AP Language Week 5 Vocab Flashcards

AP English Language

14834348086	acrimonious	marked by strong resentment or cynicism	0
14834348087	ameliorate	to make better	1
14834348088	amenable	disposed or willing to comply	2
14834348089	amorphous	having no definite form or distinct shape	3
14834348090	buoyant	tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas, characterized by liveliness and light-heartedness	4
14834348091	cajole	influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering	5
14834348092	calamity	an event resulting in great loss and misfortune	6
14834348093	debase	to reduce in dignity; to corrupt or make impure by adding an inferior substance	7
14834348094	efface	to remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing	8
14834348095	elucidate	to make free from confusion or ambiguity	9
14834348096	ephemeral	enduring a very short time	10
14834348097	ferocity	the property of being wild or turbulent, savagery	11
14834348098	flourish	to grow stronger, thrive	12
14834348099	haughty	overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors	13
14834348100	impervious	not admitting of passage or capable of being affected	14
14834348101	inane	complacently or inanely foolish	15
14834348102	indolence	inactivity resulting from a dislike of work	16
14834348103	infallible	incapable of failure or error	17
14834348104	inscrutable	the quality of being impossible to investigate, of an obscure nature	18
14834348105	languid	lacking spirit or liveliness	19
14834348106	malice	feeling a need to see others suffer	20
14834348107	oblique	indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way, the quality of being deceptive	21
14834348108	opulence	wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living	22
14834348109	penitent	feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds	23
14834348110	perfunctory	hasty and without attention to detail	24