AP Language Section III Flashcards

4018228722	abeyance	state of being temporarily inactive, suspended, or set aside	0
4018230704	ambivalent	having opposite and conflicting feelings about someone or something	1
4018245381	beleaguer	to set upon from all sides; to surround with an army; to trouble, harass	2
4018246996	carte blanche	full freedom or authority to act at one's own discretion	3
4018248659	cataclysm	a sudden, violent, or devastating upheaval; a surging flood, deluge	4
4018252104	debauch	to corrupt morally, seduce; to indulge in dissipation; an act or occasion of dissipation or vice	5
4018254886	éclat	dazzling or conspicuous success or acclaim; great brilliance (of performance or achievement)	6
4018261847	fastidious	overly demanding or hard to please; excessively careful in regard to details; easily disgusted	7
4018264649	gambol	to jump or skip about playfully	8
4018266878	imbue	to soak or stain thoroughly; to fill the mind	9
4018268806	inchoate	just beginning; not fully shaped or formed	10
4018270530	lampoon	a malicious satire; to satirize, ridicule	11
4018271784	malleable	capable of being formed into different shapes; capable of being altered, adapted, or influenced	12
4018275698	nemesis	an agent or force inflicting vengeance or punishment; retribution itself; an unbeatable rival	13
4018278738	opt	to make a choice or decision	14
4018278739	philistine	lacking in, hostile to, or smugly indifferent to cultural and artistic values or refinements; such a person	15
4018282045	picaresque	involving or characteristic of clever rogues or adventurers	16
4018283922	queasy	nauseated or uneasy; causing nausea or uneasiness; troubled	17
4018286329	refractory	stubborn; hard or difficult to manage; not responsive to treatment or cure	18
4018287865	savoir-faire	the ability to say and do the right thing in any situation; social competence	19
4018294355	aberration	a departure from what is proper, right, expected, or normal; a lapse from a sound mental state	20
4018297857	ad hoc	for this specific purpose; improvised; with respect to this	21
4018300093	bane	the source or cause of fatal injury, death, destruction, or ruin; death or ruin itself; poison	22
4018301852	bathos	the intrusion of commonplace or trite material into a context whose tone is lofty or elevated; grossly insincere or exaggerated sentimentality; the lowest phase, nadir; an anticlimax, comedown	23
4018308120	cantankerous	ill-tempered,quarrelsome; difficult to get along or deal with	24
4018311466	casuistry	the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by the application of general ethical principles; specious argument	25
4018315018	de facto	actually existing or in effect, although not legally required or sanctioned; in reality, actually	26
4018318855	depredation	the act of preying upon or plundering	27
4018318856	empathy	a sympathetic understanding of or identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of someone or something else	28
4018322233	harbinger	a forerunner, herald; to herald the approach of	29
4018324358	hedonism	the belief that the attainment of pleasure is life's chief aim; devotion to or pursuit of pleasure	30
4018329462	lackluster	lacking brilliance or vitality; dull	31
4018329495	malcontent	discontented with or in open defiance of prevailing conditions; such a person	32
4018332586	mellifluous	flowing sweetly or smoothly; honeyed	33
4018334915	nepotism	undue favoritism to or excessive patronage of one's relatives	34
4018336386	pander	to cater to or provide satisfaction for the low tastes or vices to others; a person who does this	35
4018339291	peccadillo	a minor sin or offense; a trifling fault or shortcoming	36
4018344276	pièce de résistance	the principal dish of a meal; the principal event, incident or item; an outstanding accomplishment	37
4018349730	remand	to send or order back; in law, to send back to jail or to a lower court	38
4018351771	syndrome	a group of symptoms or signs that collectively characterize or indicate a disease, disorder, abnormality, etc.	39
4018356941	beatitude	a state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing	40
4018358583	bête noire	someone or something that one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids	41
4018362289	bode	to be an omen of; to indicate by signs	42
4018362290	dank	unpleasantly damp or wet	43
4018364408	ecumenical	worldwide or universal in influence or application	44
4018365683	fervid	burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated	45
4018367172	fetid	having an unpleasant or offensive odor	46
4018368522	gargantuan	of immense size, volume, or capacity; enormous, prodigious	47
4018370413	heyday	the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years	48
4018371829	incubus	a demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night; anything that oppresses or weighs upon one, like a nightmare	49
4018374464	infrastructure	a basic foundation or framework; a system of public works; the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations	50
4018377967	inveigle	to entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements; to obtain or acquire by artifice	51
4018381172	kudos	the acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement	52
4018385254	lagniappe	an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity	53
4018385255	prolix	long-winded and wordy; tending to speak or write such a way	54
4018387521	protégé	someone whose welfare, training or career is under the patronage of an influential person; someone under the jurisdiction of a foreign country or government	55
4018395162	prototype	an original pattern or model; a primitive or ancestral form	56
4018396530	sycophant	someone who attempts to win favors or advance himself by flattery or servile behavior; a slanderer, defamer	57
4018400011	tautology	needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; a redundancy	58
4018402155	truckle	to yield or submit tamely or submissively	59