AP Language Vocabulary #15 Flashcards

3183651905	Apostle	Pioneer of a reform movement (originally, an early follower of Jesus)	0
3183651906	Assiduous	(adj.) persistent, attentive, diligent Hard-working	1
3183651907	Bucolic	(adj.) characteristic of the countryside, rural; relating to shepherds and cowherds, pastoral	2
3183653856	Complaisant	Eager to please; cheerfully complying overly polite; willingness to comply with the wishes of others	3
3183653857	Cynical	believing that people act only out of selfish motives (adj) thinking the worst of others' motivations; bitterly pessimistic	4
3183653858	Dolorus	mournful; gloomy Exhibiting sorrow or pain	5
3183653859	Evince	to demonstrate clearly; to prove	6
3183653860	Fulsome	disgustingly excessive; offensively flattering excessive, overdone, sickeningly abundant	7
3183653861	Indigent	(adj.) needy, impoverished Poor	8
3183654815	Inured	hardened; accustomed; used to accustomed to accepting something undesirable	9
3183654816	Misnomer	(n.) an unsuitable or misleading name	10
3183654817	Ostensible	(adj.) appearing as such, seemingly apparent (but misleading); professed	11
3183654818	Platitude	(n.) a commonplace, stale, or trite remark STALE, OVERUSED EXPRESSION	12
3183654819	Pristine	fresh and clean; uncorrupted UNTOUCHED; UNCORRUPTED (adj) in an original, pure state; uncorrupted	13
3183656045	Pusillanimous	cowardly; fearful Small minded	14
3183656059	Reticence	(n.) the quality or state of being silent or uncommunicative restraint in speech, reluctance to speak	15
3183657382	Shirk	(v.) to avoid or get out of doing work, neglect a duty; to sneak, slink	16
3183657383	Stentorian	(adj.) extremely loud	17
3183657384	Sycophant	(n) servile flatterer, parasitic person, one who fawns in order to get ahead a self-serving flatterer; yes-man	18
3183657385	Vociferous	(adj.) loud and noisy; compelling attention boisterous	19