AP Language Vocabulary Terms Flashcards

6953366642	penance	atonement for sin	0
6953368100	ascetic	one who practices self-denial and devotion	1
6953368900	desultory	occurring by chance, disconnected	2
6953370221	disciple	follower	3
6953372048	metamorphosis	change	4
6953373024	scion	child, descendant	5
6953374413	indoctrinate	to teach certain principles	6
6953375537	opulence	wealth, riches	7
6953376308	obsequious	seeking favor, fawning	8
6953376962	fulsome	excessive, insincere	9
6953378365	two strings to one's bow	two means of achieving one's aim	10
6953379757	on tenter hooks	in a state of anxiety	11
6953380464	the fat is in the fire	the mischief is done	12
6953382186	lush	luxurious, elaborate	13
6953382969	destitution	extreme poverty	14
6953382970	ponder	to consider carefully	15
6953385505	supplication	earnest prayer	16
6953385578	decadence	decay	17
6953386708	bona fide	genuine	18
6953387290	salvation	deliverance from ruin	19
6953389255	materialism	attention to worldly things and neglect of spiritual needs	20
6953390466	nurture	to nourish, support	21
6953392083	nirvana	freedom from care and pain, Buddhist heaven	22
6953393474	like Caesar's wife	above suspicion	23
6953395131	juxtapose	to place side by side	24
6953395846	plight	predicament, dangerous situation	25
6953396832	covert	secret, hidden	26
6953397602	cope	to be a match for, to be able to handle	27
6953398760	incompatibility	quality of being mismatched, lack of harmony	28
6953401338	plea bargain	to agree to plead guilty to a lesser charge so as to avoid trial for a more serious offense	29
6953402677	incapacitated	disabled, made unfit	30
6953403271	fabricate	to lie, concoct	31
6953404508	connubial	related to marriage	32
6953404509	demur	to object	33
6953405993	appellation	a name	34
6953406724	in apple pie order	in neat order, good condition	35
6953406727	escalation	an increase, intensification	36
6953408066	indifference	lack of concern	37
6953408804	potential	possible	38
6953408805	cumulative	accumulated	39
6953409494	recondite	secret, hidden, obscure	40
6953410459	apple polishing	trying to gain favor by gifts or flattery	41
6953411483	palliate	alleviate, relieve without curing	42
6953413244	delude	to fool	43
6953413894	prelude	introduction	44
6953414689	chimerical	visionary, imaginary, fantastic	45
6953415867	acknowledge	admit	46
6953417238	the Draconian Code	a very severe set of rules	47
6953418393	heterogeneous	dissimilar	48
6953419082	gamut	range	49
6953420036	perspicacious	acutely perceptive, shrewd	50
6953421125	analogous	comparable, similar	51
6953421126	maladjusted	poorly adjusted, disturbed	52
6953422229	the distaff side	women	53
6953423319	phenomenon	unusual occurrence	54
6953424121	mortality	death	55
6953424122	decade	ten years	56
6953424663	susceptible	easily affected, unusually liable	57
6953425608	neurotic	suffering from a nervous disorder	58
6953427295	on the qui vive	on the alert	59
6953428598	pedagogue	teacher	60
6953429369	enunciate	to utter, proclaim	61
6953432028	inordinate	excessive	62
6953432029	irascible	irritable	63
6953432617	introspective	looking into one's own feelings	64
6953433935	to get one's back up	to become angry	65
6953435919	perpetuate	to cause to continue	66
6953435920	mandate	an authoritative order or command	67
6953441597	compensatory	serving to pay back	68
6953442440	neutralize	to counteract	69
6953444116	catastrophic	disastrous	70
6953445177	to bring home the bacon	to earn a living, to succeed	71
6953449963	anthropologist	an expert in the study of the races, beliefs, customs, etc. of mankind	72
6953450925	artifact	an object made by hand, rather than a thing as it occurs in nature	73
6953452251	bizarre	odd, peculiar, strange, weird	74
6953453351	fetish	an object that is thought to have magic powers	75
6953454155	inanimate	lifeless	76
6953455884	to get down a high horse	to act like an ordinary person	77
