AP Flashcards

11293191250	abjure	to reject, renounce	0
11293191251	abrogate	to abolish, usually by authority	1
11293191252	acrerbic	Biting, bitter in tone and distaste	2
11293191253	acrimony	bitterness, discord	3
11293264064	acumen	keen insight	4
11293264065	adumbrate	to sketch out in a vague way	5
11293264066	alacrity	eagerness, speed	6
11293264067	anathema	a cursed, detested person	7
11293264068	antipathy	a strong dislike, repugnance	8
11293264069	approbation	praise	9
11293264070	arrogate	to take without justification	10
11293264071	ascetic	practicing restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious	11
11293264072	Aspersion	a curse, expression of ill-will	12
11293264073	assiduous	hard working; diligent	13
11293264074	Blandish	to coax by using flattery	14
11293264075	boon	a gift or blessing	15
11293264076	brusque	short, abrupt, dismissive	16
11293264077	Buffet	to strike with force	17
11293264078	Burnish	to polish, shine	18
11293264079	buttress	to support, hold up	19
11293264080	cacophony	tremendous noise, disharmonious sound	20
11293264081	cajole	to urge, coax	21
11293264082	calumny	an attempt to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies	22
11293545908	capricious	subject to whim, fickle	23
11293545909	clemency	mercy	24
11293545910	cogent	intellectually convincing	25
11293545911	concomitant	accompanying in a subordinate fashion	26
11293545912	conflagration	great fire	27
11293545913	contrite	penitent, eager to be forgiven	28
11293545914	conundrum	puzzle, problem	29
11293545915	credulity	readiness to believe	30
11293545916	cupidity	greed; strong desire	31
11293545917	cursory	brief to the point of being superficial	32
11293545918	decry	to criticize openly	33
11293545919	defile	to make unclean, impure	34
11293545920	deleterious	harmful	35
11293545921	demure	quiet and modest; reserved	36
11293545922	deprecate	to belittle, depreciate	37
11293545923	Deride	to laugh at mockingly, scorn	38
11293545924	desecrate	to violate the sacredness of a thing or place	39
11293545925	Desiccated	dried up, dehydrated	40
11293545926	Diaphanous	light, airy, transparent	41
11293545927	diffident	shy, quiet, modest	42
11293545928	discursive	rambling, lacking order	43
11293545929	dissemble	to conceal, fake	44
11293545930	dither	to be indecisive	45
11293545931	ebullient	extremely lively, enthusiastic	46
11293545932	effrontery	impudence, nerve, insolence	47
11293545933	effulgent	radiant, splendorous	48
11293545934	egregious	extremely bad	49
11293545935	enervate	to weaken, exhaust	50
11293545936	ephemeral	short-lived; fleeting	51
11293545937	eschew	to shun, avoid	52
11293545938	evanescent	fleeting, momentary	53
11293545939	envince	to show, reveal	54
11293545940	exculpate	to free from guilt or blame	55
11293545941	execrable	loathsome, detestable	56
11293545942	exigent	urgent, critical	57
11293545943	expiate	to make amends for, atone	58
11293545944	expunge	to obliterate, eradicate	59
11293545945	extant	existing, not destroyed or lost	60
11293573357	extol	to praise, revere	61
11293573358	fallacious	incorrect, misleading	62
11293573359	fastidious	meticulous; demanding	63
11293573360	fatuous	silly, foolish	64
11293573361	fecund	fruitful, fertile	65
11293573362	feral	wild, savage	66
11293573363	fetid	having a foul odor	67
11293573364	florid	flushed, ornate	68
11293573365	fractious	troublesome or irritable	69
11293573366	garrulous	talkative, wordy	70
11293573367	grandiloquence	lofty, pompous language	71
11293573368	gregarious	drawn to the company of others, sociable	72
11293573369	hackneyed	unoriginal, trite	73
11293573370	hapless	unlucky	74