AP English Language and Comp Vocabulary Flashcards

10511603502	aberration	a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome	0
10511610006	abeyance	a state of being temporarily inactive, suspended, or set aside	1
10511611708	acerbic	bitter, sharp in taste or temper	2
10511616270	acuity	sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)	3
10511620137	admonish	to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty	4
10744288107	adroit	skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind	5
10744291305	aesthete	a person who has or affects to have a special appreciation of art and beauty	6
10744321443	altruistic	unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others	7
10744325543	ameliorate	to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming	8
10744328365	amorphous	shapeless, formless, vague	9
10744332165	antediluvian	prehistoric	10
10744336036	apocryphal	of questionable authority or authenticity	11
10744338329	arable	suitable for growing crops	12
10744342891	ascetic	One who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury	13
10744345747	assuage	to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench	14
10744349967	atrophy	the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; to waste away	15
10744355030	avarice	a greedy desire, particularly for wealth	16
10744358856	aviary	A house, enclosure, or large cage for birds	17
10744360982	avow	to claim; to declare boldly; to admit	18
10744363181	bilk	to cheat or swindle; to thwart	19
10744367314	broach	to mention for the first time	20
10744379920	buttress	to support, prop up, strengthen; a supporting structure	21
10744384163	celerity	swiftness, rapidity of motion or action	22
10744386252	charlatan	one who pretends to have knowledge in order to swindle others	23
10744390940	cherubic	resembling an angel	24
10744392580	churlish	lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with or deal with; rude	25
10744411177	circuitous	roundabout, not direct	26
10744417657	clandestine	secret, concealed; underhanded	27
10744421491	commensurate	equal	28
10744427129	concomitant	accompanying in a subordinate fashion	29
11007840540	confluence	a meeting or gathering together	30
11007844996	conjugal	relating to marriage	31
11007848942	contentious	quarrelsome, inclined to argue	32
11007856265	conundrum	a confusing and difficult problem or question	33
11007865135	copious	abundant; plentiful	34
11007871576	corpulence	state of being very fat	35
11007874829	coterie	a small group of people who share interests and meet frequently	36
11007888600	credulous	gullible	37
11007894514	cryptic	mysterious	38
11007902542	curmudgeon	a bad-tempered person	39
11007905054	dearth	a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine	40
11007922311	demagogue	a leader who appeals to citizens' emotions to obtain power	41
11007948985	desecrate	to damage a holy place; to treat with irreverence	42
11007958675	diatribe	a bitter verbal attack	43
11194421353	diffidence	shyness; lack of confidence	44
11194424739	dilatory	tending to delay or procrastinate	45
11194431018	disaffected	rebellious, resentful of authority	46
11194438405	discursive	rambling, lacking order	47
11194442315	dissemble	to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character	48
11194449420	disparage	to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner	49
11194456301	dispassionate	not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial	50
11194464599	dissonant	not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds	51
11194468502	dissuade	to persuade not to do something	52
11194472987	divination	the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means	53
11194485553	dotard	senile old person	54
11194493083	duplicity	intentional deceit in speech or conduct	55
11400488667	egregious	extremely bad	56
11400494481	elucidate	to clarify, explain	57
11400498684	emanate	to come forth	58
11771076257	elegiac	Expressing sorrow or lamentation	59
11771078980	emulate	to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model	60
11771083345	enigmatic	mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling	61
11771085607	ennui	dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy	62
11771092800	ephmeral	lasting a very short time	63
11771096875	epicure	someone who appreciates good food and drink	64
11771100373	equivocate	to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous	65
11771106876	erudition	the quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship	66
11771112830	esoteric	intended for or understood by only a small group	67
11771117391	espouse	to take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry	68
11771123903	ethereal	extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world	69
11771128226	extol	to praise highly	70
11771133712	fatuous	stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way	71
11771139825	fecund	fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive	72
11771142945	felicity	great happiness	73
11771144963	fetid	smelling extremely unpleasant	74
11771160773	flippant	not showing a serious or respectful attitude	75
11771166926	florid	excessively decorated or embellished	76
11771174017	foible	a minor weakness in character	77
11771176621	furtive	secret, stealthy	78
11771178837	garish	glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way	79
11771184738	garner	to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use	80
11771190199	guile	treacherous cunning, deceit	81
11771193672	hedonism	pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses	82
11771196352	heretic	a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church	83
11771199671	hiatus	a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)	84
11771207148	histrionic	overly dramatic, theatrical	85
11771209313	hoary	very old; whitish or gray from age	86
11771214892	iconoclasm	Opposing or even destroying images, especially those set up for religious veneration in the belief that such images represent idol worship.	87
11771220826	immutable	not subject to change, constant	88
11771224176	impervious	not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance	89
