AP Lang Test Vocabulary Flashcards

9892600658	idiomatic	speech that is conversational and natural	0
9892600659	heuristic	enabling a person to discover or learn something for himself	1
9892604272	employ	to use	2
9892604273	embittered	feeling bitter or resentful	3
9892604274	propensity	a natural tendency to do something	4
9892611418	ambivalence	having mixed feelings	5
9892611419	zeal	great energy or enthusiasm	6
9892616547	magnaminity	the condition of being generous	7
9892616548	ostracized	excluded from a group	8
9892621379	equanimity	mental calmness and composure	9
9892621380	wary	feeling or showing caution	10
9892621381	eminent	used to emphasize the presence of a positive quality	11
9892625907	preemptive	serving to forestall something	12
9892625908	expose(with accent on e)	a public exposure or revelation	13
9892627981	fastidious	concerned about accuracy and detail	14
9892627982	pragmatism	a practical (realistic) attitude	15
9892630954	introspection	examination of one's own thoughts/feelings	16
9892630955	unabashed	not embarrassed or ashamed	17
9892633927	aural	related to the ear or sense of hearing	18
9892633928	tactile	tangible/ connected with the sense of touch	19
9892644804	arroyo	a steep sided gully cut by running water	20
9892653909	ephemeral	lasting a very short time	21
9892656505	inscrutability	not easily understood	22
9892656506	impenetrable	impossible to pass through or enter	23
9892660147	enigmatic	difficult to interpret or understand	24
9892660148	ramification	consequence of an action	25
9892663117	digression	temporary departure from the main topic	26
9892663118	innocuous	not harmful or offensive	27
9892663119	serenely	in a calm and peaceful manner	28
9892667411	haphazard	lacking any obvious organization	29
9892667412	intricately	in a very complicated or detailed manner	30
9892667413	chastize	reprimand severely	31
9892672842	intangible	unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence	32
9892672843	query	a question	33
9892672844	discrepancy	a lack of compatibility or similarity between two facts	34
9892677338	mannerisms	ways of speaking or behaving	35
9892677339	indignant	feeling or showing anger or annoyance at unfair treatment	36
9892681566	morose	sullen and ill-tempered	37
9892690409	idiomatically	done in a style or way of a particular group	38
9893037328	arbitrarily	on the basis of random choice or personal whim	39
9893049085	wistfulness	longing, yearning for something	40
9893057097	accentuate	make more noticeable or prominent	41
9893067382	unpretentious	not attempting to impress others with appearance of greater importance	42
9893075210	effusive	expressing feelings of gratitude in an unrestrained manner	43
9893084288	prepossessing	attractive or appealing in appearance	44
9893097563	circumlocution	the use of many words where fewer would do	45
9893112405	problematize	to make into a problem requiring a solution	46
9893163209	trivialize	make something seem less important	47
9893181210	vice	immoral or wicked behavior	48
9893167271	disparage	to regard as being of little worth	49
9893293618	ellipsis	the omission of speech characterized by three dots	50
9893312089	willy-nilly	without direction or organization; whether one likes it or not	51
9893321462	anthology	a published collection of literary works	52
9893326691	authoritative	done or said with a commanding and trustworthy tone or way	53
9893340260	paradoxical	seemingly absurd or self-contradictory	54
9893350913	necessitates	make necessary as a result of consequences (causes to need)	55
9893369934	somber	oppressively solemn or gloomy	56
9893384573	condescending	having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority (talking or acting "down to")	57
9893398047	cynical	distrusting of human sincerity or integrity	58
9893411479	intuitive	using what feels to be true without conscious reasoning; instinctive (going with gut feeling)	59
9893428111	earnest	resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction	60
9893449120	communal	shared by all members of a community	61
9893473079	endeavor	an attempt	62
9893705266	daunting	intimidating	63
9893708257	melodious	pleasant sounding	64
9893718254	transgressions	offenses	65
9893729076	ad hominem	attack against a person, not on the topic itself	66