AP Lang Vocabulary 1-120 Flashcards

8454025031	Myriad	A very large number	0
8454025032	Manifest	obvious	1
8454025033	accustomed	used to; often used	2
8454025034	adulation	praise or flattery that is excessive	3
8454025035	Stereotyped	A generalized belief about a group of people	4
8454025036	aesthetic	pertaining to beauty	5
8454025037	Integral	Essential to completeness	6
8454025038	anachronistic	out-of-date; misplaced in order	7
8454025039	assumptions	A belief or statement taken for granted without proof.	8
8454025040	anonymous	not named or identified; done by someone unknown	9
8454025041	arid (adj)	extremely dry; lacking interest in life	10
8454025042	asylum	place of refuge or shelter	11
8454025043	Raucous	(adj.) disagreeably harsh-sounding; disorderly	12
8454025044	camaraderie	trust among friends; friendship	13
8454025045	decadent	overly luxurious and lacking moral discipline	14
8454025046	circuitous (adj)	(of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way	15
8454025047	Archaism	The use of deliberately old-fashioned language.	16
8454025048	collaborate	to work together	17
8454025049	Slovenliness	Untidy and dirty	18
8454025050	compromise	Acceptable middle ground	19
8454025051	Sardonic	Grimly mocking or cynical	20
8454025052	conditional	(adj) depending on a condition, e.g., in a contract	21
8454025053	egregious (adj.)	outstandingly bad; shocking.	22
8454025054	congregation	(n) a crowd of people, an assembly	23
8454025055	chauvinistic (adj)	Excessive or blind patriotism	24
8454025056	deleterious	harmful	25
8454025057	contentious	Quarrelsome, inclined to argue	26
8454025058	digression	straying from main point	27
8454025059	galvanization	to startle into sudden activity	28
8454025060	Discredit	to refuse to believe; to reject as untrue	29
8454025061	surcease (v)	To come to an end	30
8454025062	Divergent	going in different directions	31
8454025063	Virile	Having traditionally masculine traits	32
8454025064	emulate (v)	match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation	33
8454025065	Traduced	To expose to shame by means of falsehood	34
8454025066	Enhance	improve; make better or clearer	35
8454025067	Effete (adj)	No longer fertile: loss of character	36
8454025068	evanescent	vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy	37
8454025069	Languor (n)	Weakness/weariness of body or mind	38
8454025070	exemplary	worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model	39
8454025071	Florid	(adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy	40
8454025072	frugal	thrifty	41
8454025073	haughty (adj)	arrogantly superior and disdainful	42
8454025074	Hypothesis	A testable prediction, often implied by a theory: educated guess	43
8454025075	taciturn	(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little	44
8454025076	inadvertently	without intention, accidentally	45
8454025077	hackneyed	used so often as to lack freshness or originality	46
8454025078	evocative	tending to call to mind or produce a reaction	47
8454025079	Banal (adj)	so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring	48
8454025080	assiduous	Persistent, attentive, diligent	49
8454025081	impute (v.)	to assign credit, often of guilt or blame	50
8454025082	baneful	causing ruin; harmful; pernicious; destructive	51
8454025083	inconsequential	unimportant	52
8454025084	opulence (n)	extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance	53
8454025085	integrity	honesty, decency, morality	54
8454025086	penury (n)	extreme poverty	55
8454025087	intuitive	instinctive, untaught	56
8454025088	avarice	(n.) a greedy desire, particularly for wealth	57
8454025089	lobbyist (n)	person who seeks to influence political events	58
8454025090	Succor (n)	help; relief; aid; assistance	59
8454025091	mundane (adj)	ordinary, commonplace	60
8454025092	benevolence	kindness, generosity, charity	61
8454025093	novice (n)	beginner	62
8454025094	abject (adj)	extremely bad; degrading; wretched	63
8454025095	Orator	Public speaker	64
8454025096	peremptory	imperative; leaving no choice	65
8454025097	parched (adj)	dried up, shriveled	66
8454025098	pretext (n.)	a false reason, deceptive excuse	67
8454025099	precocious (adj)	exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity	68
8454025100	decrepitude (n)	it is worn out by age or illness	69
8454025101	procrastinate	to delay unnecessarily; put off till later	70
8454025102	Diffuse	To spread or scatter freely or widely	71
8454025103	prosperity	wealth, success	72
8454025104	fraternal	of or like a brother	73
8454025105	prudent (adj)	acting with or showing care and thought for the future	74
8454025106	Abhor	Hate	75
8454025107	rancorous (adj)	characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment	76
8454025108	Vitriol	Cruel and bitter criticism	77
8454025109	reconciliation	the act of agreement after a quarrel, the resolution of a dispute	78
8454025110	obliterate	to destroy completely	79
8454025111	resilient	able to recover quickly	80
8454025112	factitious	artificial	81
8454025113	Reverence (n)	Deep respect for someone or something	82
8454025114	Constituency	The people and interests that an elected official represents	83
8454025115	scrutinize	to examine closely	84
8454025116	stupendous	amazing	85
8454025117	spurious	(adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid	86
8454025118	folly (n)	lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking	87
8454025119	substantiate	to verify, confirm	88
8454025120	delve (v)	to look for; to search; to investigate	89
8454040938	superficial	existing or occurring at or on the surface	90
8454048408	obsolete	out-of-date, no longer in use	91
8454074451	suppress	(v.) to stop by force, put down	92
8454077100	cavalier	casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight	93
8454087614	tactful	diplomatic, polite	94
8454095074	utopian	(adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical	95
8454100681	transient	temporary, fleeting	96
8454103962	glut	an oversupply	97
8454108015	vindicate	to clear from blame	98
8454110439	precedent	an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time	99
8454121361	chaff	husks of grain separated from the seed by threshing	100
8454124939	pecuniary	(adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money	101
8454128182	vertigo	the sensation of dizziness	102
8454130476	piety	religious devotion	103
8454134278	parochialism	a narrow view in which people see things solely through their own perspective	104
8454137027	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	105
8454139424	patronizing	treating in a condescending manner	106
8454142960	gewgaws	a showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless	107
8454143068	primordial	original; existing from the beginning	108
8454146219	hierophant	priest	109
8515652754	pallet	a bed or mattress of straw	110
8515652909	viscera	the internal organs of the body	111
8515654018	colonnade	row of columns	112
8515654203	emissary	one sent on a special mission to represent others	113
8515654707	sangfroid	composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances	114
8515654888	inimical	harmful	115
8515656270	dubiety	doubtfulness	116
8515657060	saffron	a shade of yellow tinged with orange	117
8515657219	desultory	lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm	118
8515657664	ablutions	the act of washing oneself	119