AP language vocab Flashcards

7405266648	factious	causing disagreement	0
7405266649	ignoble	dishonorable; shameful	1
7405266650	boor	a rude or impolite person	2
7405266651	aegis	a shield; protection	3
7405266652	perspicacity	keenness of judgement	4
7405266653	fervent	eager; earnest	5
7405266654	rectify	to make right, correct	6
7405266655	enervate	to weaken	7
7405266656	besiege	to overwhelm; to surround and attack	8
7405266657	ephermeral	lasting only a brief time; short-lived	9
7405266658	altruism	a concern for others; generosity	10
7405266659	carrion	decaying flesh	11
7405266660	erotic	pertaining to sexual love	12
7405266661	amorphous	shapeless, formless, vague	13
7405266662	opulent	rich, luxurious; wealthy	14
7405266663	impotent	powerless; lacking strength	15
7405266664	antithesis	an exact opposite; an opposite extreme	16
7405266665	maelstrom	whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind	17
7405266666	emendation	a correction	18
7405266667	chagrin	embarrassment; a complete loss of courage	19
7405266668	bauble	a showy but useless thing	20
7405266669	diaphanous	very sheer and light	21
7405266670	labyrinth	a complicated network of winding passages; a maze	22
7405266671	gloat	to look at or think about with great satisfaction	23
7405266672	impediment	barrier; obstruction	24
7405266673	bestial	savage; brutal	25
7405266674	effete	worn out; barren	26
7405266675	shard	a fragment	27
7405266676	bland	mild; tasteless; dull	28
7405266677	nihilism	a total rejection of established laws	29
7405266678	pedestrian	ordinary or dull	30
7405266679	bona fide	in good faith	31
7405266680	adventitious	accidental; nonessential	32
7405266681	fecund	fertile; productive	33
7405266682	deviate	to turn aside from a course; to stray	34
7405266683	obfuscate	to confuse; to bewilder	35
7405266684	impale	to pierce with a sharp stake through the body	36
7405266685	extenuate	to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses	37
7405266686	parochial	local; narrow; limited	38
7405266687	glower	to stare angrily	39
7405266688	edify	improve someone morally	40
7405266689	ambiguous	open to more than one interpretation	41
7405266690	cataclysm	a violent change	42
7405266691	optimum	best; most favorable; ideal	43
7405266692	importune	to ask persistently; to beg	44
7474962583	celibate	abstaining from intercourse; unmarried	45
7474962584	fortuitous	happening by chance or accident	46
7474962585	recapitulate	to summarize; to repeat briefly	47
7474962586	perfunctory	done without care; in a routine fashion	48
7474962587	baroque	overly decorated	49
7474962588	hedonism	pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses	50
7474962589	obloquy	strong disapproval; a bad reputation resulting from public criticism	51
7474962590	debacle	a complete failure; a total collapse	52
7474962591	quasi-	resembling; seeming; half	53
7474962592	besmirch	to make dirty; to stain	54
7474962593	imperative	extremely necessary; vitally important	55
7474962594	sacrosanct	extremely holy	56
7474962595	sadistic	deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others	57
7474962596	demeanor	behavior; manner of conducting oneself	58
7474962597	facetious	comical; jocular; flippant	59
7474962598	fop	an excessively fashion-conscious man	60
7474962599	imprecation	a curse	61
7474962600	non sequitur	something that does not logically follow	62
7474962601	sanguine	cheerful; optimistic	63
7474962602	bowdlerize	to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc.	64
7474962603	impair	to weaken; to cause to become worse	65
7474962604	panegyric	an expression of praise	66
7474962605	quandary	a puzzling situation; a dilemma	67
7474962606	ebullient	ethusiastic	68
7474962607	deference	respect; consideration	69
7474962608	carnal	relating to physical appetite, especially sexual	70
7474962609	nebulous	hazy; vague; uncertain	71
7474962610	rakish	dashingly stylish and confident	72
7474962611	elegy	a sad or mournful poem	73
7474962612	pedantic	tending to show off one's learning	74
7556286636	antipathy	an intense dislike	75
7556286637	elucidate	to make clear	76
7556286638	imminent	likely to happen; threatening	77
7556286639	banal	common, ordinary	78
7556286640	obdurate	stubborn; hardhearted	79
7556286641	peruse	to read carefully; scrutinize	80
7556286642	bedlam	a noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion	81
7556286643	affluence	wealth; richness	82
7556286644	scurrilous	coarsely abusive; vulgar	83
7556286645	parody	a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner	84
7556286646	sedulous	hard working; diligent	85
7556286647	onerous	burdensome; heavy; hard to endure	86
7556286648	amoral	lacking a sense of right and wrong	87
7556286649	eschew	to keep away from; to avoid; to shun	88
7556286650	denouement	an outcome; result	89
7556286651	adroit	skillful; clever	90
7556286652	macroscopic	visible to the naked eye	91
7556286653	fatuous	foolish; inane	92
7556286654	bovine	pertaining to cows or cattle	93
7556286655	ferret	to search or drive out	94
7556286656	affectation	a phony attitude; pose	95
7556286657	knell	a sound made by a bell, often rung slowly for a death or funeral	96
