First 50 AP Language Flashcards

14648794752	Abhorring	To regard with extreme repugnance or aversion	0
14648794753	Abstruse	Difficult to understand	1
14648794754	Acerbic	Harsh or severe, as of temper or expression; polemical	2
14648794755	Admonishing	cautioning, advising, or counseling against something; reproving or scolding; especially in a mild and good-willed manner	3
14648813969	ambiguous	open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations	4
14648813970	ambivalent	uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things	5
14648813971	Antagonistic	Acting in opposition; opposing especially mutually hostile; unfriendly	6
14648813972	apathetic	having or showing little or no emotion/ not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive	7
14648813973	Audacious	extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless	8
14648813974	Authoritarian	having an air of authority; accustomed to exercising authority; positive; peremptory; dictatorial	9
14648813975	Bantering	good-humored, playful conversation	10
14653514697	belligerent	warlike; given to waging war	11
14653514698	bemused	Bewildered or confusing	12
14653514699	benevolent	characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings	13
14653514700	bewildered	completely puzzled or confused; perplexed	14
14653514701	blithe	joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful	15
14653514702	brusque	abrupt in manner; blunt; rough	16
14653514703	candid	frank; outspoken; open and sincere/ free from reservation, disguise, or subterfuge; straightforward	17
14653514704	capricious	flighty; led by whims; erratic	18
14653514705	Caustic	making biting, corrosive comments	19
14653514706	censorious	severely critical; faultfinding	20
14653514707	choleric	extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible	21
14653514708	Churlish	rude in a mean-spirited and surly way	22
14653514709	colloquial	characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal	23
14653514710	conciliatory	to overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease	24
14653514711	condescending	showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority	25
14653514712	contemptuous	showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.	26
14653514713	contentious	tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome/ causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy	27
14653514714	credulous	having or showing too great a readiness to believe things on slight or uncertain evidence	28
14653514715	Curt	rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner/ brief; concise; terse; laconic	29
14653514716	Cynical	scornful of the motives, virtue, or integrity of others; bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous or pessimistic	30
14653514717	Derisive	Characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking; disdainful	31
14653514718	Derogatory	Tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory	32
14653514719	Detached	Impartial or objective; disinterested; unbiased/ not involved or concerned; aloof	33
14653514720	Diabolic	Having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked	34
14653514721	Didactic	Intended for instruction, instructive	35
14653514722	Diffident	Lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth or fitness; timid; shy	36
14653514723	Disconcerting	causing one to feel unsettled; unsettling, unnerving, discomfiting, troubling	37
14653514724	Dogmatic	asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated	38
14653514725	Dubious	wavering or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt	39
14653514726	Duplicitous	deceitful	40
14653514727	earnest	serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous	41
14653514728	Ebullient	overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited; enthusiastic	42
14653514729	Effusive	Unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve	43
14653514730	Egotistical	given to talking about oneself; vain; boastful; opinionated; indifferent to the well-being of others; selfish	44
14653514731	Elegiac	Expressing sorrow or lamentation	45
14653514732	Elevated	exalted or noble; lofty	46
14653514733	Empathetic	showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states	47
14653514734	Encouraging	to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence/ to stimulate by assistance, approval, etc.; to promote, advance, or foster	48
14653514735	Enigmatic	difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious	49