12604060039	impregnable	unable to be captured or broken into	90
12604062319	impugn	to call into question; to attack verbally	91
12604065006	inauspicious	unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future	92
12604075771	incipient	beginning to come into being or to become apparent	93
12604077350	incisive	sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness)	94
12604086858	incorrigible	not able to be corrected; beyond control	95
12604091753	indecorous	lacking good taste; improper	96
12604103993	indefatigable	tireless	97
12604111191	innocuous	not harmful or offensive	98
12604117079	inscrutable	impossible to understand or interpret	99
12604121270	insipid	lacking flavor; dull; not at all stimulating	100
12604126799	intonate	to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice	101
12604130997	intractable	stubborn; obstinate; hard to move forward	102
12604138600	intrinsic	belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part	103
12604144664	inveigh	to make a violent attack in words	104
12728686426	inveterate	firmly established, long-standing; habitual	105
12728688802	irascible	easily angered, irritable	106
12728753314	jettison	to cast overboard; to discard	107
12728755912	juncture	point of time, especially where two things are joined	108
12728758531	juxtapose	to place side by side for comparison	109
12728767974	laconic	brief and to the point, using few words	110
12728773621	lampoon	a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone	111
12728777143	largess	generosity	112
12728779607	lassitude	a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy	113
12728783912	lethargy	lack of energy; sluggishness	114
12728787109	lithe	Bending easily and gracefully, flexible	115
12728791551	lurid	causing shock or horror	116
12728793139	malevolent	having or showing a wish to do evil to others	117
12728795428	maudlin	overly sentimental	118
12728798774	meander	to wander aimlessly	119
13139624210	meticulous	extremely careful; particular about details	120
13139626501	mire	mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation	121
13139631923	multifarious	having great variety; numerous and diverse	122
13139635036	mundane	ordinary, boring	123
13139637940	nefarious	extremely wicked	124
13139650775	obsequious	overly submissive and eager to please	125
13139663304	odious	hateful	126
13139667370	opaque	impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light	127
13139671046	ostentatious	showy, pretentious	128
13139674213	palpable	able to be touched or felt	129
13139678424	paragon	a model of excellence or perfection	130
13139681745	pariah	an outcast	131
13139688661	parochial	religious, private	132
13139692373	paucity	scarcity; lack	133
13139695161	pedantic	Excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules, tending to show off one's learning	134
13139713436	pejorative	tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling	135
13139720173	philistine	one who lacks culture or taste, uncultured	136
13139729137	pique	to cause resentment; to provoke, to spark	137
13139733431	pithy	essential part or core of something	138
13139736236	poignant	evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret	139
13213549896	polemical	controversial; argumentative	140
13213558034	precocious	showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)	141
13213663832	proclivity	a natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior) doing something regularly	142
13213714311	progeny	offspring; children	143
13213720319	prolific	abundantly productive; abundant, profuse	144
13213744092	prosaic	dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic	145
13213764826	protean	readily changing form or character	146
13213800369	protract	to draw out or lengthen in space or time	147
13213825935	pugnacity	combativeness; disposition to fight	148
13213843163	pulchritude	physical beauty	149
13959563421	quixotic	overly idealistic; impractical	150
13959564715	rancorous	bitter, hateful	151
13959564716	rarefy	to make or become thin, less dense; to refine	152
13959566775	raze	to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out	153
13959570281	recalcitrant	stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority	154
13959570282	recant	to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract	155
13959574342	reprobate	(n.) a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel; (adj.) wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled; (v.) to disapprove of, condemn	156
13959579320	ribald	irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language	157
13959582678	ruminate	think deeply about something	158
13959584961	saccharine	excessively sweet or sentimental	159
13959587291	savant	a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar	160
13959609739	stultify	to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on	161
13959611967	supercilious	behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others	162
13959614166	surfeit	an excessive amount	163
13959616662	surly	rude and bad-tempered	164
13959618399	taciturn	habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little	165
13959620019	tantamount	equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect	166
13959625645	tenuous	thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported	167
13959630762	trepidation	a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen	168
13959632243	turgid	swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language	169
13959634938	turpitude	moral corruption, depravity	170
13959639077	undulate	to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form	171
13959642457	unwieldy	not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity	172
13959644322	veracity	truthfulness, honesty	173
13959654781	verbose	wordy, very talkative	174
13959654782	viable	able to live	175
13959661124	virulent	extremely poisonous; full of malice; spiteful, hateful	176
13959663403	vociferous	loud and noisy; compelling attention	177
13959666162	vouchsafe	to grant in a condescending manner	178
13959668503	zenith	the highest point; peak	179