AP English Language 1st Qtr. Vocab Flashcards
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| 5147643861 | Ebullient | Cheerful; Full of energy |  | 0 |
| 5147654317 | Misogyny | Dislike of women. | 1 | |
| 5147663848 | Reviled | To criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner. |  | 2 |
| 5147698586 | Polemical | Involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech. | 3 | |
| 5147722020 | Didactic | Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive. |  | 4 |
| 5147738416 | Antithetical | Directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible. |  | 5 |
| 5147758608 | Obsolescence | The state of being which occurs when an object, service, or practice is no longer wanted even though it may still be in good working order. | 6 | |
| 5147768580 | Delineate | Describe or portray (something) precisely. | 7 | |
| 5147802589 | Solicitous | Characterized by or showing interest or concern. | 8 | |
| 5147826714 | Chagrin | Distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated. |  | 9 |
| 5147837789 | Analogous | Comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared. |  | 10 |
| 5147969898 | Ubiquitous | Present, appearing, or found everywhere. |  | 11 |
| 5147984792 | Satire | The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 12 | |
| 5148003369 | Inviolable | Never to be broken, infringed, or dishonored. | 13 | |
| 5148038580 | Circuitous | Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course. |  | 14 |
| 5148057092 | Presage | Something that portends or foreshadows a future event; an omen, prognostic, or warning indication. | 15 | |
| 5148075503 | Petulant | Having or showing the attitude of people who become angry and annoyed when they do not get what they want. | 16 | |
| 5148087765 | Amalgam | A mixture of blend. | 17 | |
| 5148105099 | Discombobulated | Confused or disconcerted |  | 18 |
| 5148122078 | Acerbic | Expressing harsh or sharp criticism in a clever way |  | 19 |
| 5148149351 | Dichotomy | A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different: |  | 20 |
| 5148206646 | Agglutinated | Firmly stick or be stuck together to form a mass: |  | 21 |
| 5148220148 | Blighted | To have a deleterious effect on; ruin. |  | 22 |
| 5148240601 | Perpetuity | The state or quality of lasting forever. |  | 23 |
| 5148270643 | Quixotic | Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical. |  | 24 |