AP Language & Composition Vocabulary Flashcards

7080732135	Provocative	exciting; attracting attention	0
7080732136	Advocate	to speak in favor of; to support	1
7080732137	Arrogant	feeling superior to others; snooty	2
7080732138	Contempt	reproachful disdain	3
7080732139	Skeptical	doubting (opposite of gullible)	4
7080732140	Innovate	to be creative; to introduce something new	5
7080732141	Profound	deep; insightful (the opposite of superficial)	6
7080732142	Digress	to go off of the subject	7
7080732143	Tenacious	tough; hard to defeat	8
7080732144	Nostalgia	a sentimental longing for the past	9
7080732145	Denounce	to speak out against; to condemn	10
7080732146	Pragmatic	practical; down-to-earth	11
7080732147	Rigorous	strict; harsh; severe	12
7080732148	Inevitable	unavoidable; bound to happen	13
7080732149	Superficial	on the surface only; shallow	14
7080732150	Aesthetic	having to do with artistic beauty	15
7080732151	Disparage	to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way	16
7080732152	Elaborate	detailed; careful; thorough	17
7080732153	Ambivalent	undecided	18
7080732154	Esoteric	hard to understand; understood only by a select few; peculiar	19
7080732155	Subtle	not obvious; able to make fine distinctions; ingenious	20
7080732156	Indifferent	not caring one way or the other; mediocre; lacking preference; neutral	21
7080732157	Futile	hopeless; without effect	22
7080732158	Resignation	reluctant acceptance of a bad situation (secondary meaning)	23
7080732159	Negligence	carelessness	24
7080732160	Contrite	deeply apologetic; remorseful	25
7080732161	Objective	without bias (as opposed to subjective)	26
7080732162	Disdain	arrogant scorn; contempt	27
7080732163	Reticent	restrained; uncommunicative	28
7080732164	Mitigate	to lessen the severity of something	29