AP Language - General Vocab Flashcards
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| 7285914663 | vice (Ex: Eating too much is my vice.) | (n) bad or immoral behavior or habits | 0 | |
| 7285925797 | adversity (Ex: He was no stranger to ADVERSITY; he had grown up homeless.) | (n) a difficult situation or condition: misfortune or tragedy |  | 1 |
| 7879199178 | complicit (Ex: People say Ivanka Trump is COMPLICIT in her father's actions to deport thousands of young immigrants.) | (adj) helping to commit a crime or do wrong in some way |  | 2 |
| 7879207422 | urgency (Ex: She felt a sense of URGENCY to break up with her boyfriend, so she did it that evening.) | (n) the need to deal with something quickly |  | 3 |
| 7901391153 | ostensible (Ex: The OSTENSIBLE reason for my visit to Hongdae was to do a class project, but I really just wanted to spend time with my friends there.) | (adj) seeming or said to be true or real but very possibly not true or real | 4 | |
| 7952178739 | judicious (EX: You might say that his choice to save his money for college instead of buying $1,000 concert tickets was a JUDICIOUS one.) | (adj) showing good judgement; sensible, wise | 5 | |
| 7954648869 | averse (Ex: Ms. Maguire is very AVERSE to the texture of squid and octopus.) | (adj) strongly opposed to something; having a clear dislike of something |  | 6 |
| 8083835135 | disseminate (Ex: The activists DISSEMINATED their ideas by putting up posters around the city.) | (v) to cause something - like information - to go to many people | 7 | |
| 8083835136 | prose (Ex: She writes in very clear PROSE.) | (n) writing that is not poetry; ordinary writing | 8 | |
| 8083838006 | aptitude (Ex: Anyone who can speak five languages obviously has a great APTITUDE for learning languages.) | (n) natural ability to do something or learn something | 9 | |
| 8083844866 | epoch (Ex: The Beatles' popularity began an EPOCH of boy bands.) | (n) a period of time that is very important in history | 10 | |
| 8083846649 | decorous (Ex: Opening her speech to Congress by saying, "Whasssssup!" was probably not the most DECOROUS thing to do.) | (adj) correct or polite in a particular situation (the adjective form of decorum!) | 11 | |
| 8083846650 | enjoin (Ex: The bullies ENJOINED her to hand over her wallet.) | (v) to direct or order to do something | 12 | |
| 8083848908 | unassailable (Ex. Stephen King would say that it is an UNASSAILABLE truth that you must read often if you want to write well.) | (adj) not able to be doubted, attacked, or questioned | 13 | |
| 8083856242 | incidental (Ex. Jae noticed that an INCIDENTAL perk of taking AP Lang was his improved ability to talk to girls.) | (adj) happening as a minor part or result of something else | 14 | |
| 8083901668 | unimpeachable (Ex: Ms. Maguire's judgement on matters of grammar is UNIMPEACHABLE.) | (adj) very reliable and trusted : not able to be doubted or questioned | 15 | |
| 8153272574 | palpable (Ex: In the room where the students waited to start the 수능, there was a PALPABLE sense of dread.) | (adj) obvious and noticeable | 16 | |
| 8153341974 | byzantine (Ex: The student's BYZANTINE style of writing was difficult to comprehend for everyone, including the teacher.) | (adj) very complicated and hard to understand | 17 | |
| 8207369080 | cynical (Ex: Because of the high divorce rate in America, many young Americans are CYNICAL about marriage.) | (adj) believing that people are generally selfish and dishonest (TONE WORD) |  | 18 |
| 8207400359 | acerbic (Ex: After reading the acerbic comments written about him in the newspaper, Donald Trump cried.) | (adj) expressing harsh or sharp criticism (often in a clever way); language that leaves a bitter taste in one's mouth (TONE WORD) | 19 | |
| 8207461872 | condescending (Ex: I hate it when older people talk to me in a condescending way just because I'm young.) | (adj) showing that you believe you are more intelligent or better than other people | 20 |