AP Lang Vocab Flashcards

8646771960	abstract	existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence	0
8646771961	acquired	developed or learned; not naturally occurring	1
8646771962	aesthetic	having to do with the appreciation of beauty	2
8646771963	affable	easy-going; friendly	3
8646771964	alienated	removed or disassociated from (friends, family, or homeland)	4
8646771965	alleviate	to ease a pain or burden	5
8646771966	alliance	a union of two or more groups	6
8646771967	ambiguous	open to more than one interpretation	7
8646771968	ambivalent	simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain	8
8646771969	amenable	responsive; agreeable	9
8646771970	ample	describing a large amount of something	10
8646771971	anthology	a collection of literary pieces	11
8646771972	apathetic	feeling or showing little emotion	12
8646771973	apparatus	equipment; a group of machines	13
8646771974	apprehension	anxiety or fear about the future	14
8646771975	arbiter	a judge who decides a disputed issue	15
8646771976	arbitrary	determined by impulse rather than reason	16
8646771977	archaic	characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned	17
8646771978	archetype	a perfect example; an original pattern or model	18
8646771979	arid	describing a dry, rainless climate	19
8646771980	assertion	a declaration or statement	20
8646771981	assiduous	hard-working	21
8646771982	assimilation	to absorb; to make similar	22
8646771983	astute	shrewd; clever	23
8646771984	asylum	a place of retreat or security	24
8646771985	auspicious	favorable; promising	25
8646771986	austere	without decoration; strict	26
8646771987	benevolent	well-meaning; generous	27
8646771988	benign	kind and gentle	28
8646771989	biased	prejudiced	29
8646771990	brittle	easily broken when subjected to pressure	30
8646771991	brusque	rudely abrupt	31
8646771992	camaraderie	good will between friends	32
8646771993	candor	sincerity; openness	33
8646771994	capricious	impulsive and unpredictable	34
8646771995	catalog	to make an itemized list of	35
8646771996	caustic	bitingly sarcastic or witty	36
8646771997	clandestine	secretive	37
8646771998	cogent	convincing; reasonable	38
8646771999	coherent	logically connected	39
8646772000	cohesion	the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning	40
8646772001	compelling	forceful; urgently demanding attention	41
8646772002	comprehensive	large in scope or content	42
8646772003	conception	the way in which something is perceived or regarded	43
8646772004	condemn	to express strong disapproval of; denounce	44
8646772005	condescending	treating people as weak or inferior	45
8646772006	conflagration	a widespread fire	46
8646772007	consensus	general agreement	47
8646772008	contemporary	current, modern; from the same time	48
8646772009	contemptuous	feeling hatred; scornful	49
8646772010	conviction	a fixed or strong belief	50
8646772011	convoluted	intricate; complex	51
8646772012	copious	plentiful; having a large quantity	52
8646772013	cordial	friendly; sincere	53
8646772014	coup	a brilliantly executed plan	54
8646772015	cryptic	difficult to comprehend	55
8646772016	decorous	proper; marked by good taste	56
8646772017	deleterious	having a harmful effect; injurious	57
8646772018	derived	copied or adapted from a source	58
8646772019	despotic	exercising absolute power; tyrannical	59
8646772020	dictatorial	domineering; oppressively overbearing	60
8646772021	didactic	intended to instruct	61
8646772022	dilettante	one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge	62
8646772023	diligent	marked by painstaking effort; hard-working	63
8646772024	discourse	verbal expression or exchange; conversation	64
8646772025	discredit	to cause to be doubted	65
8646772026	disdain	(v) contempt, scorn; (n) to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on	66
8646772027	disingenuous	not straightforward; crafty	67
8646772028	disparage	to speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle	68
8646772029	disparity	inequality in age, rank, or degree; difference	69
8646772030	dogged	stubbornly persevering	70
8646772031	dogmatic	stubbornly adhering to unproven beliefs	71
8646772032	dubious	doubtful; of unlikely authenticity	72
8646772033	ebullience	intense enthusiasm	73
8646772034	eclectic	made up of a variety of sources or styles	74
8646772035	effusive	emotionally unrestrained; gushy	75
8646772036	egregious	conspicuously bad or offensive	76
8646772037	eloquence	the ability to speak vividly or persuasively	77
8646772038	elusive	difficult to capture, as in something actually fleeting	78
