AP Language Multiple Choice Flashcards

9094969327	aesthetic	concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty	0
9094969328	amoral	being neither moral nor immoral; lacking moral sensibility; not involving questions of right or wrong	1
9094969329	aphorism	a pithy observation that contains a general truth; a terse saying that holds a general truth	2
9094969330	analogous	comparable in certain respects; similar in some way	3
9094969331	approbation	approval or praise	4
9094969332	avant-garde	favoring or introducing experimental or unusual ideas	5
9094969333	censor	a person who examines books, movies, letters, etc, and removes things that are considered to be offensive, immoral, or harmful to society	6
9094969334	certitude	absolute conviction that something is the case	7
9094969335	circumspection	the quality of being wary and unwilling to take risks	8
9094969336	conjecture	an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information	9
9094969337	contrived	deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously	10
9094969338	churlish	rude in a mean-spirited way; not polite	11
9094969339	cynical	distrusting the motives of others; bitterly or sneeringly distrustful or pessimistic	12
9094969340	diminutive	extremely or unusually small, little, or tiny	13
9094969341	dogma	a belief or set of beliefs that is accepted by the members of a group without being questioned or doubted	14
9094969342	ephemeral	lasting a very short time; short-lived	15
9094969343	ebullient	lively and enthusiastic; cheerful and full of energy	16
9094969344	empathy	the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions	17
9094969345	equitable	just or fair; dealing fairly and equally with everyone	18
9094969346	erudite	having or showing knowledge that is learned by studying	19
9094969347	enervated	lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor	20
9094969348	equanimity	mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation	21
9094969349	expedient	providing an easy and quick way to solve a problem or do something	22
9094969350	extrinsic	not part of something; coming from the outside of something	23
9094969351	exuberance	the quality or state of being very lively, happy, or energetic	24
9094969352	epitomize	to be a perfect example or representation of something	25
9094969353	enigmatic	difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious	26
9094969354	elegiac	having a mournful or sad quality	27
9094969355	fatuous	silly and pointless	28
9094969356	guile	sly or cunning intelligence; crafty or artful deception	29
9094969357	homologous	having the same relation; relative position or structure; corresponding in structure or origin	30
9094969358	illicit	forbidden by law, rules, or custom; not legally permitted or authorized	31
9094969359	ineptitude	lack of skill or ability	32
9094969360	ironclad	not able to be changed; too strong to be doubted or questioned; unbreakable, solid, foolproof	33
9094969361	ideologue	a person who zealously advocates an ideology; someone who very strongly supports and is guided by the ideology of a particular group; prone to fanciful ideas/theories; a theorist	34
9094969362	indignant	feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	35
9094969363	indefatigable	able to work or continue for a very long time without becoming tired	36
9094969364	imperious	having or showing the proud and unpleasant attitude of someone who gives orders and expects other people to obey them	37
9094969365	intrinsic	belonging to the essential nature of a thing; occurring as a natural part of something	38
9094969366	inscrutable	impossible to understand; causing people to feel curious or confused	39
9094969367	incredulous	not able or willing to believe something; feeling or showing a lack of belief	40
9094969368	invective	of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse; insulting, abusive, or highly critical language	41
9094969369	judicious	having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense	42
9094969370	lexicon	the words used in a language or by a person or group of people; the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge	43
9094969371	mayhem	actions that hurt people and destroy things; a scene or situation that involves a lot of violence	44
9094969372	magnanimity	the quality of being very generous or forgiving	45
9094969373	modicum	a small amount; a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something considered desirable or valuable	46
9094969374	oblique	not explicit or direct in addressing a point	47
9094969375	polemical	a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something	48
9094969376	paucity	a small amount of something; amount that is less than what is needed or wanted; scarcity	49
9094969377	paradigm	a model or pattern for something that may be copied; a theory or a group of ideas about how something should be done, made, or thought about	50
9094969378	prodigy	a young person who is unusually talented in some way	51
9094969379	prodigal	spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant	52
9094969380	ribald	referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way	53
9094969381	sanguine	confident or hopeful; optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation	54
9094969382	servile	having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others	55
9094969383	synchronicity	the simultaneous and coincidental occurrence of events that appear significantly related by have no visible connection	56
9094969384	speculative	based on guesses or ideas about what might happen or be true rather than on facts; tending to think what might happen	57
9094969385	strident	sounding harsh and unpleasant; expressing opinions or criticism in a very forceful and often annoying or unpleasant way	58
9094969386	symbiosis	a relationship between two people or groups that work and depend on each other; mutually beneficial relationship	59
9094969387	synesthesia	an expression of one sense through the description of another sense; a condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another	60
9094969388	transcendentalism	a man's spirit in association with nature; a philosophy which says that thought and spiritual things are more real than ordinary human experience and material things	61
9094969389	treatise	a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject	62
9094969390	torpor	a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy	63
9094969391	uncanny	strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way; strange or unusual in a way that is surprising or difficult to understand	64
9094969392	wistful	having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing	65
9094969393	wry	using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor	66
9094969394	vituperative	bitter and abusive; containing or characterized by verbal abuse	67