AP Language and Composition Vocabulary Flashcards

5821552705	Forebears	ancestors	0
5821558141	Gentry	upper-class peoples	1
5821559270	Aristocrats	noble, wealthy people	2
5821560301	Disdain	hate	3
5821560302	Spectacle	a public show or display	4
5821561169	Avant-garde	unorthodox, daring, or radical methods	5
5821562069	Sober	not drunk, subdued in tone, showing self-control	6
5821562070	Conventional	used and accepted by most people	7
5821563146	Tersely	incredibly short and concise	8
5821564897	Ideology	a belief system that guides the actions of an individual or a group of people	9
5821564898	Latrine	toilet	10
5821565613	Pernicious	harmful or hurtful	11
5821566624	Erudite	wise	12
5821566625	Cynical	distrusting or disparaging of the motives of others	13
5821567776	Pretentious	having or showing the unpleasant quality of people who want to be regarded as more impressive, successful, or important than they really are	14
5894773448	Temperament	the usual attitude, mood, or behavior of a person or animal	15
5894773449	Innate	existing as part of the basic nature of something	16
5894774957	Preponderant	greater in number, force, or importance	17
5894776782	Decree	an official order given by a person with power or by a government	18
5894778488	Lay	not trained in a certain profession : not having a lot of knowledge about a certain thing	19
5894779779	Adduced	to mention or provide (something, such as a fact or example) as evidence or proof to support an argument	20
5894779780	Condition	to train or influence (a person or an animal) to do something or to think or behave in a certain way because of a repeated experience	21
5894781867	Malleable	capable of being stretched or bent into different shapes	22
5894784182	Standardize	to change (things) so that they are similar and consistent and agree with rules about what is proper and acceptable	23
5894785581	Conform	to be similar to or the same as something	24
5894786982	Hereditary	passed or able to be passed from parent to child before birth	25
5894788467	Whence	a word that means "from where?"	26
5894789973	Homogenous	having a common origin / being the same	27
5894789974	Embody	to represent (something) in a clear and obvious way : to be a symbol or example of (something)	28
5894792374	Spectrum	a complete range of different opinions, people, etc.	29
5918841344	Underlies	to form the basis or foundation of (an idea, a process, etc.)	30
5918841417	Retained	to continue to have or use (something) - to keep	31
5918844405	Consumption	the use of something or of buying something	32
5918845932	Latter	the second one of two things or people that have been mentioned	33
5918845933	Adverse	bad or unfavorable	34
5918847381	Derive	to take or get (something) from (something else)	35
5918850148	Reaping what you sow	you get what you deserve	36
5918850149	Yield	the profit made from an investment	37
5918852136	Elasticity	a measure of a variable's sensitivity to a change in another variable	38
5918853924	Recession	a period of time in which there is a decrease in economic activity and many people do not have jobs	39
5918853925	Incentive	something that encourages a person to do something or to work harder	40
5945275276	Disabuse	to show or convince (someone) that a belief is incorrect	41
5945275807	Morbidity	not healthy or normal	42
5945275808	Mortality	the death of a person, animal, etc	43
5945276639	Chronic	continuing or occurring again and again for a long time	44
5945276640	Dispel	to make (something, such as a belief, feeling, or idea) go away or end	45
5945277200	Altruistic	feelings and behavior that show a desire to help other people and a lack of selfishness	46
5945277208	Ambivalent	having or showing very different feelings (such as love and hate) about someone or something at the same time	47
5945277633	Angular	having little flesh so that the shapes of your bones can be seen : thin and bony	48
5945278243	Arrogant	having or showing the insulting attitude of people who believe that they are better, smarter, or more important than other people	49
5945278715	Aversion	a strong feeling of not liking something	50