AP Fall Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 7201315586 | esoteric (adj) | hard to understand; known only to a few | 0 | |
| 7201316414 | connotation (n) | implied meaning of a word, positive/negative associations with a word. | 1 | |
| 7201316784 | bombastic (adj) | high sounding but with little meaning; pompous; inflated; pretentious | 2 | |
| 7201323761 | trite (adj) | commonplace; overused | 3 | |
| 7201324763 | colloquial (adj) | conversational or informal in style | 4 | |
| 7238314167 | pedantic (adj) | like a pedant; showing off book learning or trivia in a tiresome way | 5 | |
| 7238324781 | homespun (adj) | simple and unsophisticated | 6 | |
| 7238326618 | insipid (adj) | uninspired; uninteresting; dull | 7 | |
| 7238327805 | obscure (adj) | not clearly understood or expressed | 8 | |
| 7238330772 | pensive (adj) | thoughtful (as in thinking, not as in being "considerate") | 9 | |
| 7268880332 | copious (adj) | plentiful, abundant | 10 | |
| 7268880333 | vacuous (adj) | having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless | 11 | |
| 7268881886 | elegiac (adj) | mournful; melancholic; sorrowful | 12 | |
| 7268881887 | derisive (adj) | expressing contempt or ridicule | 13 | |
| 7268883721 | vilify (v) | to slander; to defame | 14 | |
| 7427896132 | reticent (adj) | quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings | 15 | |
| 7427896133 | flippant (adj) | treating serious matters lightly | 16 | |
| 7427899027 | antithesis (n) | The opposite or exact contrast | 17 | |
| 7427899028 | concession (n) | something given up or yielded | 18 | |
| 7427900662 | euphemism (n) | a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one | 19 | |
| 7502946607 | penitent (adj) | feeling or showing sorrow or regret for doing something wrong; repentant | 20 | |
| 7502946608 | vindicate (v) | to clear of blame of suspicion | 21 | |
| 7502948685 | haughty (adj) | disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant | 22 | |
| 7502948686 | ameliorate (v) | to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming | 23 | |
| 7502952632 | incontrovertible (adj) | unable to be disputed; not open to question | 24 | |
| 7743350607 | prudent (adj) | wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common sense | 25 | |
| 7743350608 | truncate (v) | To shorten | 26 | |
| 7743354593 | staid (adj) | serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct | 27 | |
| 7743354607 | dilettante (n) | one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge | 28 | |
| 7743363866 | infamous (adj) | well known for a bad quality or deed; notorious | 29 | |
| 7804862130 | erroneous (adj) | mistaken, incorrect | 30 | |
| 7804866093 | retrospective (adj) | characterized by looking back at the past and reflecting; related to the past | 31 | |
| 7804870218 | quixotic (adj) | hopeful or romantic in a way that is not practical; idealistic | 32 | |
| 7804900831 | misnomer (n) | an unsuitable or misleading name | 33 | |
| 7804902631 | lurid (adj) | gruesome, horrible, revolting | 34 | |
| 7881071721 | lionize (v) | to treat as a celebrity | 35 | |
| 7881076278 | noxious (adj) | harmful, unwholesome | 36 | |
| 7881080823 | cavalier (adj) | showing arrogant disregard; haughty | 37 | |
| 7881099329 | incredulous (adj) | skeptical; disbelieving | 38 | |
| 7881106322 | superfluous (adj) | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary | 39 | |
| 8035238412 | ebullience (adj) | lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings | 40 | |
| 8035238413 | malleable (adj) | capable of being shaped | 41 | |
| 8035242538 | proliferate (v) | to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly | 42 | |
| 8035242539 | indolent (adj) | lazy | 43 | |
| 8035245963 | aphorism (n) | a brief, often witty saying; a proverb | 44 | |
| 8153865165 | pejorative (adj) | negative and critical; insulting | 45 | |
| 8153869290 | impede (v) | hinder; block; delay | 46 | |
| 8153871048 | drone (v) | to talk on and on in a dull way | 47 | |
| 8153876005 | innocuous (adj) | harmless; causing no damage | 48 | |
| 8153877811 | acquiesce (v) | to accept without protest; to agree or submit | 49 |