6953458329	imperative	urgent, necessary, compulsory	78
6953461239	imprudent	unwise, not careful	79
6953462064	prohibition	the act of forbidding certain behavior	80
6953463152	taboo	forbidden by custom or religious practice	81
6953465259	taint	contamination, undesirable substance that spoils something	82
6953467054	the first water	of the best quality, the greatest	83
6953467610	abhor	to detest, to despise	84
6953468969	absurd	ridiculous	85
6953468970	bigot	a person who is intolerant of other people of ideas	86
6953470241	contemptuous	expressing a feeling that something is worthless	87
6953472034	universal	present everywhere	88
6953473189	dyed-in-the-wool	set in one's ways	89
6953474546	vulnerable	capable of being injured	90
6953475351	entreaty	appeal, plea	91
6953475352	tradition	custom that has been handed down	92
6953476363	originate	begin, arise	93
6953477060	inviolable	safe (from destruction, etc.)	94
6953477774	blue chip	a highly valuable asset, stock, property	95
6953479051	awesome	inspiring terror, weird	96
6953479991	debris	ruins, fragments	97
6953480636	dispersed	scattered, spread, broken up	98
6953480637	eruption	bursting out	99
6953481736	puny	weak, unimportant	100
6953482875	as broad as it is long	it makes very little difference	101
6953483635	obliterate	erase, wipe out	102
6953483636	deplorable	sad, pittiable	103
6953484898	initiate	start, set going	104
6953485573	conflagration	great fire	105
6953485574	rue	regret	106
6953486217	blow hot and cold	swing for and against something	107
6953486781	congenial	sympathetic, agreeable	108
6953488071	hoard	hide, store, accumulate	109
6953490051	sage	wise man, philosopher	110
6953490052	aegis	shield, protection, sponsorship	111
6953491468	detriment	injury, damage, hurt	112
6953492148	in the doldrums	in a bored or depressed state	113
6953492903	longevity	long duration of life	114
6953493517	imbibe	drink	115
6953493518	virile	masterful, manly	116
6953494201	senile	infirm, weak from old age	117
6953495613	doddering	trembling, shaking	118
6953496409	burn the midnight oil	study or work late into the night	119
6953497926	lethargic	lazy, indifferent	120
6953497927	prevalent	prevailing, common, general	121
6953498600	paramount	supreme, foremost	122
6953499243	remiss	careless, negligent	123
6953499244	hostile	antagonistic, angry	124
6953500790	to split hairs	to make fine distinctions	125
6953500791	rebuke	criticize, reproach, reprimand	126
6953502452	aversion	strong dislike, opposition	127
6953504028	evince	show plainly, exhibit	128
6953504871	vogue	fashion	129
6953504872	superficial	on the surface, slight	130
6953505848	to strike while the iron is hot	to take an action at the right moment	131
6953506556	jettison	throw overboard, discard	132
6953507655	inevitable	sure, certain, unavoidable	133
6953507656	lucrative	profitable	134
6953508386	tussle	a rough struggle	135
6953508398	intrinsic	essential, natural, inborn	136
6953509629	once in a blue moon	on a very rare occasion	137
6953510593	acute	sharp, keen, severe	138
6953510594	gist	essence, main point	139
6953511419	transient	passing, short-lived, fleeting	140
6953512925	terse	concise, brief, compact	141
6953514023	cogent	forceful, convincing, persuasive	142
6953514725	sleep on it	postpone a decision while giving it some thought	143
6953516062	pinnacle	summit, peak, top, crown	144
6953516063	array	arrangement, system	145
6953516983	obscure	unknown, lowly, unclear	146
6953517618	ardent	passionate, eager	147
6953517635	culminate	reach the highest point	148
6953518962	to break the ice	to make a beginning, to overcome stiffness between strangers	149
6953521494	constrict	limit, bind, squeeze	150
6953522582	prodigy	marvel, phenomenon	151
6953523283	bereft	deprived of	152
6953523284	falter	stumble, hesitate, waver	153
6953524870	exultation	triumphant joy	154
6953525600	loaded for bear	to be well prepared	155
