AP Language Flashcards

5167276555	Fervent	having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm	0
5167286747	Resigned	submissive or acquiescent	1
5167292029	Submissive	unresistingly or humbly obedient	2
5167301424	Acquiescent	apt to consent or give in; acquiesce	3
5167321352	Surly	unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable	4
5167340287	Acerbic	acid in temper, mood, or tone	5
5167345520	Affectation	the act of taking on or displaying an attitude not natural to oneself or not genuinely felt	6
5167361766	Alliteration	the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words	7
5167378472	Altruism	unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others	8
5167385646	Ambivalent	simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings ( as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action	9
5167398107	Antithesis	the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangement of words, phrases, clauses, or ideas	10
5167414393	Assert	to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively	11
5167417994	Berate	to scold or condemn vehemently and at length	12
5167422626	Blatant	noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive way; obvious	13
5167427938	Brusque	markedly short and abrupt	14
5167430937	Capricious	governed or characterized by impulse	15
5167437549	Churl	a rude, ill-bred person	16
5167439722	Colloquial	used in and characterized by familiar and informal speech	17
5167446210	Combative	marked by eagerness to fight or contend	18
5167452140	Comprehensive	covering completely or broadly	19
5167456364	Compunction	anxiety arising from awareness of guilt	20
5167460943	Conciliatory	to gain (as good will) by pleasing acts	21
5167468868	Condescending	to descend to a less formal or dignified level	22
5167472689	Conspicuous	obvious to the eye or mind	23
5167475467	Contemplative	marked by considering with study	24