AP Language Cumulative Vocabulary Flashcards

6649557659	GUISE	general external appearance	0
6649557660	SEMBLANCE	an assumed or unreal appearance	1
6649557661	DISPARAGE	to speak of or treat slightingly	2
6649557662	PROSCRIBE	to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; banish exile	3
6649557663	ENCAPSULATE	to summarize or condense	4
6649557664	APHORISM	a short pithy instructive saying	5
6649557665	SINE QUA NON	an indispensable condition, element, or factor	6
6649557666	QUINTESSENTIAL	of the pure and essential essence of something; representing the perfect example of a class or quality	7
6649557667	ILLUSORY	causing illusion; deceptive; misleading	8
6649557668	DISPARATE	fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind	9
6649557669	VINDICATE	to clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof	10
6649557670	APLOMB	confidence and composure under strain without arrogance	11
6649557671	AUSPICIOUS	promising success; favorable	12
6649557672	APODICTIC	incontestable because of having been proved	13
6649557673	UNTENABLE	incapable of being defended or justified	14
6649557674	DISSENT	to differ in sentiment from the majority	15
6649557675	UBIQUITOUS	being present everywhere at once	16
6649557676	PARADIGM	a cognitive framework shared by members of any discipline or group (the company's business paradigm)	17
6649557677	TRAVESTY	any grotesque or debased likeness or imitation (a travesty of justice)	18
6649557678	CREDULOUS	willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence	19
6649557679	COMPUNCTION	a feeling of anxiety caused by regret for doing something wrong or causing pain	20
6649557680	EXACERBATE	to increase the severity; aggravate	21
6649557681	AMELIORATE	to make or become better or improve	22
6649557682	PLACATE	to appease or pacify with concessions	23
6649557683	ASSUAGE	to make milder; relieve; soothe, calm fears or anger	24
6649557684	NEFARIOUS	extremely wicked	25
6649557685	VIABLE	1. capable of living; 2. useful or effective	26
6649557686	DENIGRATE	to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner	27
6649557687	EXCULPATE	to clear from a charge of guilt or fault	28
6649557688	VEHEMENT	strongly emotional; intense or passionate	29
6649557689	DISINGENUOUS	NOT straightforward or candid	30
6649557690	INGENUOUS	free from reserve; candid; sincere	31
6649557691	CHAGRIN	feelings of disappointment and embarassment	32
6649557692	REPUDIATE	to reject as having any authority (to repudiate a claim)	33
6649557693	DELINEATE	to portray in words; describe with precision	34
6649557694	EMPIRICAL	derived from experiment and observation rather than theory	35
6649557695	INURED	made tough by habitual exposure	36
6649557696	FALLOW	plowed and left unseeded; not in use	37
6649557697	SALIENT	prominent or conspicuous (salient traits)	38
6649557698	EXTOL	praise, glorify, or honor	39
6649557699	AMBIGUOUS	open to two or more interpretations	40
6649557700	GUILE	crafty or artful deception; duplicity	41
6649557701	OSTRACIZE	to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, etc.	42
6649557702	CACHET	superior status; prestige of a position or a university; a distinguishing mark or feature (Ivy League schools have their own cachet)	43
6649557703	IMPUGN	challenge as false or wrong	44
6649557704	IMPUNITY	exemption from punishment or loss	45
6649557705	EXTENUATE	to lessen or try to lessen the seriousness of a situation	46
6649557706	MITIGATE	to make less severe	47
6649557707	INCESSANT	occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted	48
6649557708	VIS A VIS	1. face to face 2. in relation to; compared with	49
6649557709	INSIDIOUS	intended to entrap	50
6649557710	TUMULTUOUS	disorderly or noisy (a tumultuous crowd of students)	51
6649557711	SUBSTANTIATE	to establish by proof or competent evidence	52
6649557712	POLEMICAL	controversial; highly debated	53
6649557713	CONVALESCENCE	gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury	54
6649557714	EGREGIOUS	conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible	55
6649557715	CAUSTIC	severely critical or sarcastic	56
6649557716	ACERBIC	sour; harsh or severe, in temper or expression	57
6649557717	LAMBASTE	to reprimand or berate harshly	58
6649557718	HARANGUE	a long, intense scolding or attack	59
6649557719	APPROBATION	official recognition or approval	60
6649557720	REPLETE	abundantly supplied or provided	61
6649557721	RIFE	frequent occurrence; in widespread existence, activity, or use	62