6953526264	vitriolic	biting, burning	156
6953526265	invective	insulting, abusive speech	157
6953527714	besmirch	soil, stain, dim the reputation	158
6953528285	voluminous	bulky, large	159
6953529263	retrospect	looking backward	160
6953529264	to bring down the house	to cause great enthusiasm	161
6953530328	egotist	a vain, conceited person	162
6953530932	humility	humbleness, modesty, meekness	163
6953530933	pungent	sharply stimulating, biting	164
6953533018	inveterate	habitual, firmly established	165
6953533879	adamant	unyielding, inflexible	166
6953535259	to pull one's weight	to do a fair share of the work	167
6953536977	bedlam	confusion, uproar	168
6953538072	cacophony	discord, hard sound, dissonance	169
6953539246	exploit	profit by, utilize	170
6953540345	propinquity	nearness in time or place	171
6953541047	a white elephant	a costly and useless possession	172
6953543335	disgruntled	unhappy, displeased	173
6953543336	infallible	exempt from error, right	174
6953545186	panacea	cure-all	175
6953546587	eradicate	wipe out	176
6953546588	impede	interfere, block, hinder	177
6953548175	lock, stock, and barrel	entirely, completely	178
6953550355	sedate	quiet, still, undisturbed, sober	179
6953551110	equanimity	evenness of mind, composure	180
6953551899	compatible	harmonious, well-matched	181
6953553304	serenity	peaceful repose	182
6953553305	revere	honor, respect, admire	183
6953554614	a feather in one's cap	something to be proud of	184
6953555921	irrational	unreasonable	185
6953558562	avarice	greed, passion for riches	186
6953558563	insatiable	cannot be satisfied	187
6953559614	nadir	lowest point	188
6953559615	moribund	dying, at the point of death	189
6953561126	out on a limb	in a dangerous or exposed position	190
6953562041	lithe	graceful	191
6953562191	obese	very fat	192
6953562811	adherent	backer, supporter	193
6953562812	bliss	happiness, pleasure	194
6953563602	pathetic	sad, pitiful, distressing	195
6953564231	on the spur of the moment	on impulse, without thinking	196
6953564876	exhort	urge strongly, advise	197
6953566064	apathy	lack of interest, unconcern	198
6953566707	fracas	noisy fight, brawl	199
6953567404	inebriated	drunk, intoxicated	200
6953568360	adversary	opponent, enemy, foe	201
6953573174	a fly in the ointment	some small thing that spoils or lessens the enjoyment	202
6953574515	indolent	lazy	203
6953574516	gusto	enthusiasm, enjoyment, zest	204
6953575773	garrulous	talkative, wordy	205
6953576695	banal	trivial, meaningless from overuse	206
6953577670	platitude	commonplace or trite saying	207
6953577671	to take French leave	to go away without permission	208
6953578349	pique	fit of resentment	209
6953579277	dilettante	one who has great interest, but little knowledge	210
6953579997	atypical	nonconforming	211
6953579998	nondescript	undistinguished, difficult to describe	212
6953581874	wane	decrease, decline	213
6953582612	in the arms of Morpheus	asleep	214
6953583346	extinct	no longer existing	215
6953584555	idyllic	simple, peaceful	216
6953584556	galvanize	excite or arouse to activity	217
6953586591	encumbrance	burden, handicap, load	218
6953589030	gaudy	showy, flashy	219
6953589031	forty winks	a short nap	220
6953590120	condescend	stoop, lower oneself	221
6953590846	candor	frankness, honesty	222
6953591637	mortify	embarrass, humiliate	223
6953592248	jocose	humorous, merry	224
6953592249	malign	abuse, slander	225
6953592944	from pillar to post	from one place to another	226
6953593445	omnipotent	almighty, unlimited in power or authority	227
6953594021	zenith	summit, top, prime	228
6953594022	fledgling	little known, newly developed	229
6953594953	peremptory	absolute, compulsory, binding	230
6953596627	precedent	custom, model	231
6953598096	in the lap of the gods	out of one's own hands	232
6953598097	wheedle	coax, persuade, cajole	233
6953599167	rustic	countrified, unpolished	234
6953599775	jubilant	joyful, in high spirits	235