7556286658	dichotomy	a division into two parts	97
7556286659	callow	young and inexperienced	98
7556286660	laconic	using few words; short; concise	99
7556286661	quiddity	an essential quality	100
7556286662	patent	evident or obvious	101
7556286663	peccadillo	a minor offense; a misdeed	102
7556286664	sagacious	wise; having keen perception and sound judgment	103
7556286665	rationalize	to make an excuse for	104
7847167106	deride	to ridicule; to mock	105
7847167107	censure	to criticize sharply	106
7847167108	gambol	to frolic; to romp about playfully	107
7847167109	immolate	to kill someone as a sacrificial victim, usually by fire	108
7847167110	recondite	difficult to understand; profound	109
7847167111	martinet	a strict disciplinarian; taskmaster	110
7847167112	quagmire	a swamp; a difficult or inextricable situation	111
7847167113	gibe	to scoff; to ridicule	112
7847167114	agape	open-mouthed; surprised; agog	113
7847167115	carcinogen	causing cancer	114
7847167116	olfactory	pertaining to smell	115
7847167117	imperious	domineering; haughty	116
7847167118	grotesque	absurd; distorted	117
7847167119	neologism	new word or expression	118
7847167120	hackeneyed	commonplace; overused	119
7847167121	machination	an evil design or plan	120
7847167122	pejorative	having a negative effect; insulting	121
7847167123	harbinger	an omen or sign	122
7847167124	nubile	suitable for marriage in age and physical development, referring to a female	123
7847167125	sapient	wise; full of knowledge	124
7847167126	chimerical	imaginary; fantastic	125
7848912423	masochist	one who enjoys his or her own pain and suffering	126
7848912424	finesse	diplomacy; tact; artful management	127
7848912425	heterogeneous	different; dissimilar	128
7848912426	ecletic	choosing from various sources	129
7848912427	grandiose	impressive; showy; magnificent	130
7848912428	raiment	clothing; garments	131
7848912429	blanch	to whiten; to make pale	132
7848912430	hybrid	anything of mixed origin	133
7848912431	idiosyncrasy	a peculiar personality trait	134
8086937123	idolatry	excessive or blind adoration; worship of an object	135
8086937124	adulterate	to make impure; to contaminate	136
8086937125	emanate	to come forth; to send forth	137
8086937126	garish	tastelessly gaudy	138
8086937127	immutable	unchangeable; fixed	139
8086937128	diadem	a crown	140
8086937129	bucolic	pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic	141
8086937130	redolent	having a pleasant odor; suggestive or evocative	142
8086937131	impecunious	without money; penniless	143
8086937132	sedition	rebellion or resistance against the government	144
8086937133	defile	to pollute; to corrupt	145
8086937134	gratuitous	unnecessary or uncalled for	146
8086937135	onus	a burden; a responsibility	147
8086937136	impious	disrespectful toward God	148
8086937137	caveat	a warning	149
8086937138	elixir	a supposed remedy for all ailments	150
8086937139	desiccated	dried up	151
8086937140	cessation	a stopping; a discontinuance	152
8086937141	juxtapose	to place side-by-side for comparison	153
8086937142	kinetic	pertaining to motion	154
8086937143	garrulous	talkative	155
8086937144	fetish	an object that receives respect or devotion	156
8086937145	scintillate	to sparkle; to twinkle; to sparkle intellectually	157
8086937146	lachrymose	tearful, weepy	158
8086937147	fissure	an opening; a groove; a split	159
8086937148	epitome	a typical example	160
8086937149	languid	sluggish; drooping from weakness	161
8086937150	delineate	to describe, to depict	162
8086937151	legerdemain	sleight of hand; deception	163
8086937152	libertine	one who leads an immoral life	164
8292069463	halcyon	calm; pleasant	165
8292069464	fastidious	hard to please; fussy	166
8292069465	badinage	playful, teasing talk	167
8292069466	malapropism	a word humorously misused	168
8299934501	garner	to gather; to acquire	169
8299934502	kismet	destiny; fate; fortune (one's lot in life)	170
8299934503	hegira	flight; escape	171
8299934504	paradigm	a model; an example	172
8299934505	debauchery	corruption; self-indulgence	173
8299934506	milieu	environment; setting	174
8299934507	regress	to move backward	175
8299934508	bilious	bad tempered; cross	176
8299934509	necromancy	magic, especially that practiced by a witch	177
8299934510	gumption	courage and initiative; common sense	178
8299934511	blandishment	flattery	179
8299934512	nirvana	a condition of great peace or happiness	180
8299934513	salutary	healthful; wholesome	181
8299934514	despicable	contemptible; hateful	182
8299934515	harlequin	a clown	183
8299934516	empathy	an understanding of another's feelings	184
8299934517	brevity	briefness; short duration	185
8299934518	savant	a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar	186
8299934519	obsequious	excessively submissive or overly attentive	187
8299934520	redundant	repetitious; using more words than needed	188
8299934521	offal	garbage; waste parts	189
8299934522	hoi polloi	the common people; the masses	190
8299934523	sentient	conscious; capable of feeling or perceiving	191
8299934524	impinge	to encroach; to trespass	192
8299934525	cataract	a large waterfall	193
8299934526	animosity	hatred	194