AP Vocabulary Flashcards
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11151094807 | aloof | not friendly; cool or distant | 0 | |
11151094808 | amiable | friendly and sociable | 1 | |
11151094809 | arcane | mysterious or secretive | 2 | |
11151094810 | condescending | having or showing a feeling of superiority | 3 | |
11151094811 | devoid | completely lacking or free form | 4 | |
11151094812 | digress | to deviate from or leave the main topic in speaking or writing | 5 | |
11151094813 | dismay | disheartenment; disillusionment | 6 | |
11151094814 | feign | to pretend; to put an appearance of | 7 | |
11151094815 | haughty | arrogant | 8 | |
11151094816 | inflammatory | tending to rouse anger | 9 | |
11151094817 | jovial | cheerful; happy | 10 | |
11151094818 | lethargic | sluggish; drowsy | 11 | |
11151094819 | melancholy | deeply sad | 12 | |
11151094820 | nostalgia | a longing for the past | 13 | |
11151094821 | obsolete | no longer in use; out of date | 14 | |
11151094822 | pensive | deep in thought | 15 | |
11151094823 | redundant | no longer useful or needed | 16 | |
11151094824 | rudimentary | elementary; basic principles | 17 | |
11151094825 | solemn | serious, somber | 18 | |
11151094826 | terse | brief or concise in language | 19 | |
11151094827 | trivial | of little value or importance | 20 | |
11151094828 | turgid | inflated or overblown language | 21 | |
11151094829 | whimsical | playful | 22 | |
11151094830 | zealous | enthusiastic; fervent or passionate | 23 | |
11151094831 | abjure | to reject, renounce | 24 | |
11151094832 | acrimony | bitterness | 25 | |
11151094833 | antipathy | feeling of strong dislike | 26 | |
11151094834 | cajole | to urge, coax | 27 | |
11151094835 | capricious | subject to whim, fickle | 28 | |
11151094836 | defile | to make unclean or impure | 29 | |
11151094837 | disdain | the feeling that someone or something is not worthy or deserving respect; scorn | 30 | |
11151094838 | egregious | extremely bad | 31 | |
11151094839 | fastidious | meticulous | 32 | |
11151094840 | flippant | disrespectful, lacking in seriousness | 33 | |
11151094841 | garrulous | excessively talkative | 34 | |
11151094842 | gregarious | social; fond of the company of others | 35 | |
11151094843 | harangue | ranting speech | 36 | |
11151094844 | laconic | short in speech or writing; terse | 37 | |
11151094845 | licentious | displaying a lack of moral or legal restraints | 38 | |
11151094846 | nefarious | evil; villainous | 39 | |
11151094847 | ornamental | decorative or flowery (especially in language or style) | 40 | |
11151094848 | pallid | lacking color; pale | 41 | |
11151094849 | surreptitious | sneaky; stealthy | 42 | |
11151094850 | repugnant | intense disgust | 43 | |
11151094851 | wry | dry humor; mocking or ironic nature | 44 | |
11151094852 | ambiguous | unclear or inexact; having more than one interpretation | 45 | |
11151094853 | apathetic | lacking interest, enthusiasm, or concern | 46 | |
11151094854 | brusque | short, abrupt; curt | 47 | |
11151094855 | callous | insensitive or cruel disregard for someone or something | 48 | |
11151094856 | deprecate | to belittle | 49 | |
11151094857 | discursive | rambling, lacking order; by or through an argument | 50 | |
11151094858 | droll | amusing; funny | 51 | |
11151094859 | effulgent | radiant | 52 | |
11151094860 | enervate | to weaken, exhaust | 53 | |
11151094861 | exculpate | to free from guilt or blame, exonerate | 54 | |
11151094862 | forthright | direct and honest; straightforward | 55 | |
11151094863 | iconoclast | one who attacks common beliefs, traditions or institutions | 56 | |
11151094864 | ignominious | deserving public shame or disgrace; humiliating | 57 | |
11151094865 | impervious | incapable of being moved | 58 | |
11204623278 | indefatigable | incapable of defeat | 59 | |
11151094866 | malicious | intentionally harmful or spiteful | 60 | |
11151094867 | obsequious | excessively compliant or submissive | 61 | |
11151094868 | perfunctory | showing little interest or enthusiasm | 62 | |
11151094869 | rancor | deep, bitter resentment | 63 | |
11151094870 | acerbic | bitter, biting or scathing in tone | 64 | |
11151094871 | anathema | a person who is loathed and detested | 65 | |
11151094872 | astute | clever or perceptive; shrewd or keen | 66 | |
11151094873 | cacophony | tremendous noise; harsh sounding and disharmonious noise | 67 | |
11151094874 | conciliatory | tending to appease | 68 | |
11151094875 | convoluted | difficult to follow | 69 | |
11151094876 | choleric | bad-tempered or irritable | 70 | |
11151094877 | decry | to criticize openly | 71 | |
11151094878 | effusive | expressing feelings of gratitude or pleasure | 72 | |
11151094879 | enigmatic | mysterious or difficult to understand | 73 | |
11151094880 | evince | to show or reveal | 74 | |
11151094881 | hegemony | domination over others | 75 | |
11151094882 | incisive | clear and direct; sharply focused | 76 | |
11151094883 | magnanimous | noble; forgiving | 77 | |
11151094884 | perspicacity | discernment; the quality of having keen insight and shrewdness | 78 | |
11151094885 | proclivity | a strong inclination toward something | 79 | |
11151094886 | repudiate | to reject; deny the truth of something | 80 | |
