AP VOCABULARY (GENERAL) Flashcards
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| 4770602410 | Adamantine (adj): | (from the noun adamant, which is a hard, crystallized carbon) firm in attitude or opinion unyielding (contemporary usage: adamant, meaning firm, unyielding). |  | 0 |
| 4770604779 | Admonish (verb): | To scold, censor |  | 1 |
| 4770605819 | Amorphous (adj): | Without shape or form. |  | 2 |
| 4770606779 | Animal husbandry (noun): | The practice of breeding and raising livestock (also called animal science). |  | 3 |
| 4770608093 | Apostles (noun): | The 12 men who were Jesus's "entourage." |  | 4 |
| 4770609546 | Austere (adj)/austerity (noun): | Severe or stern in disposition or appearance, having great self-denial (materialistically). |  | 5 |
| 4770610390 | Bade (verb): | To order, to instruct. |  | 6 |
| 4770611165 | Belies (verb): | Contradicts. |  | 7 |
| 4770612560 | Bellicose (adj): | Loud, argumentative, prone to fighting. |  | 8 |
| 4770613930 | Benign (adj): | Harmless. |  | 9 |
| 4770614711 | Bosom (noun): | The chest, typically a woman's and place or warmth and love. |  | 10 |
| 4770615875 | Chaste (adj): | Pure, virginal. (chastity) |  | 11 |
| 4770616687 | Chasten (verb): | To chastise, castigate, correct. |  | 12 |
| 4770617768 | Couch, couched (verb): | To word in a certain manner. |  | 13 |
| 4770618572 | Cultivate (verb): | To grow, to nurture. |  | 14 |
| 4770618986 | Curate, curates: (noun): | A clergyman: (verb): to direct or manage a museum or an exhibit |  | 15 |
| 4770620050 | Damask (noun): | A fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it. |  | 16 |
| 4770620670 | Degenerate (verb): | To degrade or lessen in value: (noun): a morally bankrupt person, a profligate. |  | 17 |
| 4770621711 | deity (noun): | A god. |  | 18 |
| 4770622236 | Din (noun): | Loud, raucous noise. |  | 19 |
| 4770623720 | Dumb (adj): | Mute, unable to speak. |  | 20 |
| 4770624487 | Effeminate (adj): | Having feminine qualities, generally only used to describe men. |  | 21 |
| 4770625360 | Eminent (adj)/eminence (noun): | Distinguished, having high stature. |  | 22 |
| 4770626410 | Emulate (verb): | To imitate or copy (as with a role model). |  | 23 |
| 4770627353 | Entreat (verb)/entreaty (noun): | To beg/begging. | 24 | |
| 4770627785 | Equinox (noun): | Either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the Earth's equator and day and night are to equal length. |  | 25 |
| 4770629119 | Facility (noun)/facile (adj): | Adeptness/with ease. |  | 26 |
| 4770629636 | Faculty (noun): | Ability, power |  | 27 |
| 4770630633 | Homage (noun): | Respect, honor. |  | 28 |
| 4770632336 | Hutch (noun): | A cupboard of dishes or home of rabbits. |  | 29 |
| 4770633566 | Impervious (adj): | Not able to be penetrated. |  | 30 |
| 4770634098 | Impious (adj): | Irreverent. |  | 31 |
| 4770634551 | Indefatigable (adj): | Inability to tire, tireless. |  | 32 |
| 4770635259 | Indict (verb)/indictment (noun): | To charge, to accuse/a charge or accusation. |  | 33 |
| 4770637004 | Inherent (adj)/inherently (adverb): | Integral, intrinsic/in an inherent manner. |  | 34 |
| 4770637358 | Jocund (ad): | Merry, mirthful, gay. |  | 35 |
| 4770638807 | Languor (noun): | State of ease, rest, even listlessness. |  | 36 |
| 4770639396 | Lentils (noun): | Small split pea-like legume. |  | 37 |
| 4770639867 | Lethargic (adj): | Tired, listless. |  | 38 |
| 4770641115 | Lore (noun): | Traditional knowledge, passed on through fables, stories, etc. |  | 39 |
| 4770642310 | Mien (noun): | Bearing, presence, manner. |  | 40 |
| 4770642771 | Naivete (noun)/naïve (adj): | Innocence, inexperience. |  | 41 |
| 4770644607 | Nascent (adj): | Emerging, newly born or created. |  | 42 |
| 4770645042 | Ordain (verb): | To appoint to a clerical post (minister, priest) or to order due to superior authority. |  | 43 |
| 4770645466 | Parody (verb or noun): | To spoof, to mock; a parody is a text meant to spoof or mock (a form of satire). |  | 44 |
| 4770646912 | Phenomenon (noun): | A remarkable development. |  | 45 |
| 4770647258 | Piety (noun): | Righteousness, godliness. |  | 46 |
| 4770647706 | Plight (noun): | Predicament, quandary, difficulty. |  | 47 |
| 4770648739 | Pretense (noun): | Deception, deceit. |  | 48 |
| 4770649639 | Primeval (adj): | Aboriginal, primordial, primal (first). |  | 49 |
| 4770650020 | Prodigy (noun): | Genius, especially a gifted child. |  | 50 |
| 4770651486 | Proffer (verb): | To suggest, to propose. |  | 51 |
| 4770652118 | Profundity (noun): | Intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc. |  | 52 |
| 4770653012 | Promulgate (verb): | To proclaim or exclaim. |  | 53 |
| 4770653391 | Prowess (noun): | Special skill. |  | 54 |
| 4770653715 | Quarry (noun): | Prey, victim; also a pit where gravel or ore is mined. |  | 55 |
| 4770654383 | Raiment (noun): | Especially fine or decorative clothing. |  | 56 |
| 4770654985 | Reap (verb): | To gather, glean, harvest. |  | 57 |
| 4770655846 | Reticent (adj)/reticence (noun): | Shyness, unwillingness. |  | 58 |
| 4770656415 | Rheumatism (noun): | Painful disorder of the joints o muscles or connective tissues. |  | 59 |
| 4770660050 | Sable (noun): | A color, dark, black-brown, fur from the animal sable. |  | 60 |
| 4770660250 | Scourge (noun): | Bane, curse, affliction or a whip, lash, punishment. |  | 61 |
| 4770660927 | Sepulcher (noun): | Burial chamber, tomb. |  | 62 |
| 4770661246 | Sire (noun and verb): | A father; to father, engender. |  | 63 |
| 4770661685 | Supine (adj): | Lying prone, flat, especially in humility. |  | 64 |
| 4770666093 | Supplicant (verb and noun): | To petition or beseech, one who begs for intercession. |  | 65 |
| 4770666507 | Surplice (noun): | A loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves. |  | 66 |
| 4770666927 | Temper, tempered (verb): | Toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling. |  | 67 |
| 4770667694 | Timorous (adj): | Timid, fearful, apprehensive. |  | 68 |
| 4770668336 | Tinged (adj): | slightly touched with |  | 69 |
| 4770668854 | tumult (noun): tumultuous (adj): | Uproar, disturbance. |  | 70 |
| 4770669239 | Vehement (adj)/vehemence (noun): | Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently. |  | 71 |
| 4770671234 | Veracity (noun): | Truthfulness. |  | 72 |
| 4770671579 | Vocation (noun): | A calling such as the ministry; a job one seems meant to do |  | 73 |
| 4770672165 | Whorl (noun): | Swirl, ringlet, curlicue. |  | 74 |