AP Language: Vocabulary I Flashcards
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| 5872252712 | acuity (n.) | sharpness, keenness | 0 | |
| 5872252713 | adept (v.) | having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | 1 | |
| 5872252714 | admonish (v.) ; admonition (n.) | warn, scold ; caution | 2 | |
| 5872252715 | ambiguous (adj.) | unclear in meaning (two possible interpretations) | 3 | |
| 5872252716 | apocalyptic (adj.) | involving or portending widespread devastation or ultimate doom | 4 | |
| 5872252717 | apocryphal (adj.) | of questionable authenticity / shady | 5 | |
| 5872252718 | appellation (n.) | a name, title, or designation | 6 | |
| 5872252719 | archetype (n.) ; archetypal (adj.) | an original model, pattern, or type (after an original model) | 7 | |
| 5872252720 | ascertain (v.) | to determine, to find out | 8 | |
| 5872252721 | assiduous (adj.) | diligent, persistent | 9 | |
| 5872252722 | baize (n.) | a type of coarse woolen cloth, often green, usually used for covering card tabes | 10 | |
| 5872252723 | base (adj.) | inferior, dishonorable | 11 | |
| 5872252724 | bastion (n.) | a well-fortified position | 12 | |
| 5872252725 | berate (v.) | to rebuke, reprimand, or scold | 13 | |
| 5872252726 | bourgeoisie (n.) | the middle class; in Marxist theory, the social group opposed to the proletariat (working class) | 14 | |
| 5872252727 | calumny (n.) | slander, a false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation | 15 | |
| 5872252728 | cant (n.) | tedious talk, monotonous talk filled with platitudes | 16 | |
| 5872252729 | censure (v.) | to reprimand, to excommunicate (expel, as from the priesthood) | 17 | |
| 5872252730 | coarse (adj.) | lacking refinement or rough grained in texture | 18 | |
| 5872252731 | confute (v.) | to prove to be wrong or error | 19 | |
| 5872252732 | connoisseur (n.) | a person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts | 20 | |
| 5872252733 | corporeal (adj.) | having physical substance, material form | 21 | |
| 5872252734 | decry (v.) | express strong disapproval of | 22 | |
| 5872252735 | defer (v.) ; deference (n.) | submit or yield to another's wish or opinion | 23 | |
| 5872252736 | deliquesce (v.) | to disappear as if by melting | 24 | |
| 5872252737 | dilatory (adj.) | inclined to waste time and lag behind | 25 | |
| 5872252738 | disparage (v.) | to criticize someone or something in a way that shows you do not respect or value them | 26 | |
| 5872252739 | draught (n.) | a current of unpleasant cold air blowing through a room (archaic for draft) | 27 | |
| 5872252740 | dray (n.) | a large low carriage with four wheels pulled by horses | 28 | |
| 5872252741 | dyspeptic (adj.) ; dyspepsia (n.) | always angry or easily annoyed or having indigestion | 29 |