Ap Language Flashcards

5941871907	aberration	unwelcome; departure from what is normal, or expected	0
5941871908	abeyance	a state of temporary disuse or suspension; without	1
5941871909	acerbic	sharp, forthright, tasting sour or bitter	2
5941871910	acuity	sharpness or keenness of thought, vision or hearing	3
5941871911	admonish	warm or reprimand firmly, advise or urge earnestly	4
5941871912	adroit	clever or skillful in using the hands or mind	5
5941871913	aesthete	a person who has or affects to have a special appreciation of art and beauty	6
5941871914	altruistic	unselfish; showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others	7
5941871915	ameliorate	make better	8
5941871916	amorphous	without a clearly defined shape, vague, unclassified	9
5941871917	antediluvian	of or belonging to the time before biblical flood, old fashioned	10
5941871918	apocryphal	of a story or statement, of doubtful authenticity	11
5941871919	arable	farmable land	12
5941871920	ascetic	severe self discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically religious reasons	13
5941871921	assuage	make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense	14
5941871922	atrophy	wasting away of the body or organ, neglect	15
5941871923	avarice	extreme greed for wealth or material gain	16
5941871924	aviary	a large cage, building, or enclosure for keeping birds in	17
5941871925	avow	assert or confess openly	18
5941871926	bilk	obtain or withhold money from someone by deceit or without justification, cheat or defraud	19
5941871927	broach	raise a sensitive or difficult subject for discussion	20
5941871928	buttress	a source of defense or support. physical or other	21
5941871929	celerity	swiftness of movement	22
5941871930	charlatan	a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud	23
5941871931	cherubic	having a childlike innocence or plump prettiness of a cherub	24
5941871932	churlish	rude in a mean-spirited way	25
5941871933	circuitous	a route or journey longer than the most direct way	26
5941871934	clandestine	kept secret or done secretively	27
5941871935	commensurate	corresponding in size or degree, in portion	28
5941871936	concomitant	naturally accompanying or associated	29
5941871937	confluence	the junction of two rivers, an act or process of merging	30
5941871938	conjugal	of or relating to marriage or the relationship of a married couple	31
5941871939	contentious	causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial	32
5941871940	conundrum	a confusing or difficult problem or question	33
5941871941	copious	abundant in supply or quality	34
5941871942	corpulence	fat or obesity	35
5941871943	coterie	a small group of people with shared interest or tastes	36
5941871944	credulous	having or showing too great a readiness to believe things	37
5941871945	cryptic	having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure	38
5941871946	curmudgeon	a bad tempered or surly person	39
5941871947	dearth	lack of something, scarcity of something	40
5941871948	demagogue	a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than radical argument	41
5941871949	desecrate	treat ( a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect; violate	42
5941871950	diatribe	a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something	43
5941871951	diffidence	modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence	44
5941871952	dilatory	lazy	45
5941871953	disaffected	dissatisfied with the people in authority	46
5942113386	discursive	digressing from subject to subject	47
5942113387	dissemble	conceal ones true motives, feelings, or beliefs	48
5942113388	disparage	regard or represent as being of little worth	49
5942113389	dispassionate	not influenced by strong emotion and so able to be rational and impartial	50
5942113390	dissonant	lacking harmony	51
5942113391	dissuade	persuade someone not to do something	52
5942113392	divination	the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown	53
5942113393	dotard	an old person, especially someone who has become weak or senile	54
5942113394	duplicity	deceitfulness, double-dealing	55
5942113395	egregious	outstandingly bad, shocking	56
5942113396	elegiac	having a mournful quality	57
5942113397	elucidate	make something clear	58
5942113398	emanate	spread out from a source	59
5942113399	emulate	match or surpass ( a person or achievement), typically by limitation, imitate	60
5942113400	enigmatic	difficult to interpret or understand, mysterious	61
5942113401	ennui	a feeing of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement	62
5942113402	ephemeral	lasting for a very short time, an ephemeral plant	63
5942113403	epicure	a person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drinks	64
5942113404	equivocate	use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself	65
5942113405	erudition	the quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship	66
5942113406	esoteric	intended for or likely to be understand by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest	67
5942113407	espouse	adopt or support ( a cause, belief, or way of life) marry	68
5942113408	ethereal	extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world	69
5942113409	extol	praise enthusiastically	70
5942113410	fatuous	silly and pointless	71
5942113411	fecund	producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile	72
5942113412	felicity	intense happiness	73
5942113413	fetid	smelling extremely unpleasant	74
5942113414	flippant	not showing a serious or respectful attitude	75
5942113415	florid	having red or flushed complexion	76
5942113416	foible	a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character	77
5942113417	furtive	attempting to avoid notice or attention, because of quilt or belief that could lead to trouble; secretive	78
5942113418	garnish	obtrusively bright and showy	79
5942113419	garner	gather or collect	80
5942113420	guile	sly or cunning intelligence	81
5942113421	hedonism	the pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence	82
5942113422	heretic	a person believing in or practicing religious heresy	83
5942113423	hiatus	a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process	84
5948732344	histrionic	overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style	85
5948732345	hoary	grayish white	86
5948732346	iconoclasm	the rejection or destruction of religious images as heretical	87
5948732347	immutable	unchanging over time or unable to be changed	88
5948732348	impervious	not allowing fluid to pass through, unable to affected by	89
6013731307	impregnable	unable to be defeated, captured, or broken into	90
6013731308	impugn	dispute, call into question, despite the truth, validity, or honesty	91
6013731309	inauspicious	not conducive to success; unpromising	92
6013731310	incipient	in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop	93
6013731311	incisive	intelligently analytical and clear-thinking	94
6062547881	incorrigible	(of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.	95
6062547882	indecorous	not in keeping with good taste and propriety; improper	96
6062547883	indefatigable	(of a person of their efforts) persisting tirelessly	97
6062547884	innocuous	not harmful or offensive	98
6062547885	inscrutable	impossible to be understood or interpret	99