AP Language | Vocab Lists 1-5 Flashcards
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| 8221442576 | Assertion | (noun): a declaration or statement | 0 | |
| 8221442577 | Arbiter | (noun): a judge who decides a disputed issue | 1 | |
| 8221442578 | Condescending | (adj): treating people as weak or inferior | 2 | |
| 8221442579 | Contemptuous | (adj): feeling hatred; scornful | 3 | |
| 8221442580 | Convoluted | (adj): intricate; complex | 4 | |
| 8221442581 | Indolent | (adj): lazy | 5 | |
| 8221442582 | Alienated | (adj): removed or disassociated from | 6 | |
| 8221442583 | Alliance | (noun): a union of two or more groups | 7 | |
| 8221442584 | Embellish | (verb): to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate | 8 | |
| 8221442585 | Florid | (adj): describing flowery or elaborate speech | 9 | |
| 8221442586 | Ebullience | (noun): intense enthusiasm | 10 | |
| 8221442587 | Alleviate | (verb): to ease a pain or burden | 11 | |
| 8221442588 | Dubious | (adj): doubtful; of unlikely authenticity | 12 | |
| 8221442589 | Fabricated | (adj): made; concocted to deceive | 13 | |
| 8221442590 | Astute | (adj): shrewd; clever | 14 | |
| 8221442591 | Clandestine | (adj): secretive | 15 | |
| 8221442592 | Ambiguous | (adj): open to more than one interpretation | 16 | |
| 8221442593 | Ambivalent | (adj): simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain | 17 | |
| 8221442594 | Inconsequential | (adj): unimportant | 18 | |
| 8221442595 | Assiduous | (adj): hard-working | 19 | |
| 8221442596 | Compelling | (adj): forceful; urgently demanding attention | 20 | |
| 8221442597 | Clarity | (noun): clearness in thought or expression | 21 | |
| 8221442598 | Cogent | (adj): convincing; reasonable | 22 | |
| 8221442599 | Biased | (adj): prejudiced | 23 | |
| 8221442600 | Exculpate | (verb): to free from guilt or blame | 24 | |
| 8221442601 | Despotic | (adj): exercising absolute power; tyrannical | 25 | |
| 8221442602 | Dictatorial | (adj): domineering; oppressively overbearing | 26 | |
| 8221442603 | Cryptic | (adj): difficult to comprehend | 27 | |
| 8221442604 | Futile | (adj): having no useful purpose; pointless | 28 | |
| 8221442605 | Insipid | (adj): uninteresting; unchallenging | 29 | |
| 8221442606 | Listless | (adj): lacking energy | 30 | |
| 8221442607 | Disparity | (noun): inequality in age, rank or degree; difference | 31 | |
| 8221442608 | Servile | (adj): submissive; like a servant | 32 | |
| 8221442609 | Suppressed | (adj): subdued; kept from being circulated | 33 | |
| 8221442610 | Ornate | (adj): elaborately decorated | 34 | |
| 8221442611 | Opulent | (adj): exhibiting a display of great wealth | 35 | |
| 8221442612 | Effusive | (adj): emotionally unrestrained; gushy | 36 | |
| 8221442613 | Egregious | (adj): conspicuously bad or offensive | 37 | |
| 8221442614 | Asylum | (noun): a place of retreat or security | 38 | |
| 8221442615 | Hypocrisy | (noun): the practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity | 39 | |
| 8221442616 | Coup | (noun): a brilliantly executed plan | 40 | |
| 8221442617 | Disingenuous | (adj): not straightforward; crafty | 41 | |
| 8221442618 | Coherent | (adj): logically connected | 42 | |
| 8221442619 | Cohesive | (adj): condition of sticking together | 43 | |
| 8221442620 | Impartial | (adj): not in favor of one side or the other, unbiased | 44 | |
| 8221442621 | Incontrovertible | (adj): not able to be denied or disputed | 45 | |
| 8221442622 | Disdain | (noun/verb): (n) contempt or scorn,(v) to regard or treat with contempt | 46 | |
| 8221442623 | Haughty | (adj): arrogant; vainly proud | 47 | |
| 8221442624 | Imperious | (adj): arrogantly domineering or overbearing | 48 | |
| 8221442625 | Impede | (verb): to slow the progress of | 49 | |
| 8221442626 | Obscure | (adj/verb): (adj) relatively unknown, (v) to conceal or make indistinct | 50 | |
| 8221442627 | Quandary | (noun): a state of uncertainty or perplexity | 51 | |
| 8221442628 | Torpor | (noun): laziness; inactivity; dullness | 52 | |
