Vocabulary - AP Language Flashcards

9661471954	Abjure	to renounce	0
9661471955	Anomaly	deviation from the norm; odd or peculiar occurrence	1
9661471956	Equanimity	stability, calmness	2
9661471957	Estrange	to alienate	3
9661471958	Flay	to whip, to remove skin	4
9661471959	Florid	rosy-colored, reddish	5
9661471960	Interminable	tiresome and long	6
9661471961	Lugubrious	mournful, gloomy	7
9661471962	Nondescript	having no individuality	8
9661471963	Propitious	favorable, auspicious	9
9661471964	Rife	abundant, prevalent	10
9661471965	Truncate	to shorten	11
9661471966	Ubiquitous	occurring everywhere, omnipresent	12
9661471967	Vernacular	everyday language	13
9661471968	Zealous	fervent, fanatical	14
9661476000	Arable	fit for cultivation (land)	15
9661476001	Brigand	a robber or bandit	16
9661476002	Carte blanche	authority with no bounds	17
9661476003	Consummé	clear soup	18
9661476004	Contemptuous	scornful, haughty	19
9661476005	Cosmopolitan	worldly, sophisticated	20
9661476006	Discerning	distinguishing differences, detecting	21
9661476007	Donnybrook	fight, uproar	22
9661476008	Incantation	charm; recited magical spell	23
9661476009	Interlocutor	questioner; on-stage speaker	24
9661476010	Metamorphosis	transformation or dramatic change	25
9661476011	Nomenclature	naming system in an art or science	26
9661476012	Serendipity	a fortunate discovery made by accident	27
9661476013	Stentorian	extremely loud	28
9661476014	Vestige	trace, evidence	29
9661479138	Abstemious	eating and drinking moderately	30
9661479139	Archaic	no longer current or applicable; antiquated	31
9661479140	Dulcet	melodious, pleasant to hear	32
9661479141	Expurgate	to remove objectionable words from	33
9661479142	Idyllic	carefree, simple; nearly perfect	34
9661479143	Iniquity	sin; a wicked or evil act	35
9661479144	Lithe	supple; graceful in motion	36
9661479145	Patronizing	to treat in a corresponding manner; talk down to	37
9661479146	Pellucid	transparent, clear	38
9661479147	Perspicacious	keen, mentally sharp	39
9661479148	Relegate	to assign	40
9661479149	Scapegoat	one who bears the blame for an offense	41
9661479150	Talisman	magical charm for protection	42
9661479151	Usurp	to take over; to seize power	43
9661479152	Vacillate	waver; to sway indecisively	44
9661480179	Acme	the highest point	45
9661480180	Apocryphal	of doubtful origin; fictitious	46
9661480181	Catharsis	an extremely emotional experience	47
9661480182	Desiccate	to dry up completely	48
9661480183	Dissipate	to waste; exhaust	49
9661480184	Efficacious	effective; producing the desired outcome	50
9661480185	Ineffable	inexpressible; beyond description	51
9661480186	Intrinsic	of or relating to the basic nature of a thing; inherent	52
9661480187	Inundate	to cover with; to be overwhelmed with	53
9661480188	Kudos	praise, fame, glory	54
9661480189	Maxim	fundamental principle; rule; familiar statement	55
9661480190	Putrid	partially decayed or decomposed; having a foul smell	56
9661480191	Revere	to regard with respect, awe, and adoration	57
9661480192	Servile	submission; slavish	58
9661480193	Superfluous	unnecessary, excessive	59
9661481329	Consternation	dismay or worry; concern	60
9661481330	Conundrum	a puzzle or dilemma; a problem	61
9661481331	Coterie	a small group of people who share interests and associate frequently	62
9661481332	Emollient	something softening; soothing to the skin	63
9661481333	Expiate	to atone, to make amends for	64
9661481334	Extricate	to release, disentangle	65
9661481335	Flippancy	to disrespect	66
9661481336	Foist	to pass off as worthy or real	67
9661481337	Incongruous	incompatible; not harmonious to the situation or surroundings	68
9661481338	Inocuous	harmless	69
9661481339	Inveterate	habitual, continuing	70
9661481340	Plethora	abundance; excess	71
9661481341	Preamble	a preliminary statement	72
