AP Language Vocabulary Lesson 5 Flashcards

14382439556	acrimonious	stinging, bitter in temper or tone	0
14382439557	ameliorate	to improve, make better, to correct a flaw	1
14382439558	amenable	open or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable	2
14382439559	amorphous	shapeless, without definite form, of no particular type or character, without organization or unity	3
14382439560	buoyant	capable of floating, cheerful	4
14382439561	cajole	to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice	5
14382439562	calamity	an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress, a disaster	6
14382439563	debase	to reduce in dignity or quality	7
14382439564	efface	to erase, to wipe out	8
14382439565	elucidate	to clarify, explain	9
14382439566	ephemeral	lasting a very short time	10
14382439567	ferocity	savagery, fierceness	11
14382439568	flourish	to thrive, to grow well	12
14382439569	haughty	arrogant, condescending	13
14382439570	impervious	incapable of being affected	14
14382439571	inane	silly, empty of meaning or value	15
14382439572	indolence	inclination to laziness	16
14382439573	infallible	free from error, absolutely dependable	17
14382439574	inscrutable	incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically	18
14382439575	languid	drooping, without energy, sluggish	19
14382439576	malice	the intention or desire to do evil, ill will	20
14382439577	oblique	slanting or sloping, not straightforward or direct	21
14382439578	opulence	wealth, affluence, abundance	22
14382439579	penitent	expressing remorse for one's misdeeds	23
14382439580	perfunctory	acting routinely with little interest or care	24