| 8221442629 | Ostentatious | (adj): describing a showy or pretentious display | 53 | |
| 8221442630 | Poignant | (adj): profoundly moving; touching | 54 | |
| 8221442631 | Flagrant | (adj): extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable | 55 | |
| 8221442632 | Slander | (verb): false charges and malicious oral statements about someone | 56 | |
| 8221442633 | Spurious | (adj): not genuine | 57 | |
| 8221442634 | Ruse | (noun): a crafty trick | 58 | |
| 8221442635 | Apathetic | (adj): feeling or showing little emotion | 59 | |
| 8221442636 | Arbitrary | (adj): determined by impulse rather than reason | 60 | |
| 8221442637 | Superficial | (adj): concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious, shallow | 61 | |
| 8221442638 | Diligent | (adj): marked by painstaking effort: hard-working | 62 | |
| 8221442639 | Didactic | (adj): intended to instruct | 63 | |
| 8221442640 | Discourse | (noun): verbal expression or exchange; conversation | 64 | |
| 8221442641 | Integrity | (noun): trustworthiness; completeness | 65 | |
| 8221442642 | Objectivity | (noun): treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices | 66 | |
| 8221442643 | Patronizing | (adj): treating in a condescending manner | 67 | |
| 8221442644 | Frenetic | (adj): wildly excited or active | 68 | |
| 8221442645 | Gratuitous | (adj): uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted; given or done free of charge | 69 | |
| 8221442646 | Superfluous | (adj): extra; unnecessary | 70 | |
| 8221442647 | Auspicious | (adj): favorable; promising | 71 | |
| 8221442648 | Benevolent | (adj): well-meaning; generous | 72 | |
| 8221442649 | Stratagem | (noun): a clever trick used to deceive or outwit | 73 | |
| 8221442650 | Surreptitiously | (adj): done by secretive means | 74 | |
| 8221442651 | Capricious | (adj): impulsive and unpredictable | 75 | |
| 8221442652 | Equivocate | (verb): to avoid making a definite statement | 76 | |
| 8221442653 | Tenuous | (adj): having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak | 77 | |
| 8221442654 | Trivial | (adj): of little importance or significance | 78 | |
| 8221442655 | Dogged | (adj): stubbornly persevering | 79 | |
| 8221442656 | Endure | (verb): to put up with; to survive a hardship | 80 | |
| 8221442657 | Intrepid | (adj): courageous; fearless | 81 | |
| 8221442658 | Assimilation | (noun): to absorb; to make similar | 82 | |
| 8221442659 | Consensus | (noun): general agreement | 83 | |
| 8221442660 | Eloquence | (noun): the ability to speak vividly or persuasively | 84 | |
| 8221442661 | Implication | (noun): the act of suggesting or hinting | 85 | |
| 8221442662 | Lucid | (adj): easily understood; clear | 86 | |
| 8221442663 | Rhetoric | (noun): the art of using language effectively and persuasively | 87 | |
| 8221442664 | Penitent | (adj): expressing remorse for one's misdeeds | 88 | |
| 8221442665 | Plausible | (adj): seemingly valid or acceptable; credible | 89 | |
| 8221442666 | Substantiated | (adj): supported with proof or evidence; verified | 90 | |
| 8221442667 | Vindicated | (verb): freed from blame | 91 | |
| 8221442668 | Benign | (adj): kind and gentle | 92 | |
| 8221442669 | Mollify | (verb): to calm or soothe | 93 | |
| 8221442670 | Reclamation | (noun): the act of making something useful again | 94 | |
| 8221442671 | Sanction | (verb): to give official authorization or approval | 95 | |
| 8221442672 | Wary | (adj): on guard | 96 | |
| 8221442673 | Wily | (adj): cunning | 97 | |
| 8221442674 | Indifferent | (adj): not caring one way or the other | 98 | |
| 8221442675 | Spontaneous | (adj): unplanned; naturally occurring | 99 | |
| 8221442676 | Whimsical | (adj): subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable | 100 | |
| 8221442677 | Context | (noun): circumstances of a situation; environment | 101 | |
| 8221442678 | Acquired | (adj): developed or learned; not naturally occurring | 102 | |
| 8221442679 | Conception | (noun): the ability to form or understand an idea | 103 | |
| 8221442680 | Conviction | (noun): a fixed or strong belief | 104 |