9661481342	Soluble	easily dissolved	73
9661481343	Vitriolic	bitterly spiteful; caustic	74
9661486643	Camaraderie	rapport between friends; comradeship	75
9661486644	Haughty	proud, arrogant	76
9661486645	Hubris	arrogance resulting from excessive pride	77
9661486646	Imbroglio	difficult situation	78
9661486647	Malinger	to pretend to be ill or injured to avoid work	79
9661486648	Peregrination	traveling on foot; walking	80
9661486649	Platitude	cliché	81
9661486650	Sanctimonious	false piety or righteousness	82
9661486651	Scullion	a kitchen servant	83
9661486652	Sectarian	narrowly confined to a particular group	84
9661486653	Stringent	strict; rigorous	85
9661486654	Trite	hackneyed; clichéd; lacking interest	86
9661486655	Venerate	worship or hold in high regard	87
9661486656	Wrenching	violent, forceful twisting	88
9661488454	Anecdote	a short account or story	89
9661488455	Cerebral	relating to the brain; intelligent	90
9661488456	Churlish	boorish or vulgar; surly	91
9661488457	Cogent	convincing; clear reasoning	92
9661488458	Convoluted	intricate, difficult to discern; overlapping	93
9661488459	Entreat	to ask or petition for; plead	94
9661488460	Gibberish	nonsense; unintelligible speech	95
9661488461	Incumbent	obligatory; necessary	96
9661488462	Inimical	adverse; hostile	97
9661488463	Livid	angry, furious	98
9661488464	Lurid	sensational; ghastly	99
9661488465	Promulgate	to announce; to make known	100
9661488466	Spurious	false, incorrect	101
9661488467	Staid	sedate; dignified; proper	102
9661488468	Surfeit	an excessive amount	103
9661489525	Allay	to reduce the intensity of; relieve; pacify	104
9661489526	Ameliorate	to make better, to improve	105
9661489527	Asperity	roughness or harshness; severity	106
9661489528	Exegesis	critical explanation or interpretation of a text	107
9661489529	Extradite	to release an accused criminal to another jurisdiction	108
9661489530	Hypocrisy	two-faced; falseness	109
9661489531	Inveigh	to protest, oppose	110
9661489532	Lionize	to honor or celebrate	111
9661489533	Pander	to act as a go-between; to exploit weaknesses of others	112
9661489534	Profligate	wasteful; immoral	113
9661489535	Recalcitrant	stubbornly resistant	114
9661489536	Renunciation	rejection; abandonment	115
9661489537	Unimpeachable	beyond doubt; unquestionable	116
9661489538	Unwieldy	not easily held	117
9661489539	Vitiate	to reduce the value of; to corrupt or debase	118
9661491110	Benign	beneficial; favorable	119
9661491111	Blithe	carefree and lighthearted	120
9661491112	Bumpkin	an unsophisticated person	121
9661491113	Corroborate	to make more certain; add evidence to	122
9661491114	Culpable	blamable, responsible for	123
9661491115	Frenetic	frenzied	124
9661491116	Goad	to urge; to prod	125
9661491117	Indecorous	lacking good taste; improper	126
9661491118	Indolent	lazy	127
9661491119	Pervasive	permeating; present throughout	128
9661491120	Provocative	stimulating; inciting to action	129
9661491121	Punitive	punishing	130
9661491122	Recrimination	an accusation made to counter another	131
9661491123	Sopoforic	something that induces sleep	132
9661491124	Toady	a person who flatters; sycophant	133
9661492035	Circuitous	indirect, roundabout	134
9661492036	Circumlocution	an unnecessarily wordy or evasive form of expression	135
9661492037	Deleterious	having a harmful effect; injurious	136
9661492038	Extenuating	lessening the seriousness of	137
9661492039	Inchoate	unformed or undeveloped	138
9661492040	Largesse	generosity	139
9661492041	Luminous	bright; full of light	140
9661492042	Majordomo	follower, butler	141
9661492043	Perambulate	to walk about, stroll	142
9661492044	Prevaricate	to lie; mislead	143
9661492045	Propriety	appropriateness	144
9661492046	Timorous	timid	145
9661492047	Tremulous	timid; fearful	146
9661492048	Untenable	incapable of being defended	147
