AP Language Vocab Flashcards

10569612157	Truculent	(adj.) fierce and cruel, savage	0
10569614689	Venerate	(v.) to worship	1
10569618014	Impish	(adj.) mischievous	2
10569620959	Tempest	(n.) a storm	3
10569624188	Indolent	(adj.) idle, lazy, to avoid work	4
10569634669	Edifice	(n.) a building, especially a tall	5
10587575270	vicissitude	n. a condition of being constant change	6
10587581138	torpor	n. a state of being dormant or inactive, temporary loss of all or part of the power of sensation or motion, sluggishness, stupor, dullness	7
10587585671	arduous	adj. difficult to do, laborious	8
10587593229	advant	n. arrival	9
10587596108	sentient	adj. capable of feeling	10
10587601927	incumbent	n. the holder of an office	11
10587606597	sagacious	adj. wise. related word; sage	12
10587611356	obtuse	adj. not sharp or blunt, either literally or metaphorically. can be used to mean slow	13
10587615389	alacrity	n. liveliness, willingness to jump into the action	14
10587622847	tremulous	adj. trembling, quivering, palpitating even fearful	15
10587626664	moribund	adj. dying	16
10587632439	imbue	v. to fill up, to saturate, to permeate or even to thoroughly inspire	17
10587638402	reminiscence	n. the act of remembering past experiences, the written or spoken recollection	18
10587645423	gourmand	n. a person who enjoys eating	19
10587650302	vitiate	v. to make imperfect, faulty, or impure; can also refer to impure or perverse people, to nullify a contract	20
10587654704	expatiate	v. to leave the homeland	21
10587659699	repudiate	v. to put away, to diverse, to cast off publicly	22
10587664347	banal	adj. trite, common place, tired	23
10587668285	percolate	v. ooze gradually or strain, used metaphor to mean permeate gradually	24
10587674025	imbecile	n. very foolish person	25
10587681933	cumbersome	adj.Hard to Handle or deal with because of size	26
10587685774	polemic	adj. controversial	27
10587688084	malleable	adj. capable of being changed, molded, trained	28
10844616429	stalwart	adj. having a firm foundation, brave, resolute, firm, and unyielding	29
10844620501	interloper	n. A person who meddles in other people's affairs, originally referred to an unauthorized trading vessel	30
10844628654	esoteric	adj. unfamiliar, rare	31
10844635721	fastidious	adj. excessively discriminatory, fussy, hard to please in manners of taste	32
10844643575	natal	n. connected with one's birth	33
10844652095	impel	v. To force, compel, urge, incite, to drive or push into motion	34
10844655584	efficacious	adj. producing or capable of producing a desired effect	35
10844662658	impalpable	adj. that cannot be felt by touching or not easily grasped by the mind	36
10844671117	phial	n. a small glass bottle or vial	37
10844675011	predilection	n. a preconceived liking, partially	38
10844680984	forlorn	adj. abandoned or deserted	39
10844688478	appellation	n. the act of calling by name, a name or title used to describe or designate a person	40
10844696624	lucubration	n. a work or study that required a lot of work to produce, especially work done late at night	41
10844703131	indefatigable	adj. can not be made to tire	42
10844707204	deleterious	adj. harmful to one's health or well-being	43
10844717788	scribbler	n. a person who scribbles (marks or covers with meaningless or illegible marks	44
10844728221	antiquary	n. a person who collects or studies relics or ancient works of art	45
10844736367	ponderous	adj. very heavy, unwielding because of weight	46
10844745438	sinews	n. a tendon, muscular power, strength or force	47
10844750373	ignominious	adj. shameful, dishonorable, disgraceful	48
10844757378	dewy	adj. dew-like, refreshing, gentle	49
10844762160	heterodox	adj. departing from or opposed to the usual beliefs or established doctrines	50
10844771866	indubitable	adj. that cannot be doubted, unquestionable	51
10844778089	rotund	adj. round, plump or stout	52
10844786307	picturesque	adj. beautiful like a painting, suggesting or calling up a beautiful scene of natural beauty	53
10844789971	usurp	v. to take or assume power, position, or property unlawfully	54
10844795758	despot	n. anyone in charge who acts like a tyrant	55
11259756941	Contrive	v. To make up scheme or an imagined fabrication	56
11259764764	Contumely	n. haughty or contemptuous rudeness	57
11259767941	Efflux	n. A thing that flows out	58
11259775177	Remonstrate	v. To complain or protest	59
