AP Vocabulary Flashcards

9896298820	advocate	to recommend; to speak in favor of	0
9896317019	agitation	(n.) a violent stirring or movement; noisy confusion, excitment; a stirring up of public enthusiasm	1
9896355806	alleged	reported, supposed	2
9896371598	amity	friendship	3
9896385460	arrogance	pride; haughtiness	4
9896394383	attribute	a characteristic	5
9896402859	belligerent	(adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war	6
9896410103	benefactor	one who does good to others	7
9896423388	carnivorous	flesh-eating	8
9896430520	centrifugal	moving away from a center	9
9896436292	chivalry	Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages	10
9896445224	conspiracy	a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act	11
9896457133	credentials	documents, letters, references, etc., that inspire belief or trust	12
9896461995	culmination	the highest point of attainment; the end or climax	13
9909908503	cumbersome	(adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving	14
9909917626	demoralize	to discourage	15
9909921562	devout	deeply religious	16
9909938077	disperse	to scatter, spread far and wide	17
9909976025	epic	a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds	18
9909996971	fauna	animals	19
9945876142	fervent	(adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot	20
9910006494	frivolous	(adj.) of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously	21
9910015152	genealogy	family history	22
9910029728	havoc	great destruction; chaos	23
9921098870	herald	to bear news; to announce	24
9921101969	hereditary	having title or possession by reason of birth (adj.) of or passed down by inheritance from an ancestor; transmitted from parent to child	25
9921113443	hoax	a practical joke; a trick	26
9921123484	humanitarian	A person working for the welfare of all humans	27
9921137067	inconspicuous	not easily seen; subtle; not noticeable	28
9921139739	infest	to overrun in a way that causes harm or annoyance	29
9921143846	imflammation	to swell	30
9921148590	intact	untouched or uninjured; kept or left whole	31
9921150782	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	32
9945887525	kindle	to set fire to or ignite; excite or inspire	33
9945891492	larceny	theft	34
9945895558	lethal	deadly	35
9945900499	manifest	reveal its presence or make an appearance	36
9945907303	manipulate	(v.) to handle or use skillfully; to manage or control for person gain or advantage	37
9945911328	meander	(v.) to wander about, wind about; (n.) a sharp turn or twist	38
9945916555	medieval	Another name for the Middle Ages.	39
9945922033	metamorphosis	a transformation or dramatic change	40
9945927819	misconstrue	to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of	41
9945935651	negotiate	to settle by discussing	42
9945940910	obsession	A persistent, unwanted thought or idea that keeps recurring	43
9945949081	ominous	threatening	44
9945979218	plaintiff	one who begins a lawsuit	45
9945990528	plaintive	expressing sorrow	46
9946004713	preposterous	ridiculous, senseless	47
9946009981	prospective	expected, likely, potential	48
9946017368	quest	the act of searching for something	49
9946026368	recede	To move back or away from	50
9946030552	relevant	(adj.) connected with or related to the matter at hand	51
9946033991	sector	a separate part of a society, group, or area	52
9946037247	seethe	(v.) to boil or foam; to be excited or disturbed	53
9946040551	sinister	evil	54
9946049772	sparse	(adj.) meager, scant; scattered	55
9946054073	spurn	to reject	56
9946057838	stagnant	(adj.) not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull	57
9946062388	tolerate	to put up with, to bear	58
9946069246	unscrupulous	dishonest	59
9946075101	upheaval	(n.) a sudden, violent upward movement; great disorder or radical change	60
9946079934	venerable	respectable due to age	61
9946083315	yearn	to have a strong and earnest desire	62