AP Language Vocabulary Week 2 Flashcards

4853227039	ascribe	(v.) to attribute, to describe as a cause or source	0
4853228622	askance	(adv.) distrustfully, scornfully (said of how one looks at something)	1
4853230115	askew	(adj.) turned to one side, crooked	2
4853231092	asperity	(n.) roughness, harshness, irritability, acrimony	3
4853232938	assess	(v.) measure	4
4853233802	assiduous	(adj.) attentive, diligent (an ~ work team finished the job in two days	5
4878372737	assuage	(v.) to make less severe	6
4878373274	astral	(adj.) pertaining to the stars	7
4878373275	astute	(adj.) shrewd, sharp, keen	8
4878374371	atropy	(n.) wasting away (often a body part from disuse), degeneration, decline	9
4878375910	attrition	(n.) a wearing down, a gradual decrease (not always referring to a body)	10
4878378382	augment	(v.) to increase, to make larger	11
4878379264	augury	(n.) prediction, omen	12
4878379265	august	(adj.) stately, of supreme dignity, venerable	13
4878380281	auspicious	(adj.) favorable, promising success	14
4878381057	austere	(adj.) severe	15
4878381872	authentic	(adj.) genuine, real	16
4878381873	authoritarian	(adj.) like a dictator	17
4878382473	autonomous	(adj.) self-governing	18
4878383151	avarice	(n.) greed	19
4878383152	aver	(v.) to assert with confidence	20
4878383817	averse	(adj.) reluctant, not inclined	21
4878383818	avert	(v.) to prevent	22
4878384604	avid	(adj.) eager, with enthusiasm	23
4878384605	avouch	(v.) to state strongly, guarantee	24
4878385299	awry	(adj.) askew, amiss, not as expected	25
4878386114	axiomatic	(adj.) self-evident, obvious, given	26
4878387062	baleful	(adj.) deadly, evil, ominious	27
4878387646	balk	(v.) to refuse, to continue or allow, stop short	28
4878389655	balmy	(adj.) mild, refreshing	29
4878389656	banal	(adj.) trite, commonplace, hackneyed, ordinary	30
4878392991	baneful	(adj.) destructive	31
4878393634	banter	(n.) playful and light-hearted conversation, jest, teasing	32
4878394700	beget	(v.) to produce offspring, to cause or bring about	33
4878395450	beguile	(v.) to cheat, delude, charm deceitfully	34
4878395463	belittle	(v.) to put down, disparage	35
4878396245	bellicose	(adj.) aggressive, ready to fight, belligerent	36
4878396790	benefactor	(n.) helper, supporter	37
4878397457	benevolent	(adj.) kind-hearted, having good will towards others	38
4878397933	benign	(adj.) kindly, not maligant	39
4878398767	bibliophile	(n.) a book-lover	40
4878398768	bigoted	(adj.) prejudiced and intolerant of a viewpoint other than one's own	41
4878400084	bizarre	(adj.) strange	42
4878404534	bland	(adj.) mild, tasteless, dull	43
4878404535	blandish	(v.) to persuade by mild flattery, coax, cajole	44
4878405888	blasphemy	(n.) an irreverent or impious act towards something sacred, sacrilegious disrepect	45
4878407691	blatant	(adj.) obvious, flagrant (often glaringly or offensively so)	46
4878408450	blithe	(adj.) cheerful	47
4878408451	bolster	(v.) to support	48
4878409299	bombastic	(adj.) pompous in language, verbose, know it all	49
4878411336	bounty	(n.) plenty, abundance, a reward often given for someone's capture	50
4878412689	braggadocio	(n.) unjustified boasting, empty bragging	51
4878413644	brevity	(n.) briefness	52
4878415570	brusque	(adj.) abrupt, blunt, curt, terse	53
4878415571	bucolic	(adj.) pertaining to the countryside, pastoral	54
4878416282	bumptious	(adj.) boldly conceited, cocky, pushy	55
4878418140	buttress (MILLI!)	(n.)an architectural structure meant to support a wall from the outside	56
4878425914	cabal	(n.) a small group plotting secretly, a faction	57
4878426468	cache	(n.) a hiding place for food or ammunition, etc; stash	58
4878429166	cadaverous	(adj.) haggard, skeletal, ghastly, like a corpse	59