ap language vocab Flashcards

14026303144	abhor	to scorn, to hate	0
14026305880	depravity	moral corruption	1
14026309788	induce	to persuade, force, cause	2
14026317726	providence	divine intervention by god in the affairs of mankind	3
14026321229	theocracy	A government controlled by religious leaders	4
14026323729	ameliorate	to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming	5
14026327288	beguile	to deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm	6
14026331101	calamity	a serious event causing distress or misfortune	7
14026333998	defamation	Act of harming or ruining another's reputation	8
14026336473	dissemble	to disguise, to pretend	9
14026339660	malevolence	ill will or evil intentions	10
14026341982	malign	to utter injuriously misleading reports about	11
14026350788	predilection	preference	12
14026352752	sublime	exalted, noble, uplifting	13
14026352753	vindictive	spiteful, revengeful	14
14026365577	amenable	open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable	15
14026367700	arduous	difficult; requiring much effort	16
14026369651	austere	strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic	17
14026374471	capricious	changing suddenly, fickle	18
14026377567	discern	to differentiate between two or more things	19
14026380079	esoteric	(adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret	20
14026384988	igonminy	disgraceful or dishonorable conduct	21
14026393107	implicit	understood but not directly expressed	22
14046503181	insidious	treacherous or dangerous in a secret sort of way	23
14046507893	languid	slow, sluggish, listless, weak	24
14046519175	loquacious	very talkative	25
14046525729	malleable	capable of being shaped	26
14046529156	melancholy	depression of spirits	27
14046531491	misanthrope	a hater of mankind	28
14046548798	ominous	threatening	29
14046550835	palpable	tangible, perceptible, easily noticeable	30
14046557320	sagacious	wise, shrewd, very discerning	31
14046561620	superfluous	beyond what is needed or required, an overflow	32
14046809000	venerate	to honor, to revere	33
14046813477	wan	very pale and sickly	34
14046816831	abolish	to do away with	35
14046822892	afoot	developing or in the process of happening	36
14046826500	air	to make a public utterance	37
14046865972	blithe	lighthearted, joyous, glad, cheerful, free of spirit	38
14046869847	brazen	shameless, insolent, disrespectful	39
14046873104	contrite	extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant	40
14046879112	dissipation	wasteful spending, squandering	41
14046879113	haughty	arrogant, excessively proud and vain	42
14046887026	histrionics	overly theatrical (behavior)	43
14046889502	hues	colors	44
14046893254	infernal	relating to hell	45
14046896001	muse	to ponder	46
14046900132	ponderous	very heavy, unwieldy from weight	47
14046902113	resolute	characterized by a decided purpose	48
14046909297	temperance	moderation of self restraint in action or statement	49
14046915583	approbation	official approval, praise, commendation	50
14046921073	befuddle	to confuse	51
14046924120	candid	blunt, sincere honesty	52
14046928350	credulous	believing without question, gullible	53
14046936558	elegiac	mournful and expressing sorrow	54
14046940284	implacable	incapable of being satisfied	55
14046948171	incipient	beginning to come into being or to become apparent	56
14046948173	laconic	using a minimum of words	57
14046954751	mercurial	changing unpredictably	58
14055913929	pompous	exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance	59
14055918081	raucous	loud and boisterous, harsh, disorderly	60
14055919607	repress	to restrain or hold back	61
14055924067	stolid	showing little emotion	62
14055925976	trepidation	fear, trembling, agitation	63
14055927931	commensurate	equal in value	64
14055937163	reproach	to blame for something	65
14055941298	corpulence	state of being very fat	66
14055943411	deft	skillful, clever	67
14055946206	defunct	no longer existing or functioning	68
14055947685	feint	a false appearance to perform a certain act	69
14055949720	florid	flowery, flushed with color	70
14055956478	impetuous	violent, hasty, rash, impulsive	71
14055957988	indignation	anger as a result of something unjust	72
14055959336	ineffable	incapable of being expressed in words	73
14055961218	insolence	insulting or contemptuous behavior	74
14055965999	obstinate	unyielding regardless of reason or logic	75
14055969378	punctilious	stressing strict adherence to instructions, details, codes or conduct	76
14055972183	sumptuous	lavish, luxurious	77
14055973816	tentative	uncertain	78
14055976471	vacuous	lacking substance; marked by a lack of intelligence	79
14055979130	atheist	person who does not believe in God	80
14055985181	bourgeois	a member of the middle class, often reflecting majority opinion	81
14055990547	conceit	excessively high opinion of one's own worth or ability	82
14055992891	exhaust	to use up; to drain	83
14055994162	inane	lacking significance, meaning, or point	84
14055997790	monotomy	sameness to the point of boredom	85
14055999928	mutinous	rebellious, unruly	86
14056002810	nonchalance	indifference, a showing of little interest	87
14056004885	pacifist	one who opposes war or use of force	88
14056008364	rile	to make angry, to arouse resentment	89