AP Language Exam Vocab Flashcards
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| 8349825207 | Approbation | The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval | 0 | |
| 8349835343 | Assuage | To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench | 1 | |
| 8349842731 | Decadence | Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay, excessive self-indulgence. | 2 | |
| 8349846704 | Elicit | To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) | 3 | |
| 8349852842 | Innuendo | A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) | 4 | |
| 8349867950 | Meritorious | Worthy, deserving recognition and praise | 5 | |
| 8349874800 | Petulant | Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset | 6 | |
| 8349884035 | Prerogative | A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence | 7 | |
| 8349904680 | Transcend | To rise above or beyond, exceed | 8 | |
| 8349909672 | Unctuous | Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable. | 9 | |
| 8349919987 | Ameliorate | To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming. | 10 | |
| 8349926062 | Callow | Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers. | 11 | |
| 8349946896 | Eptiome | A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality. | 12 | |
| 8349957339 | Exhort | To urge strongly, advise earnestly. | 13 | |
| 8349965579 | Ingratiate | To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense). | 14 | |
| 8349980468 | Intrinsic | Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part. | 15 | |
| 8349999845 | Inveigh | To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval. | 16 | |
| 8350011781 | Stringent | Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste. | 17 | |
| 8350027703 | Surmise | To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof. | 18 | |
| 8350052809 | Adventitious | Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired, not congenital. | 19 | |
| 8350075632 | Ascribe | To assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute. | 20 | |
| 8350086568 | Circuitous | Roundabout, not direct. | 21 | |
| 8350093485 | Commiserate | To sympathize with, have piety or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress. | 22 | |
| 8350104636 | Expedite | To make easy, cause to progress faster. | 23 | |
| 8350117894 | Expiate | To make amends, make up for; to avoid. | 24 | |
| 8350125313 | Inadvertent | Resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental. | 25 | |
| 8350148999 | Nominal | Existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously. | 26 | |
| 8350158647 | Proclivity | A natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior. | 27 | |
| 8350176381 | Vitriolic | Bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid). | 28 | |
| 8350196365 | Tenuous | Thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported. | 29 |