6649557722	REPREHENSIBLE	deserving severe rebuke or censure	63
6649557723	ENSCONCE	to settle or hide securely or snugly (in an armchair, corner, closet etc.)	64
6649557724	ENSHROUD	to cover or hide; conceal	65
6649557725	TEDIUM	the state of being wearisome; irksomeness	66
6649557726	RESCIND	to invalidate; revoke; repeal	67
6649557727	REFUTE	to prove to be false	68
6649557728	LAMPOON	a sharp satire or criticism directed against an individual or institution	69
6649557729	HEDONISM	a system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good	70
6649557730	TENUOUS	thin or slender; lacking a sound basis as reasoning	71
6649557731	BOMBAST	speech too pompous for an occasion	72
6649557732	CURTAIL	to cut short	73
6649557733	OBSCURE	not clear or plain; vague, or uncertain	74
6649557734	OBFUSCATE	to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy	75
6649557735	DECORUM	propriety in manners and conduct	76
6649557736	OBSTINATE	firmly and unreasonably adhering to one's purpose, opinion	77
6649557737	OBDURATE	unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; unyielding.	78
6649557738	UNCTUOUS	unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; oily	79
6649557739	INGRATIATE	gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts	80
6649557740	EQUIVOCATE	to use unclear expressions usually to avoid commitment or to mislead	81
6649557741	RETICENT	intentionally silent; reserved	82
6649557742	ACCOLADE	any award, honor, or laudatory notice	83
6649557743	PORTEND (verb)	to indicate in advance	84
6649557744	PORTENT (noun)	an indication or omen of something about to happen	85
6649557745	ESOTERIC	understandable by only an enlightened inner circle	86
6649557746	TORPID	sluggish inactivity; lethargic indifference	87
6649557747	ABASE	to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation (suggests loss of prestige or dignity)	88
6649557748	DEGRADE	to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation (suggests humiliation)	89
6649557749	POSTHUMOUS	occurring after a person's death	90
6649557750	POSTULATE	to assume without proof, or as self-evident	91
6649557751	ICONOCLAST	a person who attacks and seeks to overthrow popular ideas or institutions	92
6649557752	ONUS	a difficult obligation, task, burden, responsibility	93
6649557753	DEPRECATE	to verbally disapprove of	94
6649557754	PEJORATIVE	having a disparaging or belittling effect	95
6649557755	IMMUTABLE	unchangeable	96
6649557756	OPULENT	wealthy or affluent	97
6649557757	PRECIPITOUS	extremely or impassably steep	98
6649557758	MAELSTROM	1. a powerful or violent whirlpool 2. disordered state of affairs	99
6649557759	RECAPITULATE	summarize briefly	100
6649557760	CAPITULATE	to surrender; to give up resistance	101
6649557761	ACQUIESCE	submit or comply silently or without protest	102
6649557762	PREEMINENT	superior; surpassing; above or before others	103
6649557763	SARDONIC	mocking; cynical; sneering	104
6649557764	PRETENTIOUS	assumption of dignity or importance, usually when exaggerated or underserved	105
6649557765	OSTENTATIOUS	showy in an attempt to impress others	106
6649557766	PRESUMPTUOUS	unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward	107
6649557767	PROPENSITY	a natural inclination or tendency	108
6649557768	PENCHANT	a strong inclination or tendency	109
6649557769	PALPABLE	plainly seen, heard; capable of being touched or felt	110
6649557770	PANACEA	a remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all; usually used negatively	111
6649557771	PRISTINE	having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.	112
6649557772	MALLEABLE	capable of being shaped or bent	113
6649557773	PARAMOUNT	chief in importance or impact; supreme	114
6649557774	UPSHOT	the final issue, the conclusion, or the result	115
6649557775	PARIAH	an outcast; any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided	116
6649557776	ANTIQUATED	old-fashioned; no longer used	117
6649557777	INEPT	without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment	118
6649557778	PEDESTRIAN	lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; dull	119
6649557779	CHARLATAN	a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses	120
6649557780	POSEUR	a person who attempts to impress others by pretending to be someone they're not	121
6649557781	MASOCHIST	a person who loves experiencing pain, self-imposed or imposed by others	122