8646772039	embellish	to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate	79
8646772040	emigrate	to leave one country or region and settle in another	80
8646772041	endure	to put up with; to survive a hardship	81
8646772042	enlightening	informative; contributing to one's awareness	82
8646772043	enmity	mutual hatred or ill-will	83
8646772044	equanimity	the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure	84
8646772045	equivocate	to avoid making a definite statement	85
8646772046	excerpt	a selected part of a passage or scene	86
8646772047	exculpate	to free from guilt or blame	87
8646772048	exemplary	commendable; worthy of imitation	88
8646772049	fabricated	made; concocted to deceive	89
8646772050	facetious	playfully humorous	90
8646772051	facile	done or achieved with little effort; easy	91
8646772052	fastidious	possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please	92
8646772053	flagrant	extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable	93
8646772054	florid	describing flowery or elaborate speech	94
8646772055	fluid	easily flowing	95
8646772056	fractious	quarrelsome; unruly	96
8646772057	frank	open and sincere in expression; straightforward	97
8646772058	frenetic	wildly excited or active	98
8646772059	futile	having no useful purpose; pointless	99
8646772060	gesticulating	making gestures while speaking	100
8646772061	gratuitous	given freely; unearned; unwarranted	101
8646772062	hackneyed	worn out through overuse; trite	102
8646772063	harbinger	something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner	103
8646772064	haughty	arrogant; vainly proud	104
8646772065	heinous	hatefully evil; abominable	105
8646772066	hierarchy	a group organized by rank	106
8646772067	hypothetical	existing only as an assumption or speculation	107
8646772068	idealize	to consider perfect	108
8646772069	impartial	not in favor of one side or the other, unbiased	109
8646772070	impede	to slow the progress of	110
8646772071	imperious	arrogantly domineering or overbearing	111
8646772072	impinge	hinder; interfere with	112
8646772073	implication	the act of suggesting or hinting	113
8646772074	impression	a feeling or understanding resulting from an experience	114
8646772075	inconsequential	unimportant	115
8646772076	incontrovertible	not able to be denied or disputed	116
8646772077	incorrigible	unable to be reformed	117
8646772078	incumbent	imposed as a duty; obligatory	118
8646772079	indifferent	not caring one way or the other	119
8646772080	indolent	lazy	120
8646772081	inevitable	certain to happen, unavoidable	121
8646772082	ingrate	an ungrateful person	122
8646772083	inherent	inborn; built-in	123
8646772084	innate	possessed from birth; inborn	124
8646772085	innovative	introducing something new	125
8646772086	insipid	uninteresting; unchallenging	126
8646772087	insolent	insulting in manner or speech	127
8646772088	integrity	trustworthiness; completeness	128
8646772089	intrepid	courageous; fearless	129
8646772090	intuition	the power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight	130
8646772091	inveterate	long established; deep-rooted; habitual	131
8646772092	lament	express grief for; mourn	132
8646772093	laudatory	giving praise	133
8646772094	lexicon	a word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary	134
8646772095	listless	lacking energy	135
8646772096	lucid	easily understood; clear	136
8646772097	malfeasance	wrongdoing, misconduct	137
8646772098	malice	extreme ill-will or spite	138
8646772099	malleable	easily shaped or formed; easily influenced	139
8646772100	maverick	one who is independent and resists adherence to a group	140
8646772101	mediocrity	the state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality	141
8646772102	medley	an assortment or a mixture, especially of musical pieces	142
8646772103	melancholy	sadness; depression	143
8646772104	meticulous	extremely careful and precise	144
8646772105	misconception	an incorrect understanding or interpretation	145
8646772106	modest	quiet or humble in manner or appearance	146
8646772107	mollify	to calm or soothe	147
8646772108	mundane	commonplace; ordinary	148
8646772109	mural	a large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface	149
8646772110	naive	lacking sophistication	150
8646772111	nascent	coming into existence; emerging	151
8646772112	nocturnal	of or occurring in the night	152
8646772113	notorious	known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous	153
8646772114	novel	strikingly new or unusual	154
8646772115	novice	a beginner	155