9661492049	Veneer	any thin, attractive surface layer	148
9661492962	Bulwark	a wall or embankment for defense	149
9661492963	Crescendo	a steady increase in intensity or force	150
9661492964	Disingenuous	crafty, not straightforward	151
9661492965	Dogged	unrelenting, persistent	152
9661492966	Etymology	the study of word origin and change	153
9661492967	Extant	in existence	154
9661492968	Impresario	producer of entertainment; manager	155
9661492969	Intransigent	refusing to moderate a position; uncompromising	156
9661492970	Lachrymose	inclined to shed many tears; mournful	157
9661492971	Malaise	discomfort; unease	158
9661492972	Pallid	pale, dull	159
9661492973	Palpable	able to be handled or touched	160
9661492974	Pundit	a critic	161
9661492975	Requisite	required; important	162
9661492976	Waive	not enforce a rule; set aside	163
9661494804	Assiduous	diligent, persistent	164
9661494805	Condescend	to deal with in a superior way	165
9661494806	Epiphany	a revelation; sudden knowledge	166
9661494807	Exhilaration	elation, thrill	167
9661494808	Panacea	cure-all	168
9661494809	Physiognomy	facial features	169
9661494810	Polyphonic	many sounds together	170
9661494811	Propensity	tendency	171
9661494812	Propinquity	nearness; proximity	172
9661494813	Rescind	to repeal; void	173
9661494814	Revel	to enjoy; take pleasure in	174
9661494815	Rhapsodize	to express oneself enthusiastically	175
9661494816	Umbrage	offense; resentment	176
9661494817	Voluble	talkative	177
9661494818	Wizened	shriveled or dried up; withered	178
9661495670	Abrogate	to abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority	179
9661495671	Analgesic	a medication to reduce or eliminate pain	180
9661495672	Conflagration	a large, destructive fire	181
9661495673	Cumulative	additional, increasing	182
9661495674	Discretionary	based on individual judgment; not compulsory	183
9661495675	Flummox	to confuse; perplex	184
9661495676	Fractious	troublesome, cranky, unruly	185
9661495677	Histrionics	exaggerated emotional behavior	186
9661495678	Implicate	to connect with; involve	187
9661495679	Moribund	near death	188
9661495680	Replete	full; abundant	189
9661495681	Turpitude	depravity	190
9661495682	Unpalatable	unpleasant; disagreeable; inedible	191
9661495683	Veritable	real or genuine	192
9661495684	Viscera	internal organs	193
9752631893	Artisan	skilled manual worker; craftsperson	194
9752631894	Boondoggle	unnecessary, wasteful work	195
9752631895	Indiscernable	imperceptible; not able to be seen	196
9752631896	Opprobrium	disgrace; infamy	197
9752631897	Phlegmatic	unemotional	198
9752631898	Potentate	monarch	199
9752631899	Protege	person under the guidance or training of another	200
9752631900	Reciprocate	to give in response to something received	201
9752631901	Repugnant	offensive, repulsive	202
9752631902	Schism	separation, discord	203
9752631903	Somnambulism	sleepwalking	204
9752631904	Supine	lying on one's back	205
9752631905	Tenable	defensible	206
9752631906	Virulent	extremely infectious; malignant	207
9752631907	Vituperative	fault-finding; verbal abuse	208
9902938882	Anthropocentrism	viewing the world in terms of human values and experience	209
9902938883	Appellation	name or title	210
9902938884	Autonomy	independence	211
9902938885	Coagulation	thickening of a liquid	212
9902938886	Jurisprudence	related to law	213
9902938887	Malevolent	evil, malicious	214
9902938888	Misanthrope	one who hates or mistrusts humankind	215
9902938889	Prognosticate	predict	216
9902938890	Prominence	importance	217
9902938891	Prosaic	straightforward; uninteresting	218
9902938892	Puissance	power, might	219
9902938893	Satiate	to fill out completely; to satisfy	220
9902938894	Scion	descendant, heir	221
9902938895	Supercilious	contemptuous, haughty	222
9902938896	Utilitarian	useful	223