AP Language vocab Flashcards
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8421222893 | isolationism | A national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs; policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries | 0 | |
8421228255 | ambivalance | simultaneous existence of opposing feelings; uncertainty as to what to do | 1 | |
8421230448 | unwarranted | unjustified; groundless; undeserved | 2 | |
8421233188 | summons | an order to appear in person at a given place and time; typically court | 3 | |
8421236181 | helio | sun, light | 4 | |
8421241551 | ruddy | having a healthy reddish color | 5 | |
8421243598 | reap | Harvest, such as by cutting; gather; get as a result of one's effort | 6 | |
8421246653 | concatnation | joining together two or more strings | 7 | |
8421249229 | aforesaid | Said in a preceding part or before. | 8 | |
8421251828 | encompass | (v.) to encircle, go or reach around; to enclose; to include with a certain group or class | 9 | |
8421254187 | ephemeral | short-lived; fleeting | 10 | |
8421260809 | therein | in that place, document or respect | 11 | |
8421264674 | imbibe | (v.) to drink; to take in, absorb | 12 | |
8421267220 | assimilate | become similar to one's environment; (v.) to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully | 13 | |
8421275747 | flexous | Bending or winding alternately from side to side | 14 | |
8421280095 | beseech | to beg, plead, implore | 15 | |
8421285874 | alacrity | liveliness and eagerness | 16 | |
8421290628 | politicalization | to politicize | 17 | |
8421293697 | benevolent | kindly, charitable | 18 | |
8421298219 | industrialization | ![]() | 19 | |
8421314509 | superfluous | more than enough; unnecessary | 20 | |
8421317352 | engrossed | completely occupied or absorbed | 21 | |
8421321354 | cavalier | casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight | 22 | |
8421323791 | naivete | quality of being unsophisticated or innocent | 23 | |
8421323792 | mere | nothing more than; only; part | 24 | |
8421326957 | subtle | not obvious; elusive, sly, ambiguous | 25 | |
8421332117 | modulation | process by which the sensation of pain is inhibited or modified | 26 | |
8421334980 | entomological | scientific study of insection | 27 | |
8421341763 | ruinous | bringing ruin or downfall; disastrous | 28 | |
8421341764 | dear | expensive | 29 | |
8421348627 | calamities | a serious events causing distress or misfortune | 30 | |
8421361061 | infidel | one who does not accept a particular faith; unbeliever; heretic | 31 | |
8421365276 | didactic | intended to teach | 32 | |
8421368019 | invective | abusive language; verbal abuse | 33 | |
8421371934 | principled | Having high moral standards | 34 | |
8421374454 | vexed | irritated; annoyed | 35 | |
8421378353 | contemplative | expressing or involving long thought | 36 | |
8421382838 | pernicious | having a harmful effect | 37 | |
8421392395 | exalted | overjoyed with excitement; raised in status or rank; elevated in style or tone; lifted up | 38 | |
8421396692 | sanctified | made holy | 39 | |
8421399575 | self-assertion | forceful promotion of oneself | 40 | |
8421404139 | commerce | trade; the buying and selling of goods and services | 41 | |
8421411143 | kin | one's relatives; motion | 42 | |
8421415506 | studies | learning, discovery, investigation, lesson, readings; a close look or an examination of something | 43 | |
8421422729 | sloth | laziness; sluggishness | 44 | |
8421426078 | to marshal | to arrange in proper order | 45 | |
8421429916 | confute | to prove wrong | 46 | |
8421435718 | wit | intelligence; mental ability | 47 | |
8421438337 | mirth | Jollity, merriment; amusement or laughter | 48 | |
8421441972 | aspiration | hope or ambition in achieving something | 49 | |
8421444379 | temperament | person or animal's nature | 50 |