AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION WOD Flashcards

8980601754	ablution	cleansing the body as part of a religious ceremony	0
8980603881	aberration	a departure from the typical or expected course	1
8980611087	confederate	united with others for a common purpose	2
8980613005	petulant	irritable or cranky; childishly sulky; ill-tempered	3
8980619879	pecuniary	relating to money	4
8980621989	entreated	begged; pleaded	5
8980622003	feigned	pretended; faked	6
8980625691	empirical	describes information gained through observation or experience (in other words, it's based on evidence that is observable through the five sense)	7
8980640884	subsist	to remain alive; sustain	8
8980643998	traversed	moved over, across or through	9
8980650182	dispatched	sent off on a specific assignment [or, to kill with quick efficiency]	10
8980656112	loathsome	hateful; detestable	11
8980658252	copius	plentiful; abundant; bountiful	12
8980664562	improvident	short-sighted; careless	13
8980667853	pacify	to calm or soothe; mollify	14
8980669532	querulous	irritable; habitually complaining or whining	15
8980673071	hedonist	pleasure seeker (pleasure/happiness=the chief concern in life)	16
8980679131	assiduous	hard-working; diligent	17
8980680989	pernicious	highly injurious or destructive; deleterious	18
8980685598	pilfer	to steal (often implies a small amount of something)	19
8980688473	esoteric	hard to understand; not known	20
8980690196	acrimony	harsh or biting sharpness of words, manner, or disposition	21
8980699968	mollify	to soothe; calm	22
8980703086	abstemious	sparing in eating or drinking	23
8980705186	sundry	various; different; assorted; varied	24
8980707420	respite	internal of relief; a rest or break	25
8980709269	manifold	in many ways; of many kinds; multiple; of many features or forms	26
8980715445	erudite	scholarly, learned	27
8980718226	omnipotent	all powerful; having unlimited force or authority	28
8980721800	ineffable	incapable of being expressed; indescribable; indefinable	29
8980727927	dolorous	sad; mournful	30
8980730468	nefarious	very wicked	31
8980730469	capricious	unpredictable; subject to whim; impulsive	32
8980735282	torpor	lethargy; inactivity	33
8980737364	foppery	foolishness as related to extravagance, especially in manner or dress	34
8980742007	felicity	happiness; bliss; felicitious	35
8980748765	germane	being both pertinent and fitting; relating to; cogent	36
8980752717	prosaic	lacking imagination, wit, or spirit; dull; pedestrian	37
8980765271	inane	silly; lacking sense or substance	38
8980769855	impregnable	invulnerable; invincible	39
8980773063	inalienable	not to be taken away or transferred to another	40
8980775863	perfidy	betrayal of trust; treachery; faithfulness	41
8980781761	acquiesce	to agree without protest; to accept; to comply	42
8980785048	odious	detestable; offensive or repugnant; arousing strong dislike	43
8980791225	excoriate	to strip the skin from; to denounce vehemently	44
8980794994	magnanimity	the ability to rise above pettiness or meanness; generosity of spirit	45
8980800241	infidel	a person who holds no religious beliefs; heathen	46
8980805100	placid	tranquil; calm; peaceful	47
8980807060	misnomer	a misapplied name or designation	48
8980810346	celestial	of the sky or heavens	49
8980812335	refulgent	radiant; shining; brilliant; gleaming	50
8980816608	propitious	favorably inclined or disposed; indicating favorable conditions	51
8980820355	insidious	deceitful; secretly treacherous	52
8980822937	vitriolic	bitterly scathing; caustic; acerbic; harsh or corrosive in tone; acrimonious	53
8980831353	infallible	unable to be wrong	54
8980834461	laud	to praise	55
8980836389	transient	momentary; fleeting; remaining only a brief time	56
8980839341	posterity	all succeeding generations	57
8980840919	manifest	evident; obvious; clear	58
8980848399	incorrigible	incapable of being reformed	59
8980849766	asylum	a place of refuge	60
8980853780	lugubrious	especially mournful or dismal (sometimes to a ludicrous degree)	61
8980891900	extort	to obtain by threat or violence	62
8980895764	ostentation	a boastful display (usually of wealth)	63
8980901159	parsimony	excessive frugality; stinginess	64
8980905654	platitude	an overused and trite remark	65
8980908857	sublime	noble; inspiring awe because of its beauty or grandeur; of high worth; unparalleled; supreme	66
8980916129	pariah	social outcast	67
8980918500	jocularity	joking good humor	68
8980920203	partisan	one-sided	69
8980921812	insipid	dull; lacking flavor	70
8980924179	tremulous	affected with trembling, as caused by nervousness; fearful; timid	71
8980931108	draconian	excessivley harsh and severe (usually of laws & their application)	72
8980938712	epitaph	an inscription on a tombstone or grave marker	73
8980947352	degenerate	having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline	74
8980958062	mercurial	prone to rapid & unpredictable changes of mood; fickle	75
8980986123	paucity	a lack of; scarcity	76
8980987609	guile	craftiness; deceit; cunning duplicity	77
8980993148	loquacious	very talkative; garrulous	78
8980995179	arcane	secret; obscure; known only to a few	79
8980998311	salient	standing out from the rest; prominent; notable	80
8981007887	malfeasance	wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official	81
8981010386	contrition	remorse for having done wrong	82