APE Vocabulary Flashcards

7399685920	somnolent	sleepy, drowsy	0
7399688494	perfidious	disloyal, unfaithful	1
7399690465	vex	confuse, annoy	2
7399692697	brusque	short, abrupt, dismissive, rude	3
7399694893	decry	to criticize openly	4
7399696921	poltroon	a coward	5
7399700199	beseech	to ask urgently	6
7399700200	emulate	to follow an example	7
7399702890	lucid	clear, easily understood	8
7399705661	pernicious	having a harmful effect in a gradual way	9
7776191850	demure	quiet, modest, reserved	10
7776195189	ribald	coarse, vulgar, indecent in language	11
7776228573	equivocate	to avoid making an explicit statement, to hedge	12
7776231368	fastidious	demanding, having high standards	13
7776236491	fatuous	lacking intelligence, silly & pointless	14
7776240526	ubiquitous	being present everywhere at once	15
7776245073	enervate	weaken, deprive of force or strength	16
7776248857	dogmatic	expressing personal beliefs as if they were facts	17
7776252469	diffident	hesitant due to a lack of self-confidence, shy	18
7776257731	pejorative	expressing contempt, insult	19
7776261047	dilettante	a person with an interest but without commitment or knowledge	20
7776269634	solecism	grammatical mistake, breach of good manners	21
7776272905	rapacity	greedy, predatory	22
7776276933	irreverent	lacking proper respect or seriousness	23
7776281142	jocund	cheerful & lighthearted	24
7776281276	cajole	to coax, urge, or persuade with flattery	25
7776286860	prattle	to speak in a foolish manner, to babble	26
7776293683	affable	agreeable, warm, friendly	27
7776296457	auspicious	very favorable	28
7776299901	belie	to contradict or prove false	29
8018206696	tenuous	having little substance or strength, weak	30
8018207828	wanton	deliberate, sexually promiscuous	31
8018208866	bellwether	front sheep for slaughter; predictor	32
8018210481	bruit	spread report or rumor widely	33
8018211774	heyday	period of great success	34
8018213035	malady	disease or ailment	35
8018213884	recalcitrant	stubbornly resistant and defiant	36
8018215945	gaffe	a blunder, a clumsy social error	37
8018217102	anachronism	false assignment of something to the wrong time	38
8018218994	mitigate	to relieve, to lessen, to ease	39
8215657155	austere	having no ornamentation, bare	40
8215658303	covet	to strongly desire	41
8215661590	wizened	dry, shrunken, wrinkled	42
8215662617	discomfit	cause to lose one's composure	43
8215663425	wily	skilled in deception	44
8215664378	approbation	official approval	45
8215665169	clamor	a loud & confused noise	46
8215666080	puerile	displaying a lack of maturity	47
8215667357	bilk	cheat somebody out of what is due	48
8215667925	nadir	the lowest point of anything	49
8574427886	harangue	verbal attack; lengthy speech	50
8574432461	engender	cause, call forth, bring into existence	51
8574435809	renown	fame, condition of being known	52
8574438610	malaise	feeling of discomfort or uneasiness	53
8574446927	anomaly	deviation from the norm or expectations	54
8574450806	noisome	unpleasant, an offensive smell	55
8574453730	amok	wildly, without self-control	56
8574456150	melee	a confused fight, skirmish	57
8574459124	prolix	using too many words	58
8574461965	umbrage	anger caused by feeling offended	59
8858456130	denigrate	criticize unfairly, disparage	60
8858463934	mawkish	sentimental in a feeble way	61
8858470725	redoubtable	inspiring fear	62
8858474775	truculent	defiantly aggressive	63
8858479318	veracity	truthful, accurate	64
8858483431	surfeit	an excessive amount	65
8858486828	reprobate	an unprincipled person	66
8858496610	nebulous	vague, cloudy	67
8858499341	magnanimous	filled with generosity and forgiveness	68
8858503132	sardonic	mocking, stinging, taunting	69
9085406277	prosy	showing no imagination, common, dull	70
9085409512	espouse	adopt or support (cause, belief, way of life)	71
9085411402	onerous	great effort & difficulty that is oppressive	72
9085417763	zeitgesit	defining spirit or mood of a period shown by ideas/beliefs	73
9085427986	spurious	false, untrue	74
9085430210	prosaic	common, unromantic, lacking poetic beauty	75
9085433162	avouch	affirm or assert	76
9085435929	blaspheme	speak irreverently about God or sacred things	77
9085438892	brandish	wave or flourish as a threat	78
9085440963	hurly-burly	busy, boisterous	79
9314045806	compunction	a feeling of deep regret	80
9314047602	audacious	fearlessly, often recklessly daring	81
9314049870	dearth	scarcity or shortage of something	82
9314051879	wry	dry; clever & ironic humor	83
9314056849	querulous	habitually complaining	84
9314059832	exhort	to spur on or encourage with cheers	85
9314068133	intrepid	fearless, adventurous	86
9314072068	sagacious	having keen mental judgment & shrewdness	87
9314075810	surreptitious	keep secret	88
9314096399	Pragmatic	practical	89
9671492891	bravado	a bold manner intended to impress	90
9671495013	effusive	expressing feelings of pleasure	91
9671496897	lugubrious	looking or sounding sad	92
9671503260	mellifluous	sweet or musical, pleasant to hear	93
9671505311	pander	gratify or indulge	94
9671507738	egregious	outstandingly bad, shocking	95
9671513957	presumptuous	taking liberties, overstepping	96
9671516860	disaffected	discontented toward authority	97
9671519211	unorthodox	not ordinary or typical	98
10017951144	vacillate	alternate or waver	99
10017952402	rue	bitterly regret	100
10017953346	malign	evil in nature, speak critically	101
10017954806	ennui	dissatisfaction from a lack of excitement	102
10017960276	obsequious	obedient to a servile degree	103
10017962831	rancor	bitterness	104
10017978886	evocation	an imaginative recreation of something; calling forth	105
10018027378	upbraid	to express disapproval; scold	106
10018029645	odium	general hatred or disgust toward someone	107
10018031855	ignoble	not honorable in character or purpose	108
10018174851	chastise	rebuke or reprimand severely	109
10018178867	ardor	enthusiasm, passion	110
10018188977	fractious	irritable & quarrelsome	111
10018201608	disavow	deny responsibility or support for	112