Intenser AP Language Vocab Flashcards

5252946168	Caustic	severely critical or sarcastic	0
5252949595	Candor	the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness	1
5252951203	Cortege	procession, especially a ceremonial one	2
5252953583	Prevarications	the act of lying or lies themselves	3
5252955777	Bravura	a display of daring; brilliant performance	4
5252958166	Purloined	to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer	5
5252959260	Ambivalent	having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action	6
5252960849	Ominous	portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious	7
5252962579	Dissuade	to deter by advice or persuasion; to persuade not to do something	8
5252964951	Querulous	full of complaints; complaining	9
5252973632	Beneficience	active goodness or kindness; charity; an act or gift that is kindly in purpose	10
5252975804	Genial	warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial derivatives: genially, geniality	11
5252983738	Abstemious	characterized by abstinence, moderation, or temperance in eating, drinking, and other aspects of life	12
5252985597	Equanimity	mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium	13
5252988047	Reticent derivatives: reticence, reticently	disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved; reluctant or restrained	14
5252992401	Ineffable derivatives: ineffability, ineffably	incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible	15
5252995777	Haranguing derivatives: harangue, harangued	to scold or deliver a long or intense verbal attack or diatribe	16
5253000327	Placid	pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed	17
5253003816	Coterie	a group of people who associate closely, usually marked by exclusivity or cliquishness	18
5253006499	Ruminations	thoughts, meditations, musings, or ponderings	19