11259779335	Cloister	n. A place of religious seclusion like a monastery or convent	60
11259785053	Amenable	adj. responsible or unanswerable, able to be controlled or influenced	61
11259797390	Jollity	n. The quality or state of being fun	62
11259803185	Gentility	n. The condition of belonging by birth to the upper class	63
11259808915	Impediment	n. An obstruction or something that gets in the way	64
11259816678	peremptory	adj. final, absolute, that cannot be denied, changed, delayed, or opposed	65
11259823278	requite	v. to make or return payment for, to retaliate against or reward	66
11259830787	ferocious	adj. wild, being untamed	67
11259833067	dexterity	n. skill in using one's hands, body and or mind	68
11259841411	feign	v. to make a false show of, to pretend	69
11259844596	paramour	n. lover	70
11259851002	lurid	adj. characterized by a violent passion or crime	71
11259858209	inscrutable	adj. unknowable, mysterious	72
11259866073	acquiesce	v. to consent quietly without protest	73
11259874987	intangible	adj. cannot be touched	74
11259878895	ascetic	adj. or n. a person who leads a life with strict self-discipline and without the usual pleasures and comforts, often for athletic competitions	75
11259886477	voluptuous	adj. sexually attractive because of a full, shapely figure	76
11259900276	succor	v. to give assistance to in time of need or distress	77
11259904000	pristine	adj. pure, uncorrupted or unspoiled	78
11259910841	scurrilous	adj. using indecent or abusive language, coarse, vulgar	79
11259919049	luster	n. the quality, condition or fact of shining by reflected light	80
11259923925	caprice	n. a sudden impulsive change in the way one thinks or acts	81
11259930668	conjure	v. bring up by a spirit or magic	82
11259934963	imbibe	v. to drink	83
11259942139	contumacious	adj. resisting authority; insubordinate; disobedient	84
11259945064	insidious	adj. characterized by treachery or slyness, crafty, or wily	85
11259955117	placid	adj. calm	86
11259957847	urchins	adj. mischievous, especially raged children	87
11259966963	imperious	adj. overbearing, domineering	88
11259970533	epoch	n. notable period or time, a beginning of an age	89
11259972666	vehement	adj. showing or caused by strongly feeling	90
11259979830	zenith	n. peak or highest point	91
11651345760	quotidian	everyday	92
11651353397	fey	magical	93
11651356135	gay	happy	94
11651358901	pervasive	spreading throughout	95
11661153996	doused	drenched	96
11661162344	pliable	bendable	97
11661188628	Neologism	inventing new words	98
11661211045	commendable	deserving of praise	99
11661219683	profus	abundant	100
11661229999	abundant	plentiful	101
11661237406	radiant	shining	102
11661248781	fecund	fertile	103
11661258981	forestall	delay	104
11661272631	poaching	hunting illegally	105
11661281626	fetter	chain or restrain	106
11661289974	figurative	symbolic meanings	107
11661301507	plethora	excess amount	108
11661310714	sacrosanct	sacred	109
11661330986	fabricate	to make up	110
11661338891	facile	easily done	111
11661351000	fatuous	silly or foolish	112
11661360135	perfunctory	showing little enthusiasm	113
11661371738	mandatory	required, not optional	114
11661388008	flaccid	limp	115
11661399866	flabbergasted	astounded	116
11661406011	forage	to rummage	117
11661417237	licentious	immoral	118
11661436292	lewd	vulgar	119
11661443611	profane	indecent	120
11661456575	fortuitous	lucky	121
11661469229	serendipity	the act of finding things not sought, luck	122
11661475763	abrogate	to abolish	123
11661483578	algid	frigid	124
11661489071	brumal	wintry	125
11661495771	hiemal	wintry	126
11661504993	impecunious	excessively poor	127
11661516086	hapless	unlucky	128
11661520748	hiatus	an interruption in continuity, a break	129
11661529419	gregarious	sociable	130
11661540718	inquisitor	someone who asks questions	131
11661549941	iniquity	a wicked act	132
11661554878	goad	to urge or provoke	133
11661559896	ingenious	marked by special intelligence	134
11661561996	subsist	to live , exist	135
11661568297	notoriety	infamy, known in bad regard	136
11661571313	blandish	to coax through flattery	137
11661578249	flattery	compliments	138
11661581104	innocuous	harmless	139
11661585925	neonate	a newborn baby	140
11661600012	narrate	to tell a story	141
11661603006	flout	to scorn	142
11661613133	buffet	to hit or strike	143
11661622261	pedagogue	a school teacher	144