AP Language and Composition Vocabulary 2 Flashcards

7725253168	Buttress	a supporting structure	0
7725253169	Caustic	(adj.) able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic	1
7725253170	Charlatan	One who claims to know something that he does not, a quack	2
7725253171	Cherubic	innocent, wholesome, angelic	3
7725253172	Circuitous	roundabout, not direct	4
7725253173	Clandestine	Kept or done is secret	5
7725253174	Colloquial	Conversational	6
7725253175	Commensurate	Same size, extent, or duriation as another	7
7725253176	Concise	expressing much in a few words	8
7725253177	Confluence	a flowing together	9
7725253178	Contentious	Quarrelsome, inclined to argue	10
7725253179	Copious	Abundant; plentiful	11
7725253180	Cryptic	having hidden meaning	12
7725253181	Curmudgeon	Bad-tempered, difficult person; grouch	13
7725253182	Cynical	believing that people act only out of selfish motives	14
7725253183	Dearth	a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine	15
7725253184	Demagogue	Leader of a common people in accient times	16
7725253185	Derisive	ridiculing, mocking	17
7725253186	Desecrate	to damage a holy place; to treat with irreverence	18
7725253187	Diatribe	abusive criticism	19
7802290196	Didactic	Intended to instruct	20
7802290197	Diffident	modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence	21
7802290198	Discursive	Covering a wide field of subjects; rambling	22
7802290199	Disparage	To belittle; speak of disrespectfully	23
7802290200	Dissemble	to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character	24
7802290201	Dissonant	Harsh and inharmonious is sound; discordant	25
7802290202	Dissuade	to persuade not to do something	26
7802290203	Duplicity	Deliberate deceptiveness; two faced	27
7802290204	Eclectic	Made up of; combining elements from a variety	28
7802290205	Egregious	clearly bad or offensive	29