6953600655	decorum	politeness, correct behavior	236
6953601193	charlatan	pretender, fraud	237
6953602381	Achilles heel	weak spot	238
6953602382	heresy	unbelief, dissent, lack of faith	239
6953602881	prudent	wise, cautious	240
6953602882	ostensible	outward, pretended, seeming	241
6953604435	fervid	intense, enthusiastic, passionate	242
6953605785	spurious	false, counterfeit, specious	243
6953607499	cold shoulder	to disregard or ignore	244
6953608353	propagate	produce, multiply, spread	245
6953609353	anomaly	irregularity, abnormality	246
6953609966	innocuous	harmless, mild, innocent	247
6953610650	surfeit	excess, superabundance	248
6953611213	milieu	environment, setting	249
6953611773	without rhyme or reason	making no sense	250
6953611774	strident	shrill, harsh, rough	251
6953612477	concomitant	accompanying, attending	252
6953613209	lassitude	weariness, fatigue	253
6953613786	deleterious	bad, harmful	254
6953615586	efficacy	power to produce an effect	255
6953615588	swan song	final or last	256
6953616357	dissent	differ, disagree, protest	257
6953617363	ferment	uproar, agitation, turmoil	258
6953618122	attenuated	weakened, thinned, decreased	259
6953618869	arbiter	judge	260
6953619640	incumbent	morally required	261
6953620231	to get the sack	to be discharged or fired	262
6953620232	menial	humble, degrading	263
6953620974	venerable	respected, worshipped	264
6953621840	extraneous	foreign, not belonging	265
6953621841	ambiguous	vague, undefined, not specfic	266
6953623579	succinct	brief, concise	267
6953624591	the writing on the wall	an incident or event that shows what will happen in the future	268
6953625545	archaic	out of date	269
6953626465	emulate	rival, strive to equal	270
6953627390	facetious	comical, humorous, witty	271
6953628239	rabid	fanatical, furious, mad	272
6953628879	salubrious	healthful, wholesome	273
6953628939	on the bandwagon	joining with the majority; going along with the trend	274
6953631385	profound	deep, intense	275
6953631386	alleviate	make easier, lighten	276
6953632151	prodigious	extraordinary, enormous	277
6953632793	expedite	carry out promptly	278
6953633601	celerity	speed, rapidity	279
6953633602	ivory tower	isolated from life; not in touch with life's problems	280
6953635074	usurp	seize, annex, grab	281
6953635615	paltry	of little importance, insignificant	282
6953636345	condone	excuse, pardon	283
6953636346	trivial	petty, worthless	284
6953637320	to feather one's nest	to enrich oneself on the sly or at every opportunity	285
6953639279	complacent	self-satisfied	286
6953639280	somber	gloomy, sad	287
6953640380	debilitate	weaken	288
6953641305	impetuous	impulsive	289
6953641306	occult	secret, mysterious, supernatural	290
6953642342	to hit the nail on the head	to state or guess something correctly	291
6953643206	discreet	careful, cautious, prudent	292
6953643207	foment	stir up, instigate	293
6953644293	glean	gather, collect	294
6953645596	quarry	something hunted or pursued	295
6953646375	slovenly	disorderly, carelessly	296
6953646376	on the dot	exactly on time	297
6953647231	abjure	renounce, abstain from	298
6953647792	reproach	rebuke, reprimand	299
6953647793	penitent	regretful, confessing guilt	300
6953648709	evanescent	fleeting, passing, momentary	301
6953649718	tantamount	equivalent, identical	302
6953650778	to take under one's wing	to become responsible for	303
6953651691	propensity	disposition, inclination, bent	304
6953652514	wary	watchful, shrewd	305
6953653284	allay	calm, soothe	306
6953653285	deter	hinder, discourage	307
6953654020	connoisseur	expert	308
6953655193	out of one's depth	in a situation that is too difficult to handle	309
6953655194	site	location	310
6953656002	vigil	wakeful watching	311
6953656003	cumbersome	unwieldy, burdensome	312
6953656966	interrogate	question	313
6953656967	divulge	disclose, reveal	314
