AP Language Vocab Flashcards

5727408218	assertion	a declaration or statement	0
5727408219	clarity	clearness in thought or expression	1
5727408220	cogent	convincing; reasonable	2
5727408221	coherent	logically connected	3
5727408222	cohesive	condition of sticking together	4
5727408223	didactic	intended to instruct	5
5727633376	lucid	easily understood; clear	6
5727633377	rhetoric	the act of using language effectively and persuasively	7
5727633378	arbiter	a judge who decides a disputed argument	8
5727633379	biased	prejudiced	9
5727408224	discourse	verbal expression or exchange; conversation	10
5727432645	eloquence	the ability to speak vividly or persuasively	11
5727432646	emphasize	to give special attention to something; to stress	12
5727450223	fluid	easily flowing	13
5727450224	implication	the act of suggesting or hinting	14
5727633380	exculpate	to free from guilt and blame	15
5727633381	impartial	not in favor of one side or the other side, unbiased	16
5727633382	incontrovertible	not able to be disputed or denied	17
5727633383	integrity	trustworthiness; completeness	18
5727633384	objectivity	treating facts without influence from personal or prejudices	19
5727633385	penitent	expressing remorse for one's misdeeds	20
5727752081	plausible	seemingly valid or acceptable; credible	21
5727752082	substantiated	supported with proof or evidence; verified	22
5727752083	vindicated	freed from blame	23
5727752084	condescending	treating people as weak or inferior	24
5727752085	contemptuous	feeling hatred; scornful	25
5727752086	despotic	exercising absolute power; tyrannical	26
5727752087	dictatorial	domineering; oppressively overbearing	27
5727752088	disdain*	contempt, scorn	28
5727752089	disdain*	to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on	29
5727752090	haughty	arrogant; vainly proud	30
5731742118	imperious	arrogantly domineering or overbearing	31
5731742119	patronizing	treating in a condescending manner	32
5731742120	convoluted	intricate; complex	33
5731742121	cryptic	difficult to comprehend	34
5731742122	futule	having no useful purpose; pointless	35
5731742123	impede	to slow the progress of	36
5731742124	*obscure	relatively unknown	37
5731742125	*obscure	to conceal or make indirect	38
5731742126	quandary	a state of uncertainty or perplexity	39
5731742127	indolent	lazy	40
5731742128	insipid	uninteresting; unchallenging	41
5731742129	listless	lacking energy	42
5731742130	torpor	laziness; inactivity; dullness	43
5731742131	alienated	removed or disassociated from (friends, family, or homeland)	44
5731742132	alliance	a union of two or more groups	45
5731742133	disparity	inequality of age, rank, or degree; difference	46
5731742134	servile	submissive; like a servant	47
5731742135	suppressed	subdued; kept from being circulated	48
5731742136	embellish	to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate	49
5731742137	florid	describing flowery or elaborate speech	50
5731742138	opulent	exhibiting a display of great wealth	51
5731742139	ornate	elaborately decorated	52
5731858301	ostentatious	describing a showy or pretentious display	53
5731858302	poignant	profoundly moving or touching	54
5731858303	ebullience	intense enthusiasm	55
5731858304	effusive	emotionally unrestrained; gushy	56
5731858305	egregious	conspicuously bad or offensive	57
5731858306	flagrant	extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable	58
5731858307	frenetic	wildly excited or active	59
5731858308	gratuitous	given freely; unearned; unwarranted	60
5731858309	superflours	extra; unnecessary	61
5732070127	alleviate	to ease a pain or burden	62
5732070128	asylum	a place of retreat or security	63
5732070129	auspicious	favorable; promising	64
5732070130	benevolent	well-meaning; generous	65
5732070131	benign	kind and gentle	66
5732070132	mollify	to calm or soothe	67
5732070133	reclamation	the act of making something useful again	68
5732070134	sanctjon	to give official authorization or approval	69
5732070135	dubious	doubtful; of unlikely authenticity	70
5732070136	fabricated	made; concocted to decievw	71
5732070137	hypocrisy	the practice of being parenting to be something one is not; insecurity	72
5732070138	slander	false charges and malicious oral statements about someone	73
5732070139	spurious	not genuine	74
5732070140	astute	shrewd; clever	75
5732070141	clandenstine	secretive	76
5732070142	coup	a brilliantly executed plan	77
5732070143	disingenuous	not straightforward; crafty	78
5732070144	ruse	a crafty trick	79
5732070145	strategem	a clever trick used to deceive or outwit	80
5732070146	surreptitiously	done by secretive means	81
5732070147	wary	watchful; on guard	82
5732070148	wily	cunning	83
5732070149	ambiguous	open to more than one interpretation	84
5732070150	ambivalent	simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain	85
5732070151	apethetic	feeling or showing little to no emotion	86
5732070152	arbitrary	determined by impulse rather than reason	87
5732070153	capricious	impulsive and unpredictable	88
5732070154	equivocate	to avoid making a definite statement	89
5732070155	indifferent	not caring one way or the other	90
5732070156	spontaneous	unplanned; naturally occuring	91
5732070157	whimsical	subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable	92
5732070158	inconsequential	unimportant	93
5732070159	superficial	concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow	94
5732070160	tenuous	having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure; weak	95
5732070161	trivial	of little importance or significance	96
5732070162	assiduous	hardworking	97
5732070163	compelling	forceful; urgently demanding attention	98
5732070164	diligent	marked by painstakingly effort; hardworming	99
5732070165	dogged	stubbornly preserving	100
5732070166	endure	to put up with; to survive a hardship	101
5732070167	intrepid	courageous; fearless	102
5732070168	maverick	one who is independent and resists adherence to a group	103
5732070169	obdurate	stubborn; inflexible	104
5732070170	obstinate	stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action	105
5732070171	proliferate	to grow or increase rapidly	106
5732070172	tenacity	persistance	107
5732070173	vitality	energy; power to survive	108