AP English Language (Vocab) Flashcards
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| 5894875836 | Mountebank | (n.) a flambouyant swindler; a flimflammer, someone who claims to be an expert but isn't | 0 | |
| 5894875837 | Sophist | (n.) one skilled in elaborate and devious argumentation (soph + moros = wise fool [sophomore]) | 1 | |
| 5894875838 | Specious | (adj.) having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious | 2 | |
| 5894875839 | Spurious | (adj.) not genuine, authentic, or true; false (not necessarily intended to deceive) | 3 | |
| 5894875840 | Apocryphal | (adj.) of doubtful or dubious authenticity; false | 4 | |
| 5894875841 | Ersatz | (adj.) describes an inferior substitute (getting shatsa cola vs. coke) | 5 | |
| 5894875842 | Skulduggery | (n.) devious, deceitful behavior; underhanded dealings | 6 | |
| 5894875843 | Machinations | (n.) intrigues, plots, crafty schemes; or the actual act of plotting | 7 | |
| 5894875844 | Hornswoggle | (v.) to swind, cheat, or dupe | 8 | |
| 5894875845 | Gadfly | (n.) persistently annoying person who questions, critiques, and pesters (Doña Blanca; insect that bothers cow) | 9 | |
| 5894875846 | Querulous | (adj.) full of complaints; complaining in an annoyed way (Oscar the Grouch; Squidward) [queror = to complain] | 10 | |
| 5894875847 | Maudlin | (adj.) foolishly, tearfully, and weakly sentimental; overly emotional (me or drunk people) | 11 | |
| 5894875848 | Mawkish | (adj.) excessively and objectionably sentimental | 12 | |
| 5894875849 | Treacle | (n.) cloying, sickly-sweet speech or sentiment (you're the yin to my yang; corny stuff; cards at target) [how I act when I want something] | 13 | |
| 5894875850 | Scabrous | (adj.) dealing with or characterized by suggestive, indecent, or scandalous themes or material | 14 | |
| 5894875851 | Noisome | (adj.) offensive to the point of arousing disgust; foul, particularly in reference to an odor (synonym: disgusting or offensive) [noi = annoy] | 15 | |
| 5894875852 | Fulsome | (adj.) excessively or insincerely lavish; offensive to good taste, especially as being grossly excessive (abundant; can be both + or -) | 16 | |
| 5894875853 | Malediction | (n.) a curse; evil talk about someone; slander [malus = bad, badly, or evil] [dic or dict = speak] (mal + dict = evil speech - curse) {benediction = good speech} | 17 | |
| 5894875854 | Malcontent | (n.) person who is chronically dissatisfied | 18 | |
| 5894875855 | Malaise | (n.) vague or indefinite feeling of unease or discomfort [aise = ease] (mal + aise = ill at ease) | 19 | |
| 5894875856 | Maladroit | (adj.) badly skilled; awkward, clumsy, tackless, or bungling (when a boy likes you and he's shy and does/say dumb things) | 20 | |
| 5894875857 | Malefactor | (n.) a criminal; a person who violates the law (antonym: benefactor) (synonyms: scoundrels, desperados, or criminals) | 21 | |
| 5894875858 | Malfeasance | (n.) illegal or harmful act, usually committed by a public official that violates the public trust (The politician's malfeasance brought an end to his political career.) | 22 | |
| 5894875859 | Malinger | (v.) to fake or exaggerate illness (what I do when I don't want to go to school) (Teddy from GLC did this when she didn't want to go to the family vacation) | 23 | |
| 5894875860 | Venal | (adj.) open to corruption; capable of being bought through bribery [venam = something for sale] (synonym: vendor or vending machines) (antonym: venial < forgivable, minor, pardonable) | 24 | |
| 5894875861 | Insidious | (adj.) intended to entrap, ensnare, or beguile; stealthily treacherous or deceitful [insidere = to sit in or on] | 25 | |
| 5894875862 | Invidious | (adj.) creating ill will or envy; causing resentment; unfairly or offensively discriminating [invidia = envy] | 26 | |
| 5894875863 | Turpitude | (n.) baseness, depravity, or debauchery [turpis = wicked or shameful] | 27 |