AP Language "AB" Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 14749681936 | burgeon | (v) begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish | 0 | |
| 14749754123 | belittle | (v) make (someone or something) seem unimportant | 1 | |
| 14749755758 | barring | (prep) except for; if not for | 2 | |
| 14749783172 | banal | (adj) so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring | 3 | |
| 14749810111 | baleful | (adj) threatening harm; menacing | 4 | |
| 14749830674 | bureaucracy | (n) a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives | 5 | |
| 14749871017 | brevity | (n) concise and exact use of words in writing or speech | 6 | |
| 14749905825 | absolve | (v) set or declare (someone) free from blame, guilt, or responsibility | 7 | |
| 14749909632 | aggrandize | (v) to increase the power, wealth, or status of | 8 | |
| 14749914505 | accost | (v) to approach and address someone boldly or aggressively | 9 | |
| 14749989807 | ado | (n) a state of agitation or fuss; especially about something unimportant | 10 | |
| 14749995084 | austere | (adj) severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance | 11 | |
| 14749997779 | auspicious | (adj) conducive to success; favorable | 12 | |
| 14750001525 | antithesis | (n) a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else | 13 | |
| 14750006545 | ascetic | (adj) characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons | 14 | |
| 14750010491 | ambsace | (n) something worthless or unlucky | 15 | |
| 14750013092 | assuage | (v) to make an unpleasant feeling less intense | 16 | |
| 14750016725 | acquiesce | (adj) to accept something reluctantly but without protest | 17 | |
| 14750021315 | acrimonious | (adj) (typically of speech or a debate) angry and bitter | 18 | |
| 14750025791 | apathy | (n) a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern | 19 | |
| 14750029840 | anomaly | (n) something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected | 20 | |
| 14750033478 | acumen | (n) the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain | 21 | |
| 14750037830 | ambivalence | (n) the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone | 22 | |
| 14750048966 | ameliorate | (v) to make something bad or unsatisfactory better | 23 | |
| 14750050958 | aloof | (adj) not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant | 24 | |
| 14750056275 | affable | (adj) friendly, good-natured, easy to talk to | 25 | |
| 14750062243 | archetype | (n) a very typical example of a certain person or thing | 26 | |
| 14750067501 | acute | (adj) having or showing a perceptive understanding or insight; shrewd | 27 | |
| 14750071216 | adhere | (v) stick fast to; believe in and follow the practices of | 28 | |
| 14750083138 | ad hominem | (adj) direct against a person rather than the position they are maintaining | 29 | |
| 14750087747 | admonish | (v) to warn or reprimand someone firmly | 30 | |
| 14750092264 | aesthetic | (adj) concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty | 31 | |
| 14750095487 | bedlam | (n) a scene of uproar and confusion | 32 | |
| 14750098983 | belligerent | (adj) hostile and aggressive | 33 | |
| 14750101759 | bauble | (n) a small, showy trinket or decoration | 34 | |
| 14750106824 | barrage | (v) to bombard someone with something | 35 | |
| 14750108177 | byzantine | (adj) (of a system or situation) excessively complicated, and typically involving a great deal of administrative detail | 36 | |
| 14750112777 | benevolent | (adj) well meaning and kindly | 37 | |
| 14750116052 | bombastic | (adj) high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated | 38 | |
| 14750120097 | blasphemy | (n) the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk | 39 | |
| 14750125957 | brusque | (adj) abrupt or offhand in speech or manner | 40 | |
| 14750129483 | boorish | (adj) rough and bad-mannered; coarse | 41 | |
| 14750132544 | bleak | (adj) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements | 42 | |
| 14750136384 | bastion | (n) an institution, place, or person strongly defending or upholding particular principles, attitudes, or activities | 43 | |
| 14750149399 | bolster | (v) support or strengthen; prop up | 44 | |
| 14750151542 | beleaguer | (v) to lay siege to | 45 | |
| 14750154960 | brandish | (v) wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement | 46 | |
| 14750172257 | bravado | (n) a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate | 47 | |
| 14750176007 | balk | (v) hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking | 48 | |
| 14750184801 | bilious | (adj) affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting; spiteful or bad-tempered | 49 |