AP Language Terms Flashcards

3750278875	Elegaic	Expressing sorrow	0
3750278876	Perfunctory	Characterized by routine or superficiality; mechanical	1
3750278877	Staid	Sedate; somber	2
3750278878	Disquiet	To take away peace or tranquility; worry	3
3750278879	Incongruity	The quality of disagreeing; out of place	4
3750278880	Gregarious	Sociable	5
3750278881	Nebulous	Hazy; vague	6
3750278882	Laudatory	Expressing praise	7
3750278883	Chimerical	Imaginary	8
3750278884	Provincial	Concerning a country or empire	9
3750278885	Clandestine	Executed with secrecy	10
3750278886	Exuberance	Full of energy	11
3750278887	Reticent	Not revealing ones thoughts	12
3750278888	Assiduous	Showing great care	13
3750278889	Vilify	Speaks or write about abusively	14
3750278890	Enervate	Causing someone to feel drained of energy	15
3750278891	Detritus	Waste	16
3750278892	Gustatory	Concerned with taste	17
3750278893	Callow	Inexperienced or immature	18
3750278894	Panegyric	Formal public speech delivered in high praise of something	19
3750278895	Magnanimous	Greatly generous	20
3750278896	Disconsolate	Without consolation; unhappy or discomfort	21
3750278897	Mendacious	Lying	22
3750278898	Timorous	Showing or suffering from nervousness or lack of confidence	23
3750278899	Effuse	To give off or to talk in an excited manner	24
3750278900	Pugilistic	A boxer	25
3750278901	Atoll	A ring shaped reef formed of coral	26
3750278902	Iconoclast	Person who attacks religious beliefs	27
3750278903	Anomalous	Deviating from the norm	28
3750278904	Dilatory	Slow to act; intended to cause delay	29
3796038089	Defenstrate	To throw someone out the window	30
3796038090	Gauche	Lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward	31
3796038091	Diatribe	A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something	32
3796038092	Charlatan	A person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; fraud	33
3796038093	Subterfuge	Deceit used in order to achieve ones goal	34
3796038094	Denigrate	Criticize unfairly; disparage	35
3796038095	Maelstrom	A powerful whirlpool; or a situation or state of confused movement	36
3796038096	Truculent	Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressive defiant	37
3796038097	Specious	Superficially plausible, but actually wrong; misleading in appearance	38
3796038098	Dilettante	A person with amateur interest in the arts	39
3834507806	Perspicacity	The quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness	40
3834507807	Artisan	Skilled craftsmen or workman	41
3834507808	Altruistic	Showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well being of others; unselfish	42
3834507809	Conciliatory	Intended or likely to placate or pacify	43
3834507810	Acerbic	Sharp and forthright; tasting sour or bitter	44
3834507811	Indigence	A state of extreme poverty	45
3834507812	Extradition	The action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime	46
3834507813	Forbearance	Tolerance; self control or the act of refraining from exercising a legal right	47
3834507814	Zeitgeist	Spirit of the time; the emotional drive in the culture of people at the time	48
3834507815	Deprecate	Expressing disapproval of	49
3887126367	Auspicious	Conducive to success; favorable or characterized by success	50
3887126368	Arcane	Understood by few; mysterious or secret	51
3887126369	Convivial	Friendly, lively, enjoyable, cheerful	52
3887126370	Obdurate	Stubbornly refusing to change ones opinion or course of action	53
3887126371	Transitory	Not permanent	54
3887126372	Imperious	Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering	55
3887126373	Monolithic	Formed of a single block of stone; or a large, powerful, uniform and indivisible organization	56
3887126374	Equivocate	Use ambiguous language to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself	57
3887126375	Extemporaneous	Spoken or done without preparation	58
3887126376	Copacetic	In excellent order	59
3937601158	Dint	A force	60
3937601159	Vicarious	Taking the place of another person or thing	61
3937601160	Lassitude	A state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy	62
3937601161	Licentious	Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters; the disregard of rules	63
3937601162	Pecuniary	Consisting of or relating to money	64
3937601163	Avocation	Hobby or occupation	65
3937601164	Efficacy	Ability to produce a desired result	66
3937601165	Ubiquitous	Present, appearing, or found everywhere	67
3937601166	Moribund	A person at the point of death	68
3937601167	Insipid	Lacking flavor or vigor or interest	69
3989039077	Suppliant	A person making a humble plea to someone in power or authority	70
3989039078	Feckless	Lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible	71
3989039079	Indolent	Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy	72
3989039080	Lugubrious	Looking or sounding sad and dismal	73
3989039081	Ribald	Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way	74
3989039082	Dissemble	To conceal ones true motives, feelings, or beliefs	75
3989039083	Dissimulation	Concealment of ones thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense	76
3989039084	Expectorate	To cough or spit phlegm from throat or lungs	77
3989039085	Palpate	To examine a part of the body by touch especially for medical purposes	78
3989039086	Peremptory	Insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in an imperious way	79
4038953141	Pusillanimous	Showing a lack of courage or determination; timid	80
4038953142	Capacious	Having a lot of space inside; roomy	81
4038953143	Ignominy	Public shame or disgrace	82
4038953144	Phlegmatic	Having an unemotional and calm disposition	83
4038953145	Prostrate	Lying stretched out on the ground faced downward	84
4038953146	Gestalt	An organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts	85
4038953147	Aplomb	Self confidence when in a demanding situation	86
4038953148	Cognizance	Knowledge; awareness	87
4038953149	Collusion	Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy in or to cheat or deceive others	88
4038953150	Hegemony	Leadership or dominance especially by a specific group over others	89
4081851391	Vapid	Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging	90
4081851392	Paradigm	An example or pattern of something; model	91
4081851393	Unctuous	Excessively flattering; oily	92
4081851394	Urbane	Suave, courteous, and refined in manner	93
4081851395	Ambulatory	Relating to walking or a place for walking	94
4081851396	Ennui	Feeling of dissatisfaction arising from lack of excitement or occupation (boredom)	95
4081851397	Inscrutable	Impossible to understand	96
4081851398	Prognosticate	Foretell or predict	97
4081851399	Schism	A split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties	98
4081851400	Austere	Severe or strict; having an extremely plain lifestyle	99
4120805569	Corpulent	Fat	100
4120805570	Jocund	Cheerful and lighthearted	101
4120805571	Sanguine	Optimistic and positive	102
4120805572	Strident	Loud and harsh	103
4120805573	Remonstrance	A forcefully reproachful protest	104
4120805574	Scintillate	To emit flashes of light; sparkle	105
4120805575	Vitiate	To spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of	106
4120805576	Brigand	A member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains	107
4120805577	Incendiary	Designed to cause fires	108
4120805578	Laconic	Using very few words	109
4155306206	Discursive	Distressing from subject to subject	110
4155306207	Mien	A persons look or manner that may indicate their character or mood	111
4155306208	Veracity	Conformity to facts or accuracy	112
4155306209	Ethereal	Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems to perfect for this world	113
4155306210	Nascent	Just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of potential	114
4155306211	Nonplussed	A person that is surprised and confused so much that they don't know how to react; perplexed	115
4155306212	Fatuous	Silly and pointless	116
4155306213	Pernicious	Having a harmful effect especially in a subtle way	117
4155306214	Febrile	Having or showing nervousness, excitement, energy, or symptoms of fever	118
4155306215	Obfuscate	To render unclear	119