11151094887 | reproach | expressing disapproval | 81 | |
11151094888 | reverent | showing deep respect | 82 | |
11151094889 | sardonic | mocking or sarcastic; grimly humorous | 83 | |
11151094890 | trepidation | fear | 84 | |
11151094891 | truculent | ready to fight | 85 | |
11151094892 | vexed | confused or annoyed | 86 | |
11151094893 | vituperate | to berate; to speak to someone harshly or using abusive language | 87 | |
11151094894 | vitriolic | bitter criticism | 88 | |
11151094895 | abstract | thought of as separate from concrete realities | 89 | |
11151094896 | assuage | to make less severe or intense; to lessen | 90 | |
11151094897 | banal | boring; devoid of originality or creativity | 91 | |
11151094898 | critical | characterized by finding fault in something | 92 | |
11151094899 | cynical | pessimistic; questioning of the sincerity and goodness of people | 93 | |
11151094900 | derisive | ridiculing | 94 | |
11151094901 | didactic | designed to teach or instruct | 95 | |
11151094902 | dogmatic | having a strong set of principles; characteristic of asserting opinions in an arrogant way | 96 | |
11151094903 | equivocal | deliberately ambiguous; of doubtful nature | 97 | |
11151094904 | fallacious | false or misleading; incorrect | 98 | |
11151094905 | hubris | extreme pride | 99 | |
11151094906 | lugubrious | mournful or gloomy | 100 | |
11151094907 | indignant | having a strong feeling of dislike or displeasure at something unjust or unfair | 101 | |
11151094908 | impartial | not biased; fair or just | 102 | |
11151094909 | patronize | to talk down to; to speak or act with an air of superiorty | 103 | |
11151094910 | pedantic | making a show of language | 104 | |
11151094911 | resigned | passive, accepting as inevitable | 105 | |
11151094912 | superfluous | not necessary | 106 | |
11151094913 | vicissitude | a change of circumstances or fortune; between to opposites | 107 | |
11151094914 | abhor | to hate or loathe | 108 | |
11151094915 | acquiesce | to agree to; to submit | 109 | |
11151094916 | admonitory | conveying a warning or reprimand | 110 | |
11151094917 | ameliorate | to make better | 111 | |
11151094918 | caustic | severely critical or sarcastic | 112 | |
11151094919 | ceremonial | relating to or used in formal events | 113 | |
11151094920 | colloquial | informal or casual speech; sometimes referred as slang | 114 | |
11151094921 | debase | to lower in rank, dignity, or significance | 115 | |
11151094922 | deferential | respectful | 116 | |
11151094923 | disparage | To speak ill or negatively of someone | 117 | |
11151094924 | elegiac | having a mournful quality | 118 | |
11151094925 | esoteric | belonging to a few; having obscure knowledge | 119 | |
11151094926 | inane | silly or stupid; foolish | 120 | |
11151094927 | incredulous | unbelieving | 121 | |
11151094928 | indolence | characterized as lazy or avoiding exertion | 122 | |
11151094929 | insolence | rude speech or behavior | 123 | |
11151094930 | laud | to praise | 124 | |
11151094931 | petulant | childishly sulky | 125 | |
11151094932 | poignant | affecting the emotions; deeply impactful or affecting | 126 | |
11151094933 | pontificate | to speak in an arrogant way; to expound it explain an idea in detail | 127 | |
11151094934 | provincial | limited in perspective; narrow-minded | 128 | |
11151094935 | querulous | full of complaints | 129 | |
11151094936 | reflective | meditative; thinking on | 130 | |
11151094937 | ruminative | to meditate;ponder on | 131 | |
11151094938 | trite | overused; worn out | 132 | |
11151094939 | verbose | wordy | 133 | |
11151094940 | archiac | very old | 134 | |
11151094941 | ardor | passion or zeal | 135 | |
11151094942 | asribe | attribute to something | 136 | |
11151094943 | brazen | shameless | 137 | |
11151094944 | consort | a habitual acquaintance | 138 | |
11151094945 | contemplative | prolonged thoughtfulness | 139 | |
11151094946 | disgruntled | angry or dissatisfied | 140 | |
11151094947 | earnest | intensely sincere | 141 | |
11151094948 | erudite | learned or scholarly; polished | 142 | |
11151094949 | foreboding | implying or expecting something bad to happen | 143 | |
11151094950 | histrionic | overly dramatic, theatrical in style | 144 | |
11151094951 | imperious | assuming power or authority | 145 | |
11151094952 | inept | having or showing no skill | 146 | |
11151094953 | innocuous | not harmful | 147 | |
11151094954 | intimate | extremely familiar | 148 | |
11151094955 | lyrical | expressing feelings in a beautiful or poetic way; emotional | 149 | |
11151094956 | mundane | boring; lacking excitement | 150 | |
11151094957 | objective | unbiased; able to leave personal judgement aside | 151 | |
11151094958 | obtrusive | characterized by someone who pushes his/her opinions onto another person without invitation | 152 | |
11151094959 | opulent | rich; wealthy | 153 | |
11151094960 | paramount | of chief importance | 154 | |
11151094961 | pervasive | spread thought | 155 | |
11151094962 | precocious | particularly advanced or mature in development | 156 | |
11151094963 | restrained | characterized by reserve or moderation; kept under control (tone) | 157 | |
11151094964 | supercilious | incredibly arrogant | 158 | |
11151094965 | vilify | to speak or write in a disparaging manner | 159 |