AP Language Semester 1 Flashcards
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5746862115 | accrued (use in sentence) | to come about as a natural growth, increase, or advantage; to accumulate or be added periodically | 0 | |
5746862116 | ad hominem argument (find ex) | attacking an opponent's character rather than answering his argument | 1 | |
5746862117 | alacrity | liveliness; cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness | 2 | |
5746863517 | allusion | incidental mention of something; passing or casual reference | 3 | |
5746863518 | ambiguous (know both) | of doubtful or uncertain nature; difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify; open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal | 4 | |
5746865079 | anecdote | a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature | 5 | |
5746866270 | avante-garde | unorthodox or daring; radical with respect to art, culture, and society | 6 | |
5746866271 | bourgeois | a person whose political, economic, and social opinions are believed to be determined mainly by concern for property values and conventional respectability; middle class | 7 | |
5746866272 | censure | strong or vehement expression of disapproval | 8 | |
5746867693 | cirriform | slender and prolonged and usually curved | 9 | |
5746867694 | colloquial | used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary | 10 | |
5746867695 | concession | the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a priviledge, or a point or fact in an argument | 11 | |
5746869216 | constancy | the quality of being unchanging or unwavering, as in purpose, love, or loyalty; firmness of mind; faithfulness; uniformity or regularity, as in qualities or conditions; invariableness | 12 | |
5746869217 | constitutes | to appoint to an office, function, or dignity; to compose or form | 13 | |
5746869218 | contrails | a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions | 14 | |
5746870671 | conventions | a meeting or formal assembly, as of representatives or delegates, for discussion of and action on particular matters of common concern; an agreement, compact, or contract; a rule, method, or practice established by usage | 15 | |
5746870672 | convoluted | complicated; intricately involved | 16 | |
5746870673 | correlated | 17 | ||
5746871879 | counterclaim | 18 | ||
5746871880 | counterproposal | 19 | ||
5746871881 | cynical | 20 | ||
5746873758 | dangling participle | 21 | ||
5746873759 | diligence | 22 | ||
5746873760 | disdain | 23 | ||
5746877641 | disillusioned | 24 | ||
5746877642 | dispassionate | 25 | ||
5746877643 | dispirited | 26 | ||
5746878602 | doctrine | 27 | ||
5746878603 | elysian | 28 | ||
5746878604 | encapsulate | 29 | ||
5746878605 | enigmatic | 30 | ||
5746880082 | epigram | 31 | ||
5746880083 | equivocal | 32 | ||
5746880084 | eritude | 33 | ||
5746880085 | exhortation | 34 | ||
5746882023 | expedient | 35 | ||
5746882024 | feasible | 36 | ||
5746882025 | forebears | 37 | ||
5746883581 | frivolous | 38 | ||
5746883582 | heretics | 39 | ||
5746883583 | hitherto | 40 | ||
5746884535 | ignoble | 41 | ||
5746885655 | indispensable | 42 | ||
5746885656 | inherent | 43 | ||
5746885657 | innate | 44 | ||
5746885658 | latrine | 45 | ||
5746887354 | laud (laudatory) | 46 | ||
5746887355 | logical fallacy | 47 | ||
5746888282 | malicious | 48 | ||
5746888283 | mammon | 49 | ||
5746888284 | methodology | 50 | ||
5746889942 | monotony | 51 | ||
5746889943 | nonnative | 52 | ||
5746890977 | objective | 53 | ||
5746894732 | paradox | 54 | ||
5746894733 | permanance | 55 | ||
5746894734 | pernicious | 56 | ||
5746895884 | pretentiousness | 57 | ||
5746895885 | prose | 58 | ||
5746895886 | provocative | 59 | ||
5746897287 | rapidity | 60 | ||
5746897288 | rationale | 61 | ||
5746897289 | sanctity | 62 | ||
5746898391 | shortcomings | 63 | ||
5746898392 | sobering | 64 | ||
5746898393 | sovereignty | 65 | ||
5746899341 | spectacle | 66 | ||
5746899342 | strident | 67 | ||
5746899343 | sufficient | 68 | ||
5746899344 | syntax | 69 | ||
5746900492 | tersely | 70 | ||
5746900493 | transfiguration | 71 | ||
5746900494 | underlying | 72 | ||
5746901611 | unforseen | 73 | ||
5746901612 | validate | 74 | ||
5746903015 | vindictive | 75 | ||
5746903016 | vocation | 76 | ||
5746903017 | wholeheartedly | 77 | ||
5746904183 | wholly | 78 | ||
5746905440 | wrought | 79 |