AP Language - good vocabulary Flashcards

6388180141	Implacable	not to be appeased modified or pacified;inexorable	0
6388180142	Midigate	to become milder, lessen in severity	1
6388180143	eclectic	not following any one system (as of medicine, philosophy ect.) but selecting and using what are considered the best elements of all systems	2
6388180144	opprobrium	the disgrace of the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful;infamy	3
6388180145	aberrant	deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type;exceptional; abnormal	4
6388180146	stymie	to hinder, block, or thwart	5
6388180147	nascent	beginning to exist or develop	6
6388180148	avarice	insatiable greed for riches;inordinate,misery desire to gain and hoard wealth	7
6388180149	urbane	having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities	8
6388180150	ingenuous	free from reserve restraint or dissimulation(sincere, frank)	9
6388180151	onerous	burdensome, oppressive or trouble some; causing hard ship	10
6388180152	discretion (noun)	cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions	11
6388180153	burgeon (verb)	to grow rapidly or flourish	12
6388180154	axiom(noun)	a universally recognized principle	13
6388180155	ubiquitous (adjetive)	existing elsewhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread	14
6388180156	disabuse(verb)	to undeceive; to set right	15
6388180157	heretical (adj)	violating accepted dogma or convention	16
6388180158	vilify (verb)	to defame; or characterize harshly	17
6388180159	dogmatic(adj)	expressing a ridged opinion based on unproved or improvable principles	18
6388180160	perennial (adj)	recurrent through the year or many years;happening repeatedly	19
6388180161	torpid(adj)	lethargic;sluggish; dormant	20
6388180162	magnanimity(noun)	the quality of being noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving	21
6388180163	truculent(adj)	fierce and cruel, eager to fight	22
6388180164	eccentric(adj)	departing from nouns or convections	23
6388180165	convoluted(adj)	complex or complicated	24
6388180166	bombastic	promos; grandiloquent(extravagant in language style or manner)	25
6388180167	occlude(verb)	to obstruct or block	26
6388180168	loquacious(adj)	extremely talkative	27
6388180169	misanthrope(noun)	one who hates all other humans	28
6388180170	hedonism(noun)	devotion to pleasurable pursuits (especially of the senses)	29
6388180171	abscond	to depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest	30
6388180172	amalgamate	to mix or blend together in a homogeneous body	31
6388180173	apocryphal	of doubtful authority or authenticity	32
6388180174	augury	omen	33
6388180175	comestible	fit to be eaten	34
6388180176	desuetude	a state of disuse or inactivity	35
6388180177	diaphanous	transparent	36
6388180178	encomium	a formal discriminating expression of praise	37
6388180179	gossamer	flimsy	38
6388180180	iconoclast	an image-breaker	39
6388180181	maudlin	foolishly and tearfully affectionate	40
6388180182	verbiage	use of many words without necessity	41
6388180183	vituperate	to overwhelm with wordy abuse	42
6388180184	noisome	offensive or disgusting; also harmful unwholesome	43
6388180185	abstruse	dealing with manners difficult to be understood	44
6388180186	moribund	on the point of dying	45
6388180187	nadir	the lowest point	46
6388180188	umbrage	a sense of injury	47
6388180189	vociferous	making a loud outcry	48
6388180190	lascivious	lustful	49
6388180191	quixotic	chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous degree	50
6388180192	aberration	deviating from the right, customary or prescribed corse	51
6388180193	acumen	quickness of intellectual insight,or discernment, keenness of discrimination	52
6388180194	anathema	anything forbidden,as by social usage	53
6388180195	asperity	harshness or roughness of temper	54
6388180196	bumptious	full of offensive and aggressive self conceit	55
6388180197	contumacious	rebellious	56
6388180198	erudite	very learned	57
6388180199	insouciant	nonchalant	58
6388180200	lachrymose	given to shedding tears	59
6388180201	loquacious	talkative	60
6388180202	meretricious	alluring by false or gaudy show	61
6388180203	nefarious	wicked in the extreme	62
6388180204	halcyon	calm and peaceful	63
6388180205	archaic	outdated;associated with earlier, more primitive time	64
6388180206	quiescence	stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest	65
6388180207	pedagogy	profession or principles of teaching or instructing	66
6388180208	obsequious	exhibiting fawning attractiveness	67
6388180209	obdurate	unyielding; hard hardened;intractable	68
6388180210	imperturbable	marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness	69
6388180211	impassive	revealing no emotion	70
6388180212	paean	song or hymn of praise or thanksgiving	71
6388180213	obtuse	lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression	72
6388180214	bucolic	rustic and pastoral;characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants	73
6388180215	demur	to question or oppose	74
6388180216	adulterate	to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients	75
6388180217	stoic	indifferent or unaffected by pleasure or pain;steadfast	76
6388180218	evanescent	tending to disappear like vapor;vanish	77
6388180219	exacerbate	to make worse or more severe	78
6388180220	noxious	harmful;causing pain to others	79
6388180221	synesthesia	when one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another(ex. the sight of red ants makes you itchy)	80
6388180222	assertion	a declaration that is made emphatically	81