Ap Language Vocabulary Week 3 Flashcards
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4943123377 | cadence | rhythm | 0 | |
4943123378 | cajole | to persuade by flattery or promises. synonym for blandish | 1 | |
4943130412 | callous | insensitive, hard hearted, unsympathetic | 2 | |
4943134921 | callow | immature, inexperienced, neophyte | 3 | |
4943146873 | canard | a false story, a baseless rumor | 4 | |
4943149594 | candid | frank, honest, sincere | 5 | |
4943154887 | canine | pertaining to dogs | 6 | |
4943157246 | cant | (n.) Slang for a particular area or group | 7 | |
4943163810 | cantankerous | ill-natured, contentious, disagreeable, irascible | 8 | |
4943169943 | caper | 1. a prance, skip, leap about. 2. wild escapade or plot. to play a trick | 9 | |
4943179605 | capricious | (adj) acting on impulse, whimsical. don't think before acting | 10 | |
4943185297 | captious | hypercritical, to find many petty or trivial faults, caviling | 11 | |
4943191162 | careen | lean, tip over | 12 | |
4943193199 | caricature | satiric and exaggerated representation | 13 | |
4943197530 | carouse | to revel drunkenly, party, live it up, get turnt | 14 | |
4943201796 | castigate | to criticize harshly, punish severely | 15 | |
4943206763 | cataclysm | (n.) a violent upheaval, disaster | 16 | |
4943211170 | catholic | universal, worldly | 17 | |
4943214309 | caustic | biting,critical, acrimonious (in speech) | 18 | |
4943218187 | cavil | (v.) to find petty faults,raise trivial objections, petty excuses | 19 | |
4943227902 | celerity | (n.) speed | 20 | |
4943230411 | celibate | not having sex | 21 | |
4943232327 | censor | delete objectionable material | 22 | |
4943238016 | censure | (n/v) 1. vehement disapproval, official rebuke. 2. to criticize officially, to blame | 23 | |
4943250333 | chafe | to irritate, vex | 24 | |
4943252420 | chaos | a state of confusion | 25 | |
4943254973 | charlatan | a fake, an impostor | 26 | |
4943258282 | chastise | to punish especially by beating, censure severely | 27 | |
4943263343 | chauvinist | a person who is 1. is aggressively and excessively patriotic; 2. believes one sex is superior | 28 | |
4943278384 | cherubic | angelic | 29 | |
4943281172 | chicanery | trickery/concept of trickery | 30 | |
4943283385 | chide | scold | 31 | |
4943286625 | chimerical | fantastic, unreal, imaginary, | 32 | |
4943292461 | choleric | ill-tempered, irritable, irascible | 33 | |
4943296832 | choreography | the art of arranging the movements of dancers in a dance | 34 | |
4943304038 | circuitous | not direct, in terms of direction | 35 | |
4943310644 | circumlocutory | word evasive indirect (in terms of speech) | 36 | |
4943314268 | circumspect | cautious, prudent, watchful of everything around | 37 | |
4943319199 | circumvent | to evade by deception, avoid, go around | 38 | |
4943322777 | cite | to name something as proof of support, to quote | 39 | |
4943329117 | clandestine | secret | 40 | |
4943331577 | cleavage | division | 41 | |
4943333963 | clemency | 1. mildness, leniency, forgiveness, mercy. 2. an act of mercy | 42 | |
4943341505 | cliché | a common, overused, and banal phrase | 43 | |
4943350090 | coalesce | to fuse, merge | 44 | |
4943351880 | coerce | to compel by force or intimidation | 45 | |
4943354607 | cogent | (adj) very persuasive through logic, clarity, and presentation | 46 | |
4943360942 | cogitate | to ponder, to think | 47 | |
4943365202 | cognizant | aware | 48 | |
4943367441 | collaborate | to work together | 49 | |
4943367442 | comely | (adj) attractive, pretty, fair, proper, (more so proper) | 50 | |
4943379917 | commodious | roomy, spacious | 51 | |
4943383349 | compatible | agreeable, able to exist or work together in harmony | 52 | |
4943387614 | compendium | 1. a concise and comprehensive summary of a subject. 2. a full list or inventory | 53 | |
4943398644 | complacent | self-satisfied (think they don't have to try anymore) | 54 | |
4943403442 | complaisant | courteous, cheerfully obliging, compliant, agreeable | 55 | |
4943408735 | compliant | submissive | 56 | |
4943411369 | compunction | uneasiness or anxiety of mind over an action, regret, remorse | 57 | |
4943415983 | con | (v.) to read carefully, memorize, learn | 58 | |
4943424069 | concatenation | (n.) a series or link of events things that are interlocking (as in a chain) | 59 |