AP English Language and Composition full year Flashcards

5077927044	diminutive	very small	0
5077927046	pithy	concise and full of meaning	1
5077927048	hierarchy	a series of ordered groupings within a system	2
5077927050	oblivious	lacking conscious awareness of	3
5077927052	poltroon	an abject coward	4
5077927054	noisome	causing or able to cause nausea	5
5077927056	bibulous	given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol	6
5077927058	aegis	armor plate that protects the chest	7
5077927060	ingenuity	the power of creative imagination	8
5077927062	flout	treat with contemptuous disregard	9
5077927064	indigenous	originating where it is found	10
5077927066	lachrymose	showing sorrow	11
5077927068	jovial	full of or showing high-spirited merriment	12
5077927070	obfuscate	make obscure or unclear	13
5077927072	rendition	a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role	14
5077927074	succinct	briefly giving the gist of something	15
5077927076	lexicon	a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words	16
5077927078	gargantuan	of great mass; huge and bulky	17
5077927080	purview	the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated	18
5077927082	verisimilitude	the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true	19
5077927084	irreparable	impossible to rectify or amend	20
5077927086	ostentatious	intended to attract notice and impress others	21
5077927088	nonchalant	marked by blithe unconcern	22
5077927090	icon	a visual representation produced on a surface	23
5077927092	pragmatic	concerned with practical matters	24
5077927094	plethora	extreme excess	25
5077927096	virtuoso	someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field	26
5077927098	affinity	a natural attraction or feeling of kinship	27
5077927100	gamut	a complete extent or range	28
5077927102	ineffable	defying expression or description	29
5077927104	mnemonic	of or relating to the practice of aiding the memory	30
5077927106	platitude	a trite or obvious remark	31
5077927108	aficionado	a serious devotee of some particular music genre	32
5077927110	commensurate	corresponding in size or degree or extent	33
5077927112	foray	a sudden short attack	34
5077927114	fervid	characterized by intense emotion	35
5077927116	panache	distinctive and stylish elegance	36
5077927118	systemic	affecting an entire system	37
5077927120	vicissitude	a variation in circumstances or fortune	38
5077927122	repository	a facility where things can be deposited for safekeeping	39
5077927124	ensconce	fix firmly	40
5077927126	portentous	of momentous or ominous significance	41
5077927128	abeyance	temporary cessation or suspension	42
5077927130	ambivalent	uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow	43
5077927132	beleaguer	annoy persistently	44
5077927134	cataclysm	a sudden violent change in the earth's surface	45
5077927136	fastidious	giving careful attention to detail	46
5077927138	malleable	capable of being shaped or bent	47
5077927140	nemesis	something causing misery or death	48
5077927142	aberration	a state or condition markedly different from the norm	49
5077927144	ad hoc	for or concerned with one specific purpose	50
5077927146	empathy	understanding and entering into another's feelings	51
5077927148	nepotism	favoritism shown to relatives or friends by those in power	52
5077927150	pander	yield to; give satisfaction to	53
5077927152	inveigle	influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering	54
5077927154	prototype	a standard or typical example	55
5077927156	sycophant	a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage	56
5077927158	acumen	shrewdness shown by keen insight	57
5077927160	adjudicate	hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of	58
5077927162	narcissism	an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself	59
5077927164	imperceptible	impossible or difficult to sense	60
5077927166	monolithic	imposing in size or bulk or solidity	61
5077927168	disparity	inequality or difference in some respect	62
5077927170	effusive	uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm	63
5077927172	dichotomy	being twofold	64
5077927174	quagmire	a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot	65
5077927176	precarious	not secure; beset with difficulties	66
5077927178	exculpatory	clearing of guilt or blame	67
5077927180	anachronism	something located at a time when it could not have existed	68
5077927182	convoluted	highly complex or intricate	69
5077927184	noxious	injurious to physical or mental health	70
5077927186	unconscionable	greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation	71
5077927188	dogmatic	pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative	72
5077927190	seditious	arousing to action or rebellion	73
5077927192	xenophobia	a fear of foreigners or strangers	74
5077927194	non sequitur	a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it	75
5077927196	polemic	a controversy, especially over a belief or dogma	76
5077927198	contumacious	willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient	77
5077927200	disingenuous	not straightforward or candid	78
5077927202	acerbity	a sharp bitterness	79
5077927204	mercurial	liable to sudden unpredictable change	80
5077927206	protocol	forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats	81
5077927208	stigmatize	to condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful	82
5077927210	volition	the act of making a choice	83
5077927212	latent	potentially existing but not presently evident or realized	84
5077927214	accoutrement	clothing that is not part of one's main clothing	85
5077927216	cacophony	loud confusing disagreeable sounds	86
