comprise	to be made up of	14
2617597930	compunction	a feeling of guilt or regret	15
2617597931	corroborate	to help prove by providing evidence or information	16
2617604812	decorum	correct and proper behavior	17
2617605201	delineate	to describe clearly	18
2617605202	deride	to say something critical and insulting	19
2617605706	despondent	sad, without hope	20
2617605707	devoid	without the usual accompaniments or attributes	21
2617606098	diminutive	a word or phrase that indicates something is small	22
2617606099	dissident	someone who disagrees with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief	23
2617614513	efficacy	the power to produce a desired result or effect	24
2617614749	emphatic	said or done in a forceful or definite way	25
2617614750	enervate	lacking physical, mental, or moral energy or vigor	26
2617614751	epoch	an era, a period of time that is very important in history	27
2617615047	erudite	coming across as knowledgeable, learned, educated	28
2617615048	eschew	to avoid on moral grounds	29
2617643706	fallible	capable of making mistakes or being wrong	30
2617643707	fatalistic	belief that what will happen has already been determined by fate	31
2617644367	fervent	having or showing very strong feelings	32
2617644368	foible	a minor fault in someone's character or behavior	33
2617648807	hackneyed	overused, not fresh or interesting	34
2617649163	heretic	someone who believes or teaches something that goes against accepted or official beliefs	35
2617649164	idyllic	very peaceful, happy, and enjoyable	36
2617649165	illicit	unlawful or illegal or immoral	37
2617649493	imagistic	characterized by an expression of ideas and emotions through clear precise images	38
2617649494	imperative	very important	39
2617649710	incongruous	strange because of not agreeing with what is usual or expected	40
2617649711	incontrovertible	not able to be doubted or questioned	41
2617650437	indictment	an expression or statement of strong disapproval	42
2617651316	impertinent	rude and showing a lack of respect	43
2617651498	indignant	feeling or showing anger because of something that is unfair or wrong	44
2617651850	ineffable	too great, powerful, beautiful, etc., to be described or expressed	45
2617651851	innocuous	not harmful, not bothersome	46
2617652193	inordinate	going beyond what is usual, normal, or proper	47
2620280832	laggard	a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others	48
2620299831	largesse	money or gifts given generously	49
2620299832	lascivious	lustful, lewd	50
2620300772	litany	a repetitive series	51
2620300773	macabre	gruesome, horrifying, consumed with thoughts of death	52
2620301164	machinations	crafty schemes, cunning plot-- often with devious intent	53
2620301420	malodorous	having an unpleasant or offensive odor	54
2620301421	motley	an incongruous, unlikely mix	55
2620301863	muckrake	to expose misconduct, scandal	56
2620301864	notorious	well known for something bad, unfavorable	57
2620302155	oblique	indirect, evasive, dishonest	58
2620302156	obliterate	to remove or destroy completely	59
2620302415	obscure	to make something difficult to detect or understand	60
2620302416	ominous	menacing, threatening	61
2620302510	onerous	troublesome or oppressive; burdensome	62
2620302511	ostentatious	pretentious, an attempt to impress others	63
2620315451	pejorative	disparaging, belittling	64
2620315452	peril	imminent danger	65
2620315584	peripatetic	characterized by walking, traveling	66
2620315724	pervasive	widespread	67
2620315725	plausible	reasonable, valid, believable	68
2620315871	poignant	arouses emotions, intense	69
2620323006	precarious	lacking stability or security	70
2620323007	preemptive	intended to deter or prevent	71
2620323008	presage	to indicate or warn in advance	72
2620323009	proliferation	a rapid increase in number	73
2620323437	proselytize	to attempt to convert, persuade to join one's religion/political party	74
2620323438	quandary	a state of uncertainty, perplexity	75
2620323518	ramshackle	broken down, falling apart	76
2620323617	recalcitrant	stubbornly resistent, defiant	77
2620323781	reticent	uncommunicative, quiet, reserved	78
2620323782	salacious	bawdy, lewd	79
2620323995	salient	striking, remarkable, conspicuous	80
2620323996	sanctity	sacred	81
2620324092	sanguine	cheery, optimistic,	82
2620324093	stalwart	strong, dependable, sturdy	83
2620324297	stasis	motionless, stagnation, inactivity	84
2620324370	subjugate	to bring under control, to conquer	85
2620324371	subservient	submissive to authority or the control of another	86
2620324557	sullen	gloomy, somber	87
2620324680	surreptitious	marked by secrecy	88
2620324681	syllogism	a form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a logical conclusion is drawn	89
2620324863	temerity	reckless boldness	90
2620324864	tenor	the general meaning or character of something	91
2620325050	tentative	a lack of confidence or certainty, hesitant	92
2620325051	terse	brief and to the point	93
2620325323	thwart	to prevent	94
2620325324	toady	flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons	95
2620325506	torpid	sluggish or inactive	96
2620325507	truculent	aggressively defiant	97
2620325664	ubiquitous	seeming to be everywhere at once	98
2620325833	vitriolic	bitter, caustic, scathing	99