8646772116	obdurate	stubborn; inflexible	156
8646772117	objectivity	treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices	157
8646772118	obscure	(adj) relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct	158
8646772119	obsolete	no longer in use; old-fashioned	159
8646772120	obstinate	stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action	160
8646772121	ominous	menacing; threatening	161
8646772122	omnipotent	all-powerful	162
8646772123	opulent	exhibiting a display of great wealth	163
8646772124	ornate	elaborately decorated	164
8646772125	ostentatious	describing a showy or pretentious display	165
8646772126	panegyric	statement of high praise	166
8646772127	paramount	of chief concern or importance	167
8646772128	patronizing	treating in a condescending manner	168
8646772129	pejorative	describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone	169
8646772130	penitent	expressing remorse for one's misdeeds	170
8646772131	perception	awareness; insight	171
8646772132	permeated	spread or flowing throughout	172
8646772133	pernicious	causing great harm	173
8646772134	perspective	point of view	174
8646772135	pervasive	dispersed throughout	175
8646772136	plausible	seemingly valid or acceptable; credible	176
8646772137	poignant	profoundly moving; touching	177
8646772138	ponderous	extremely dull	178
8646772139	pragmatic	practical	179
8646772140	premonition	a feeling about the future	180
8646772141	prodigious	enormous	181
8646772142	profound	having great depth or seriousness	182
8646772143	proliferate	to grow or increase rapidly	183
8646772144	propitious	presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious	184
8646772145	propriety	appropriateness of behavior	185
8646772146	prosaic	unimaginative; dull	186
8646772147	proximity	closeness	187
8646772148	prudent	exercising good judgment or common sense	188
8646772149	pugnacious	combative; belligerent	189
8646772150	putrid	rotten	190
8646772151	quandary	a state of uncertainty or perplexity	191
8646772152	rancorous	hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will	192
8646772153	rational	logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling	193
8646772154	replete	abundantly supplied: filled to capacity	194
8646772155	reprehensible	worthy of blame	195
8646772156	rhetoric	the art of using language effectively and persuasively	196
8646772157	ruse	a crafty trick	197
8646772158	sanction	(v) to give official authorization or approval; (n) an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country	198
8646772159	sardonic	disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh, bitter, or caustic	199
8646773233	sedentary	not migratory; settled	200
8646773234	serene	calm	201
8646773235	servile	submissive; like a servant	202
8646773236	slander	false charges and malicious statements about someone	203
8646773237	solvent	able to pay one's debts	204
8646773238	sonorous	producing a deep or full sound	205
8646773239	spontaneous	unplanned; naturally occurring	206
8646773240	spurious	not genuine	207
8646773241	staid	unemotional; serious	208
8646773242	stoic	indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive	209
8646773243	stratagem	a clever trick used to deceive or outwit	210
8646773244	subdue	to restrain; to hold back	211
8646773245	substantiated	supported with proof or evidence; verified	212
8646773246	superficial	concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow	213
8646773247	superfluous	extra; unnecessary	214
8646773248	suppressed	subdued; kept from being circulated	215
8646773249	surreptitiously	done by secretive means	216
8646773250	tenacity	persistence	217
8646773251	tenuous	having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak	218
8646773252	timorous	timid; fearful about the future	219
8646773253	torpor	laziness; inactivity; dullness	220
8646773254	toxic	poisonous	221
8646773255	transient	passing away with time; passing from one place to another	222
8646773256	transitory	short-lived or temporary	223
8646773257	trepidation	uncertainty; apprehension	224
8646773258	trivial	of little importance or significance	225
8646773259	truncated	shortened; cut off	226
8646773260	venerated	highly respected	227
8646773261	vilify	to make vicious statements about	228
8646773262	vindicated	freed from blame	229
8646773263	virtuoso	a tremendously skilled artist	230
8646773264	vitality	energy; power to survive	231
8646773265	wary	on guard	232
8646773266	whimsical	subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable	233
8646773267	wily	cunning	234