5077927218	cogent	powerfully persuasive	87
5077927220	sonorous	full and loud and deep	88
5077927222	contentious	showing an inclination to disagree	89
5077927224	synergy	the working together of two things to produce an effect	90
5077927226	carouse	engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking	91
5077927228	bilk	cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money	92
5077927230	quixotic	not sensible about practical matters	93
5077927232	impinge	infringe upon	94
5077927234	rapport	a relationship of mutual understanding between people	95
5077927236	avaricious	immoderately desirous of acquiring something	96
5077927238	leviathan	the largest or most massive thing of its kind	97
5077927240	vestige	an indication that something has been present	98
5077927242	presumptuous	excessively forward	99
5077927534	euphoria	a feeling of great elation	100
5077927536	bode	indicate by signs	101
5077927538	indiscretion	the trait of being injudicious	102
5077927540	fallacious	containing or based on incorrect reasoning	103
5077927542	malicious	having the nature of threatening evil	104
5077927544	repugnant	offensive to the mind	105
5077927546	invective	abusive language used to express blame or censure	106
5077927548	recapitulate	summarize briefly	107
5077927550	circumlocution	an indirect way of expressing something	108
5077927552	cynical	believing the worst of human nature and motives	109
5077927554	anecdote	short account of an incident	110
5077927556	semantics	the study of language meaning	111
5077927558	canon	a collection of books accepted as holy scripture	112
5077927560	assimilate	make alike	113
5077927562	accolade	a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction	114
5077927564	coalesce	fuse or cause to come together	115
5077927566	schism	division of a group into opposing factions	116
5077927568	infrastructure	the basic features of a system or organization	117
5077927570	conjure	summon into action or bring into existence	118
5077927572	feral	wild and menacing	119
5077927574	debilitate	make weak	120
5077927576	hackneyed	repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse	121
5077927578	innate	present at birth but not necessarily hereditary	122
5077927580	taxonomy	a classification of organisms based on similarities	123
5077927582	mendacious	given to lying	124
5077927584	veracity	unwillingness to tell lies	125
5077927586	avocation	an auxiliary activity	126
5077927588	cuisine	the manner of preparing food or the food so prepared	127
5077927590	alleviate	provide physical relief, as from pain	128
5077927592	intrusive	tending to enter uninvited	129
5077927594	subjective	taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias	130
5077927596	obstinate	marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield	131
5077927598	aloof	remote in manner	132
5077927600	dubious	fraught with uncertainty or doubt	133
5077927602	caustic	capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action	134
5077927604	contemptuous	expressing extreme scorn	135
5077927606	forthright	directly and without evasion; not roundabout	136
5077927608	snide	expressive of contempt	137
5077927610	deprecate	express strong disapproval of; deplore	138
5077927612	scourge	something causing misery or death	139
5077927614	zenith	the point above the observer directly opposite the nadir	140
5077927616	tawdry	tastelessly showy	141
5077927620	pugnacious	tough and callous by virtue of experience	142
5077927624	hubris	overbearing pride or presumption	143
5077927628	sagacity	forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating	144
5077927632	egregious	conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible	145
5077927634	paucity	an insufficient quantity or number	146
5077927636	nefarious	extremely wicked	147
5077927638	myopic	unable to see distant objects clearly	148
5077927640	grandiloquence	high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation	149
5077927642	abjure	formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief	150
5077927644	harangue	a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion	151
5077927646	acrimony	a rough and bitter manner	152
5077927648	inane	devoid of intelligence	153
5077927650	loquacious	full of trivial conversation	154
5077927654	caveat	a warning against certain acts	155
5077927658	demagogue	a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions	156
5077927662	proliferate	grow rapidly	157
5077927666	abrogate	revoke formally	158
5077927670	equivocate	be deliberately ambiguous or unclear	159
5077927674	ruse	a deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture	160
5077927678	panacea	hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases	161
5077927682	stalwart	dependable	162
5077927686	alacrity	liveliness and eagerness	163
5077927690	motley	consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds	164
5077927694	pretentious	creating an appearance of importance or distinction	165
5077927698	progeny	the immediate descendants of a person	166
5077927702	prodigy	an unusually gifted or intelligent person	167
5077927706	deleterious	harmful to living things	168
5077927710	intrinsic	belonging to a thing by its very nature	169
5077927714	juxtapose	Place side by side (either physically or in a metaphorical way, such as to make a comparison)	170
5077927718	archaic	so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period	171
5077927722	quandary	state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options	172
5077927726	prevaricate	be deliberately ambiguous or unclear	173
5077927730	interstice	small opening between things	174