6649557782	SADIST	a person who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain on others	123
6649557783	MISOGYNIST	a person who hates, dislikes, mistrusts, or mistreats women	124
6649557784	SYCOPHANT	a self-seeking, servile flatterer	125
6649557785	VACUOUS	empty; lacking intelligence	126
6649557786	INANE	lacking sense, significance; silly	127
6649557787	RELEGATE	to assign or send to an inferior position, place, or condition	128
6649557788	SUBJUGATE	to bring under complete control; conquer; master	129
6649557789	FLIPPANT	frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness	130
6649557790	PATRONIZE	to behave in an offensively condescending manner toward someone	131
6649557791	DUPLICITOUS	deceitfulness in speech or conduct (speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter)	132
6649557792	SPECIOUS	seemingly true, but actually false	133
6649557793	OSTENSIBLE	outwardly appearing as such; pretended	134
6649557794	VENERATE	to regard or treat with reverence	135
6649557795	VERACITY	correctness or accuracy	136
6649557796	FORTUITOUS	happening or produced by chance; accidental; lucky	137
6649557797	DEFUNCT	ceased to exist or live	138
6649557798	INCENDIARY	1. capable of arousing strife, sedition 2. causing fire	139
6649557799	PENSIVE	wistfully thoughtful, usually marked by sadness	140
6649557800	COLLOQUIAL	appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing	141
6649557801	COLLUSION	a secret agreement between two parties to appear as adversaries as a way to defraud a third party	142
6649557802	CLANDESTINE	characterized by or done in secrecy for the purpose of deception	143
6649557803	SURREPTITIOUS	done by stealth; secret actions	144
6649557804	PERFUNCTORY	performed merely as a routine; going through the motions only	145
6649557805	MYOPIC	narrow-minded; lack of foresight	146
6649557806	COMPLACENT	self-satisfied; pleased without awareness of some potential danger or defect	147
6649557807	VOLATILE	tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive	148
6649557808	ENDEMIC	regularly found among a particular people or in a certain area	149
6649557809	GERMANE	closely or significantly related; relevant	150
6649557810	EFFACE	to rub out; erase; to make inconspicuous	151
6649557811	EFFUSIVE	unduly demonstrative; pouring out; overflowing	152
6649557812	LACONIC	expressing much in few words; concise	153
6649557813	VERBOSE	using many or too many words	154
6649557814	COGENT	convincing or believable by virtue of clear or incisive presentation	155
6649557815	GRATUITOUS	free; being without apparent reason, cause or justification	156
6649557816	ELUCIDATE	to make clear; explain	157
6649557817	VOLITION	a choice or decision made by one's own will	158
6649557818	PROXIMITY	the property of being close together	159
6649557819	HACKNEYED	commonplace; the constant use of a phrase or word which dulls its significance or force	160
6649557820	DESPOTISM	the rule of someone with absolute authority, power, and control; tyranny	161
6649557821	RECTITUDE	rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue	162
6649557822	NASCENT	beginning to exist or develop	163
6649557823	IMPETUS	stimulus; the force that sets something in motion	164
6649557824	ENGENDER	to produce, cause, or give rise to	165
6649557825	VICISSITUDE	a change or variation occurring in the course of something (vicissitude of fortune, vicissitude of seasons)	166
6649557826	RENEGE	fail to fulfill a promise or obligation	167
6649557827	PROLIFERATE	to grow or produce by multiplication of parts (cell division); spread rapidly	168
6649557828	ENERVATE	to weaken; deprive of force or strength	169
6649557829	LANGUID	lacking spirit or liveliness	170
6649557830	COMMENSURATE	corresponding in size or degree or extent	171
6649557831	NOVICE	someone new to a field or activity	172
6649557832	DILETTANTE	a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement in a superficial way	173
6649557833	SORDID	morally base; vile; dirty or filthy	174
6649557834	EXIGENCY	a case or situation that demands prompt action or remedy	175
6649557835	ARDUOUS	requiring great exertion; full of hardships	176
6649557836	APATHETIC	having or showing little or no emotion	177
6649557837	MINUTIAE	precise details; trifling matters	178
6649557838	PURCHASE	a firm foothold, grasp etc, as for climbing or levering something	179
6649557839	EFFICACY	capacity for producing a desired result	180