6953657798	to take a leaf out of someone's book	to imitate or follow the example	315
6953658542	fluctuate	shift, alternate	316
6953659493	unmitigated	unrelieved, as bad as can be	317
6953660589	commodious	large, spacious	318
6953661925	antiquated	out-of-date, obsolete	319
6953662740	disheveled	disorderly clothing or hair	320
6953663559	brass tacks	the real problem or situation	321
6953663560	tenacious	tough, stubborn	322
6953664436	facade	front, superficial appearance	323
6953665038	asinine	silly, stupid	324
6953666501	grimace	facial expression of disgust	325
6953667449	calumny	false accusation, slander	326
6953667450	hook, line, and sinker	completely, all the way	327
6953668291	pittance	small amount	328
6953668292	au courant	up-to-date	329
6953669721	fastidious	particular, choosy	330
6953670540	noisome	foul, unwholesome	331
6953670541	unkempt	untidy, neglected	332
6953671241	lily-livered	cowardly	333
6953671242	parable	a moralistic story	334
6953671944	whimsical	humorous, witty	335
6953673009	lampoon	ridicule	336
6953674511	countenance	tolerate, approve	337
6953676081	sanctimonious	hypocritically religious	338
6953677012	to pull up stakes	to quit a place	339
6953677820	effrontery	boldness	340
6953679087	nonentity	one of no importance	341
6953679713	flabbergasted	astounded	342
6953679714	debacle	ruin, collapse	343
6953680773	to raise Cain	to cause trouble, make a fuss	344
6953681279	genre	a certain form or style in painting or literature	345
6953681800	candid	frank, open, honest	346
6953681801	unsavory	disagreeable, offensive, morally bad	347
6953683205	degrade	make contemptible, lower	348
6953684007	venial	pardonable, forgivable	349
6953684722	keep a stiff upper lip	keep up courage, stand up to trouble	350
6953686175	epitome	person or thing that embodies or represents the best	351
6953686996	dexterity	mental or physical skill	352
6953687466	grotesque	strange, bizarre, fantastic	353
6953687467	compassion	sympathetic feeling, kindness	354
6953688423	repugnant	distasteful, repulsive	355
6953689292	to throw the book at someone	to give the maximum punishment	356
6953690332	acme	peak, pinnacle, zenith	357
6953691150	copious	ample, abundant, plentiful	358
6953692171	vehemently	violently, eagerly, passionately	359
6953693064	depict	describe clearly, picture, portray	360
6953693946	naive	unworldly, unsophisticated	361
6953694915	terra firma	solid, firm land	362
6953695647	perfidious	treacherous, false	363
6953695648	covet	want, envy, wish	364
6953696429	ingratiate	win confidence, charm	365
6953696991	penury	poverty	366
6953696992	ignominious	humiliating, disgraceful	367
6953698342	in seventh heaven	the highest happiness or delight	368
6953698955	confront	come face to face with	369
6953701594	antipathy	dislike, distaste, hate	370
6953702745	servile	slavish, submissive	371
6953703308	volition	willpower, choice	372
6953703309	sojourn	temporary stay	373
6953703970	to tighten one's belt	to get set for bad times or poverty	374
6953704862	austere	simple, unadorned, hard	375
6953706342	felicitous	happy	376
6953707561	halcyon	peaceful, calm	377
6953707562	tenable	supportable, defendable	378
6953708306	superfluous	excessive, surplus	379
6953710221	off the beaten track	not usual, out of the ordinary	380
6953710937	motivate	inspire, stimulate, provoke	381
6953711700	rationalize	use or give a reason other than the real one	382
6953711702	therapy	healing or curing process	383
6953712622	nascent	beginning to exist or develop	384
6953714549	iconoclast	image-breaker, attacker of beliefs	385
6953715934	a square peg in a round hole	an able man in the wrong job	386
6953716793	erudite	very scholarly	387
6953716794	phobia	persistent fear, strong dislike	388
6953718370	germane	leading, helpful	389
6953719170	vertigo	dizziness	390
6953719986	conducive	appropriate, in close relationship to	391
6953720886	to upset the apple cart	to overturn or disturb a plan or intention	392