AP language Flashcards

12188137170	Disparage (v)	to degrade, to speak about someone/something in his derogatory way.	0
12188137171	Disparity (noun)	inequality, the fact of being unequal in age, rank, or degrees	1
12188137172	Embellish (v)	to decorate, to make pretty with ornamentation	2
12188137173	Engender (v)	to cause, produce	3
12188137174	innocuous (adj)	harmless, producing no injury	4
12188137175	insipid (adj)	boring or stupid	5
12188137176	Lament	a passionate expression of grief or sorrow	6
12188137177	Taciturn	quiet, not talkative	7
12188137178	Altruistic (adj)	unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others	8
12188137179	ambivalent	having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone	9
12188137180	Angular	lean; sharp cornered; gaunt	10
12188137181	arrogant	overbearingly assuming; insolently proud	11
12188137182	aversion	strong dislike	12
12188137183	discern	to differentiate between two or more things	13
12188137184	disdain (n)	intense dislike, to reject as unworthy	14
12188137185	Superfluous (adj)	overflow; more than enough; an overabundance; more than required	15
12188137186	Laud	to praise	16
12188137187	obscure	difficult to understand; partially hidden	17
12188137188	ostentatious	showy, pretentious	18
12188137189	Prodigal (adj)	wasteful, an extravagant person	19
12188137190	repudiate	to disown, reject, or deny the validity of	20
12188137191	Reticence	restraint in speech, reluctance to speak	21
12188137192	revere	To honor, to regard with respect	22
12188137193	Serene (adj)	calm	23
12188137194	subtle (adj)	delicate, not obvious.	24
12188137195	Antithesis	a direct opposite, a contrast	25
12188137196	ascend	to move upward, to rise from a lower station	26
12188137197	Austere (adj)	strict, stern; unadorned	27
12188137198	autonomous	independent, self-contained	28
12188137199	Banal (adj)	common, ordinary, lacking freshness	29
12188137200	Benign	Harmless	30
12188137201	capricious	changing suddenly, fickle	31
12188137202	dawdle	to waste time	32