AP Language Composition Vocabulary: Week 1 Flashcards

4784057608	flag	v. weary and exhausted	0
4784057609	alacrity	n. a quick and cheerful readiness to do something	1
4784057610	capitulate	v. to stop fighting an enemy or opponent, to admit that the enemy has won	2
4784057611	ingenuous	frank, without deception	3
4784057612	culpable	adj. deserving blame, guilty	4
4784057613	insular	adj. separated from other people or cultures, isolated	5
4784057614	austere	adj. simple or plain, stern, forbidding	6
4784057615	transient	adj. not lasting long, not staying long in one place	7
4784057616	acrimonious	adj. angry and bitter	8
4784057617	acumen	n. the ability to think clearly and make good decisions	9
4784057618	burgeon	v. to grow or develop quickly	10
4784057619	profligate	adj. carelessly and foolishly wasting money, materials, etc.	11
4784057620	impetuous	adj. acting or done quickly and without thought, controlled by emotion rather than thought	12
4784057621	hiatus	n. a period of time when something (such as an activity or program) is stopped	13
4784057622	incorrigible	adj. not able to be corrected or changed	14
4784057623	fauna	n. all the animals that live in a particular area, time period, environment	15
4784057624	pejorative	n. a word or phrase that has a negative connotations or that is intended to disparage or belittle	16
4784057625	spurious	adj. not genuine, fake counterfeit	17