ap language random vocab Flashcards

14718388306	abet	to urge on, to support	0
14718391894	ameliorate	to make better	1
14718396789	apathy	absence or lack of emotion	2
14718404030	apocryphal	untrue; counterfeit	3
14718406406	archipelago	a large group of islands	4
14718408343	ascetic	practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline	5
14718416100	astute	having or displaying shrewd discernment and sagacity	6
14718419884	asunder	into separate parts or pieces	7
14718422815	aver (verb)	to state with conviction	8
14718427417	aver (noun)	a draft animal; an old workhorse	9
14718431769	bathos	a sudden drop from the sublime or elevated to the ludicrous; anticlimax	10
14718439572	begrimed	to make dirty with grime	11
14718441778	benignant	favorable; beneficial	12
14718445189	besot	to stupefy, as with drink	13
14718450820	blight	something that impairs or destroys	14
14718454897	buttress	any prop or support	15
14718457135	cacophony	loud and strident noise	16
14718459856	caitiff	a coward; wretch	17
14718464695	callow	immature	18
14718466516	capricious	impulsive, unpredictable	19
14718468576	catechism	oral instruction	20
14718472224	circumspect (adjective)	to be cautious	21
14718477892	circumspection (noun)	to be in a state of caution	22
14718481138	clandestine	not openly avowed or generally known	23
14718482918	cohort	a companion or accomplice	24
14718484836	concertina	barbed wire/musical instrument	25
14718488525	conundrum	an intricate and difficult problem	26
14718495668	corporeal	having to do with the body	27
14718499061	curmudgeon	a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man	28
14718500592	crux	the central or decisive point of interest	29
14718506549	de facto	(adj.) actually existing or in effect, although not legally required or sanctioned; (adv.) in reality, actually	30
14718510604	deft	apt, skillful	31
14718514950	delinquency	conduct that is out of accord with accepted behavior or the law	32
14718519002	derisive	the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt	33
14718524746	despondency	condition or being utterly discouraged or dejected	34
14718529146	deterministic	the quality or state of being determined	35
14718533021	dilapidated	decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse	36
14718536611	dilatoriness	tending or intended to cause delay	37
14718541728	diminutive	indicating small size	38
14718544167	disparage	to lower in rank or reputation	39
14718547598	empathy	the capacity for this understanding	40
14718555428	enervate	to reduce the mental or moral vigor of	41
14718557663	ennoble	to raise the rank of nobility	42
14718559987	epicurean	to be fond of sensuous pleasure, especially eating and drinking	43
14718564926	epiphany	an appearance or manifestation, especially of a deity	44
14718567820	epistolary	of or pertaining to letters or letter writing	45
14718573932	equinoctial	(adj.) relating to a state or the time of equal day and night; relating to the regions or climate on or near the equator; relating to the time when the sun passes on equinoctial point	46
14718576699	ersatz	being an artificial and inferior substitute or imitation	47
14718578283	eschew	to abstain from something wrong, inappropriate, or distasteful	48
14718583542	estrange	to remove from customary environment or associations	49