AP Vocabulary Review Flashcards

6600636380	Spectral	(adj.) ghostly, ethereal	0
6600636381	Mimic	(n.) a person who does imitations; (v.) to imitate; to make fun of	1
6600642183	Ingratiate	(v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)	2
6600637044	Nostalgic	(adj.) longing for the past; filled with bittersweet memories	3
6600637045	Sardonic	(adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic	4
6600637627	Dubious	(adj) doubtful, questionable, suspect	5
6600637628	Anachronism	something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context	6
6600638089	Maudlin	(adj.) weakly sentimental	7
6600638090	Ephemeral	(adj.) lasting only a short time, short-lived	8
6600638091	Lament	to express sorrow; to grieve	9
6600638475	Panacea	(n.) a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems	10
6600638476	Interminable	(adj.) endless, so long as to seem endless	11
6600638477	Fallible	(adj.) capable of being wrong, mistaken, or inaccurate	12
6600638996	Pedantic	boringly scholarly or academic	13
6600638997	Penurious	penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous	14
6600638998	Admonish	(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty	15
6600639839	Reticent	(adj) not talking much; private (of a person), restrained, reserved	16
6600640454	Ambivalent	Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone	17
6600641523	Sanctimonious	(adj.) making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou	18
6600641524	Incredulous	Disbelieving, skeptical	19
6600641525	Bemused	confused; lost in thought; preoccupied	20
6600642182	Obsequious	Overly submissive and eager to please	21
6600642860	Tenacious	Holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent	22
6600642861	Lugubrious	exaggeratedly mournful	23
6600642862	Placid	Calm, peaceful	24
6600643471	Venerable	respected because of age	25
6600643472	Gregarious	outgoing, extroverted	26
6600643473	Sanguine	Optimistic	27
6600644075	Obfuscate	deliberately make something difficult to understand	28
6600644076	Perfunctory	done in a routine way; indifferent	29
6600644663	Cumbersome	(adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving	30
6600644664	Onerous	troublesome and oppressive; burdensome	31
6600644665	Acerbic	bitter, sharp in taste or temper	32
6600645980	Sagacious	shrewd; wise	33
6600645981	Munificent	(adj.) extremely generous, lavish	34
6600645982	Enervate	to reduce in strength	35
6600646435	Mawkish	(adj.) excessively and objectionably sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor	36
6600647486	Surreptitious	(adj.) stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud	37
6600647487	Morose	(adj) having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable	38
6600648203	Astute	(adj.) shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom	39
6600648204	Venality	the condition of being susceptible to bribes or corruption	40
6600648205	Colloquialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing	41
6600650077	Malapropism	a word humorously misused	42
6600650078	Mollify	to calm or make less severe	43
6600650079	Guile	deceit; trickery	44
6600650596	Misogynistic	a hatred of women	45
6600650597	Pejorative	having bad connotations; disparaging	46
6600651055	Precocious	(adj.) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)	47
6600651056	Pensive	(adj.) thoughtful; melancholy	48
6600651654	Ennui	(n.) weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom	49
6600651655	Petulant	(adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset	50
6600652558	Vitriolic	(adj.) bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid)	51
6600652559	Apathetic	showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.	52
6600652560	Wry	(adj.) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous	53
6600653019	Droll	amusing in a wry, subtle way	54
6600653020	Fastidious	Hard to please; fussy	55
6600654247	Magnanimous	Generous in forgiving, above small meanness	56
6600654248	Provincial	unsophisticated; narrow-minded	57
6600655002	Scrupulous	careful; diligent; painstaking	58
6600655003	Intrepid	fearless; resolutely courageous	59
6600655004	Corpulent	Fat; having a large, bulky body	60
6600655795	Supercilious	Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others	61
