AP Language vocab 1-120 Flashcards

12154964563	Affable	easy-going; friendly	0
12154964564	Amendable	responsive; agreeable	1
12154964565	anachronism	something out of place in time or sequence	2
12154964566	anthology	collection of literary works	3
12154964567	Anthropomorphism	the attribution of human characteristics to animals, inanimate objects, or forces of nature	4
12154964568	apathetic	feeling or showing little emotion	5
12154964569	apology	defense of an idea	6
12154964570	Apposition	a grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation	7
12154964571	Arbiter	a judge who decides a disputed issue	8
12154964572	Arbitrary	determined by impulse rather than reason	9
12154964573	Archetype	a perfect example; an original pattern or model	10
12154964574	Arid	describing a dry, rainless climate	11
12154964575	assiduous	hard-working	12
12154964576	Astute	shrewd; clever	13
12154964577	auspicious	favorable; promising	14
12154964578	austere	without decoration; strict	15
12154964579	brusque	rudely abrupt	16
12154964580	candor	sincerity; openness	17
12154964581	capricious	impulsive and unpredictable	18
12154964582	caustic	bitingly sarcastic or witty	19
12154964583	Decorous	proper; in good taste	20
12154964584	Deleterious	harmful, injurious	21
12154964585	Convoluted	intricate; complex	22
12154964586	conflagration	great fire	23
12154964587	Clandestine	secretive	24
12154964588	Didatic	intended to instruct	25
12154964589	Dilettante	Noob, amateur	26
12154964590	Discourse	Conversation	27
12154964591	disingenuous	not straightforward; crafty	28
12154964592	Disparity	inequality in age, rank, or degree; difference	29
12154964593	Dogmatic	stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs	30
12154964594	Dubious	doubtful; of unlikely authenticity	31
12154964595	Ebullience	intense enthusiasm	32
12154964596	Effusive	emotionally unrestrained; gushy	33
12154964597	egregious	conspicuously bad or offensive	34
12154964598	Emnity	mutual hatred or ill-will	35
12154964599	Cogent	convincing; reasonable	36
12154964600	convoluted	intricate; complex	37
12154964601	Coup	Well executed plan	38
12154964602	equanimity	the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure	39
12154964603	equivocate	to avoid making a definite statement	40
12154964604	Exculpate	to free from blame	41
12154964605	facetious	Playfully humorous	42
12154964606	facile	done or achieved with little effort; easy	43
12154964607	fastidious	possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please	44
12154964608	fractious	quarrelsome; unruly	45
12154964609	franetic	Wildly excited active	46
12154964610	harbinger	something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner	47
12154964611	imperious	arrogantly domineering or overbearing	48
12154964612	Impinge	hinder; interfere with	49
12154964613	inconsequential	unimportant	50
12154964614	incontrovertible	not able to be denied or disputed	51
12154964615	incorigible	unable to be reformed	52
12154964616	incumbent	imposed as a duty; obligatory	53
12154964617	indolent	Lazy	54
12154964618	ingrate	an ungrateful person	55
12154964619	inherent	inborn; built-in	56
12154964620	Innate	Possesses from birth	57
12154964621	Insipid	uninteresting; unchallenging	58
12154964622	Insolent	insulting in manner or speech	59
12154964623	Intrepid	courageous; fearless	60
12154964624	Inveterate	long established; deep-rooted; habitual	61
12154964625	Laudatory	giving praise	62
12154964626	Lexicon	a word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary	63
12154964627	Lucid	Easily flowing	64
12154964628	malfeasance	wrongdoing, misconduct	65
12154964629	Malice	extreme ill will or spite	66
12154964630	Metonymy	a type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated	67
12154964631	Mollify	to calm or soothe	68
12154964632	Nascent	coming into existence; emerging	69
12154964633	Obdurate	stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action	70
12154964634	Ominous	Menacing; threatening	71
12154964635	Omnipotent	all-powerful	72
12154964636	Ostentatious	describing a showy or pretentious display	73
12154964637	panegyric	Statement of high praise	74
12154964638	Paradigm	example or model	75
12154964639	pejorative	describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone	76
12154964640	penitent	expressing remorse for one's misdeeds	77
12154964642	pernicious	harmful	78
12154964643	Pervasive	dispersed throughout	79
12154964644	ponderous	extremely dull	80
12154964645	pragmatic	practical	81
12154964646	premonition	a feeling about the future	82
12154964647	prodigious	enormous	83
12154964648	proliferate	to grow or increase rapidly	84
12154964649	propitious	presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious	85
12154964650	propriety	appropriateness of behavior	86
12154964651	prosaic	unimaginative; dull	87
12154964652	Prudent	exercising good judgement or common sense	88
12154964653	pugnacious	combative; belligerent	89
12154964654	quandary	a state of uncertainty or perplexity (in a)	90
12154964655	rancorous	hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will	91
12154964656	Realism	artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy	92
12154964657	reclamation	the act of making something useful again	93
12154964658	replete	abundantly supplied; filled to capacity	94
12154964659	reprehensible	worthy of blame	95
12154964660	Rhetoric	the art of using language effectively and persuasively	96
12154964661	Ruse	a crafty trick	97
12154964662	sardonic	disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh, bitter, or caustic	98
12154964663	servile	submissive; like a servant	99
12154964664	Solvent	able to pay one's debts	100
12154964665	sonorous	producing a deep or full sound	101
12154964666	spurious	not genuine	102
12154964667	Staid	unemotional; serious	103
12154964668	Stoic	indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive	104
12154964669	Stratagem	a clever trick used to deceive or outwit	105
12154964670	surreptitiously	done by secretive means	106
12154964671	Synecdoche	a form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole	107
12154964672	tenacity	persistence	108
12154964673	tenuous	having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak	109
12154964674	timorous	timid; fearful about the future	110
12154964675	Torpor	laziness; inactivity; dullness	111
12154964676	transient	passing away with time; passing from one place to another	112
12154964677	Transitory	short-lived or temporary	113
12154964678	venerated	highly respected	114
12154964679	vilify	to make vicious statements about	115
12154964680	vindicated	freed from blame	116
12154964681	virtuoso	a tremendously skilled artist	117