6649557840	CAPRICIOUS	subject to, led by a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic	181
6649557841	SUPPOSITION	an idea or theory believed to be true without proof.	182
6649557842	CONJECTURE	an un-testable proposition	183
6649557843	DIATRIBE	a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism	184
6649557844	ABSTRUSE	hard to understand because of extreme complexity or abstractness as well as being esoteric	185
6649557845	INSATIABLE	impossible to satisfy	186
6649557846	VORACIOUS	exceedingly eager or avid (readers, collectors, etc.)	187
6649557847	IMPERVIOUS	1. not permitting passage; impenetrable 2. incapable of being injured, influenced, or affected	188
6649557848	CAMARADERIE	good-fellowship	189
6649557849	ACUITY	sharpness; keenness (vision, mind, etc.)	190
6649557850	OBTUSE	not quick or alert in perception or intellect; dull	191
6649557851	FLOUT	to scoff at, mock, scorn	192
6649557852	TOUT	to describe or advertise boastfully; praise extravagantly	193
6649557853	MORASS	a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot (usually used figuratively)	194
6649557854	EPITOMIZE	serve as a typical example of	195
6649557855	PARAGON	a model of pattern of excellence; the ideal standard	196
6649557856	VACILLATE	to waver in mind or opinion	197
6649557857	WINDFALL	a sudden good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)	198
6649557858	VANGUARD	the front part of an army; the forefront in any movement, field, activity	199
6649557859	ALLITERATION	repetition of the same sound within nearby words; most often, repeated initial consonants	200
6649557860	APOSTROPHE	addresses an abstraction, an inanimate object, or to the someone not present	201
6649557861	HYPERBOLE	exaggeration for effect	202
6649557862	MEIOSIS	understatement for effect	203
6649557863	LITOTES	making an affirmative point by denying its opposite	204
6649557864	PERSONIFICATION	giving human characteristics to non-human things	205
6649557865	IRONY (verbal and situational)	reversal of expectations or speaking in such a way as to imply the contrary of what one says	206
6649557866	SARCASM	a mocking or derogatory statement, usually ironic, directed and intended to hurt another person	207
6649557867	SATIRE	literary genre that uses irony, wit and sometimes sarcasm to expose humanity's vices and foibles, giving impetus to change or reform through ridicule	208
6649557868	SIMILE	comparing two distinct things by using connective words such as like or as	209
6649557869	METAPHOR	identify one object or idea with another in one or more aspects via representation or substitution	210
6649557870	METONYMY	substituting the word in mind with an object closely related to it (White House for President)	211
6649557871	SYNECDOCHE	a part of something is used to represent the whole of something (all hands on deck)	212
6649557872	ANAPHORA	repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences	213
6649557873	ANTIMETABOLE	repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order (similar to chiasmus)	214
6649557874	ANTITHESIS	balancing contrasting terms against each other for emphasis	215
6649557875	ZEUGMA	one word is used to mean two different things simultaneously	216
6649557876	ANASTROPHE	reversal of word order to make a point	217
6649557877	ANTECEDENT	the original noun, noun phrase or clause referred to later in the text by other means (pronouns, metaphors, etc.)	218
6649557878	APPOSITIVE	a noun or noun phrase that further describes a nearby noun or pronoun	219
6649557879	PHRASE	group of words without a verb (always dependent on other words to make a complete sentence)	220
6649557880	CLAUSE	group of words with a verb (independent clauses are complete sentences; dependent clause require an independent clause to make a complete sentence)	221
6649557881	SIMPLE SENTENCE	sentence containing one independent clause	222
6649557882	COMPOUND SENTENCE	sentence containing multiple independent clauses	223
6649557883	COMPLEX SENTENCE	sentence containing at least one independent and at least one dependent clause	224
6649557884	FRAGMENT	incomplete sentence (can be effective depending on the purpose)	225
6649557885	SUBORDINATION	the use of a conjunction to make the meaning of one clause dependent on another clause	226
6649557886	PASSIVE VOICE	when the object of the verb is the subject of the sentence. (The homework is read by Sam.)	227
6649557887	ACTIVE VOICE	when the subject is doing the action. (Sam reads the homework.)	228