6600655796	Banal	predictable; cliched; boring	62
6600655797	Vernacular	Everyday language of ordinary people	63
6600655798	Jovial	Cheerful and friendly	64
6600656773	Macabre	(adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject	65
6600656774	Diabolical	devilish	66
6600656775	Pious	Devoutly religious	67
6600656776	Immutable	unchanging; permanent	68
6600657823	Polemical	controversial; argumentative	69
6600657824	Caustic	Bitingly sarcastic or witty	70
6600658257	Emphatic	forceful and definite in expression or action	71
6600658258	Aplomb	(n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity	72
6600658259	Empirical	based on observation or experiment	73
6600660908	Obdurate	hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion	74
6600660909	Pragmatic	practical, as opposed to idealistic	75
6600660910	Aversion	A strong feeling of dislike	76
6600661581	Punctilious	(adj.) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety	77
6600662197	Congenial	(adj.) getting on well with others; agreeable, pleasant	78
6600662198	Maladriot	ineffective or bungling; clumsy	79
6600662199	Fractious	(adj.) tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable	80
6600663293	Meticulous	Extremely careful about details	81
6600683368	Interloper	an unauthorized person	82
6600683369	Vicarious	(adj.) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another	83
6600683370	Capricious	Changing one's mind quickly and often	84
6600684054	Vacillate	To sway physically; to be indecisive	85
6600684055	Nefarious	(adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards	86
6600684056	Cajole	(v.) to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises	87
6600684445	Mitigate	(v.) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity	88
6600684960	Inundate	(v.) to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size	89
6600684961	Trepidation	(n.) fear, fright, trembling	90
6600684962	Nebulous	(adj.) cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct	91
6600685739	Paradigm	(n) model or pattern; worldview, set of shared assumptions, values, etc.	92
6600686400	Unctous	excessively smooth, suave, or smug	93
6600686401	Scintillate	to sparkle; to twinkle; to sparkle intellectually	94
6600686402	Salubrious	(adj) healthful, promoting health	95
6600686967	Malady	a sickness, illness, disease, disorder	96
6600686968	Irksome	annoying; frustrating	97
6600686969	Ebullient	(adj.) overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling	98
6600687423	Corporeal	of the nature of the human body; material; tangible.	99
6600687424	Bellicose	Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.	100
6602898377	Hamper	hinder; obstruct	101
6602898379	Tangent	going off the main subject	102
6602898380	Harangue	noisy, attacking speech	103
6602899149	Replete	abundantly supplied; complete	104
6602899150	Harbinger	A person or thing that is a symbol of what is to come	105
6602899151	Plaudit	statement giving strong praise	106
6602899152	Plausible	(adj.) appearing true, reasonable, or fair	107
6602900183	Plethora	Excess; excessive amount	108
6602900184	Abstemious	self denying; refraining from indulging	109
6602900185	Hedonism	self indulgence; pleasure-seeking	110
6602900186	Laconic	Brief and to the point	111
6602900592	Bombast	pompous and grandiloquent language; pretentious.	112
6602900593	Lampoon	ridicule; spoof	113
6602913971	Gratuitous	Freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted	114
6602913972	Corroborate	to support with evidence	115
6602913973	Fortuitous	Happening by chance	116
6602913974	Invective	abusive language	117
6602914656	Bedlam	A state or scene of uproar and confusion	118
6602914657	Reprobate	A morally unprincipled person	119
6602914658	Gist	the essential part, main point, or essence	120
6602914659	Penury	Extreme poverty	121
6602915405	Recapitulate	Summarize, repeat in a concise way	122
6602915406	Culpable	(adj.) deserving blame, worthy of condemnation	123
6602915407	Impugn	to call into question; to attack verbally	124
6602915408	Egregious	Extremely bad; flagrant	125
6602916397	Sinecure	a well-paying job or office that requires little or no work	126
6602916398	Austere	severe or stern in appearance; undecorated	127
6602916399	Castigate	to punish or criticize harshly	128
6602916955	Insurgent	rebellious	129