AP Language 1-8 Flashcards

5411117574	assertion	a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief:	0
5411117575	biased	unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something:	1
5411117576	convoluted	extremely complex and difficult to follow:	2
5411117577	integral	forming a necessary part of something;	3
5411117578	condescending	behaving as though you think you are better, more intelligent, or more important than other people:	4
5411117579	embellish	to make (a statement or story) more interesting or entertaining by adding extra details, especially ones that are not true:	5
5411117580	contemporary	occurring in the present or at the same time:	6
5411117581	transient	lasting only for a short time; impermanent (can refer to people, often homeless):	7
5411117582	proliferate	to increase rapidly in numbers:	8
5411117583	wary	feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems:	9
5411117584	ubiquitous	being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent.	10
5411117585	banal	so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring:	11
5411117586	platitude	a remark or statement (especially of a moral nature) that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful:	12
5411117587	delude	to impose a misleading belief upon someone; to deceive; to fool:	13
5411117588	cliché	a phrase or opinion that is overused and demonstrates a lack of original thought:	14
5411117589	surreptitious	kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of:	15
5411117590	apathy	lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern:	16
5411117591	inconsequential	not important or significant:	17
5411117592	tenuous	very weak, uncertain, insecure:	18
5411117593	malleable	able to be shaped, formed, controlled, influenced:	19
5411117594	eloquent	able to express your ideas and opinions well, especially in a way that influences people:	20
5411117595	lucid	expressed in a way that is clear and easy to understand:	21
5411117596	alienate	to do something that makes someone unfriendly or unwilling to support you:	22
5411117597	obscure	not well known and usually not very important; difficult to understand:	23
5411117598	listless	feeling tired and not interested in things:	24
5411117599	disparity	a great difference:	25
5411117600	ostentatious	characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract attention:	26
5411117601	pretentious	attempting to impress by faking greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed:	27
5411117602	astute	having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage:	28
5411117603	fabricate	to invent a story, piece of information etc. in order to deceive:	29
5411117604	subjective	(1) existing only in a person's mind. (2) influenced by personal feelings or opinions.	30
5411117605	objective	(1) existing independent of or external to the mind. (2) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions.	31
5411117606	tacit	understood or implied without being stated:	32
5411117607	infer	to deduce or conclude from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements:	33
5411117608	wrought	beaten out or shaped by hammering:	34
5411117609	belie	to give a false appearance of something:	35
5411117610	benign	gentle; not harmful:	36
5411117611	quibble	to argue or raise objections about a trivial matter:	37
5411117612	syntax	word order (the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language):	38
5411117613	semantics	the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text:	39
5411117614	juxtapose	to place side-by-side or close together for contrasting effect	40
5411117615	anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person:	41
5411117616	opinion	a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge:	42
5411117617	belief	something one accepts as true or real; a firmly held opinion or conviction:	43
5411117618	explicit	stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt:	44
5411117619	implicit	suggested but not plainly expressed:	45
5411117620	hyperbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally:	46
5411117621	jargon	special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand:	47
5411117622	persona	the aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others:	48
5411117623	code-switching	the practice of alternating between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation:	49
5411117624	discourse	written or spoken communication:	50
5411117625	rhetoric	(1) the art of persuasive speaking or writing: (2) language designed to have a persuasive effect, but often regarded as lacking in sincerity:	51
5411117626	modest	moderate (humble) in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements:	52
5411117627	prudent	exercising good judgment or common sense:	53
5411117628	context	the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, idea, text, etc.	54
5411117629	intuitive	based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning; instinctive:	55
5411117630	counterintuitive	contrary to common-sense expectation (but often nevertheless true):	56
5411117631	plausible	seeming reasonable or probable::	57
5411117632	coherent	logically consistent:	58
5411117633	quantify	to find or calculate the quantity or amount of (something):	59
5411117634	relative	having a particular quality or value when compared with something else:	60
5411117635	absolute	complete, definite, true, or right, and not changing in any situation:	61
5411117636	comprehensive	including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something; complete:	62
5411117637	paradigm	(1) a set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them (especially in an intellectual discipline): (2) an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype:	63
5411117638	hierarchy	a system in which people or things are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status:	64
5411117639	anomaly	something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected:	65
5411117640	salient	most noticeable or important:	66
5411117641	constituent	being a part of a whole:	67
5411117642	pander	to do or provide what someone wants or demands (even though it is not proper, good, or reasonable):	68
5411117643	stigma	a mark of disgrace:	69
5411117644	impartial	treating all rivals or disputants equally:	70
5411117645	substantiate	to provide evidence to support or prove the truth of something:	71
5411117646	contempt	the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn:	72
5411117647	impede	to interfere with or slow the progress of (someone or something):	73
5411117648	servile	very obedient and trying too hard to please someone:	74
5411117649	effusive	expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner:	75
5411117650	anachronism	something out of place in time or sequence:	76
5411117651	gesticulate	to move your arms and hands especially when speaking:	77
5411117652	conjecture	an opinion or idea formed without proof or sufficient evidence:	78
5411117653	enmity	mutual hatred or ill will:	79
5411117654	indolent	habitually lazy:	80
5411117655	quandary	a state of uncertainty or perplexity:	81
5411117656	didactic	designed or intended to teach people something—often used to describe someone or something that tries to teach something (such as proper or moral behavior) in a way that is annoying or unwanted:	82
5411117657	haughty	blatantly and disdainfully proud:	83
5411117658	insipid	lacking flavor or interest:	84
5411117659	egregious	obviously and exceptionally bad:	85