AP Vocab Flashcards

9814281915	Exigence	In rehtoric, this is an issue, problem, or situation that prompts someone to write or speak	0
9814281916	Schema	a reader's background knowledge that is used to understand the text.	1
9814281917	Archaic	Writing considered outdated or old fashioned	2
9814281918	Bombastic	Pretentious or boastful talk	3
9814281919	colloquial	characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation	4
9814281920	esoteric	intended for or understood by only a small group	5
9814281921	euphemism	an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive	6
9814281922	Idiomatic	Characteristic of a particular language, culturally understood	7
9814281923	Inspid	Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge; dull and flat	8
9814281924	Pedantic	someone who is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, and minute details in order to make an arrogant and ostentatious show of learning	9
9814281925	provincial	narrow-minded	10
9814281926	Trite	Overused	11
9966665707	superfluous	more than enough	12
9966665708	subverisve	in oppisition to authority or goverment	13
9966665709	bitingly	in a nasty way intending to hurt someone	14
9966665710	transcience	forgetting over time	15
9966665711	detractor	someone who belittles something else	16
9966665712	addendum	addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book)	17
9966665713	anthropologist	a person who studies human behavior & nature, & the development & origins of human society	18
9966665714	erudite	scholarly	19
9966665715	intransigent	refusing to compromise	20
9966665716	competent	capable; qualified	21
9966665717	sadistic	deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others	22
9966665718	fricassee	to cook pieces of meat or poultry in butter and then in seasoned liquid until tender	23
9966665719	Process Analysis	Explains how something works, how to do something, or how something was done	24
9966665720	plight	a dangerous difficult or otherwise unfortunate situation	25
9966665721	Enumeration	a list of words, phrases or clauses, sometimes numbered or bulleted	26
9966665722	Paradox	a contradiction or dilemma	27
9966665723	Edfice	Building	28
9966665724	allusiveness	quality of making many indirect references	29
9966665725	Propogated	To reproduce	30
9966665726	pretentious	pompous, self-important	31
9966665727	belligerent	given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; one at war, one engaged in war	32
9966665728	admonish	to warn	33
9966665729	Colloquialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing	34
9966665730	fortutious	happening by chance or accident	35
9966665731	anomalies	deviation or departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule	36
9966665732	ascertain	to find out	37
9966665733	confound	confuse	38
9966665734	Improprieties	A failure to observe standards or show due honesty or modesty; improper language, behavior, or character	39
9966665735	lexicographer	compiler of a dictionary	40
9966665736	incredulous	skeptical	41
9966665737	Resigned	having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about	42
9966665738	irreverent	disrespectful	43
9966665739	vitiated	impaired, corrupted, or made ineffective	44
9966665740	solidified	made strong, sturdy or stable	45
9966665741	liberality	(n) generosity	46
9966665742	Miserly	Stingy; mean	47
9966665743	Odious	Hateful	48
9966665744	detestable	deserving intense dislike	49
9966665745	patronize	condescend to; behave in an arrogant manner towards	50
9966665746	empathetic	feeling another's pain as one's own	51
9966665747	vindictive	revengeful	52
9966665748	jocular	humorous, jesting, jolly, joking	53
9966665749	reticent	reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence	54
9966665750	poignant	emotionally moving	55
9966665751	Solemn	Serious	56
9966665752	forthright	frank, direct, straightforward	57
9966665753	aloof	not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant	58
9966665754	Debunk	To prove wrong	59
9966665755	public sentiment	people's feelings	60
9966665756	tenets	principles, beliefs	61
9966665757	impious	disrespectful toward God	62
9966665758	Perverse	(adj.) inclined to go against what is expected; stubborn; turned away from what is good and proper	63
9966665759	dispense	distributed	64
9966665760	admonishing	warning; gently scolding	65
9966665761	laudatory	expressing praise	66
9966665762	befuddled	confused and vague	67
9966665763	Reposed	To lay at rest	68
9966665764	incoherent	not able to be understood; nonsensical	69
9966665765	meticulous	extremely careful; particular about details	70
9966665766	introspective	inward looking	71
9966665767	Wistful	Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing	72
9966665768	Contemplative	Prolonged thought	73
9966665769	lugubrious	excessively mournful	74
9966665770	mirthful	merry or amusing	75
9966665771	rectitude	moral uprightness; righteousness	76
9966665772	Avarice	Greed	77
9966665773	precept	a rule of conduct or action	78
9966665774	methodical	orderly; systematic	79
9966665775	prudent	wise, careful, cautious	80
9966665776	impressionistic	based on personal response	81
9966665777	Systematic organization	Involving a system or plan	82
9966665778	circuitous	roundabout, not direct	83
9966665779	Bemused	confused; bewildered	84
9966665780	Reticent	silent; reserved	85
9966665781	propreity	proper behavior	86
9966665782	Scathing	Bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm	87
9966665783	infirmities	physical or mental weakness	88
9966665784	demireps	a person with a questionable reputation	89
9966665785	elucidate	to make clear	90
9966665786	enthrallment	a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual	91
9966665787	ambivalence	the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes	92
9966665788	wry	humorously sarcastic or mocking	93
9966665789	effusive	showing excessive emotion; overflowing	94
9966665790	tentative	experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant	95
9966665791	obdurate	stubborn	96
9966665792	moralize	comment on issues of right and wrong	97
9966665793	chauvinism	activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women	98
9966665794	Fickle	Changeable	99
9966665795	conciliatory	overcoming distrust or hostility	100
9966665796	foreboding	(n.) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj.) marked by fear, ominous	101
9966665797	Sages	Wise people	102
9966665798	contentious	argumentative over a point, quarrelsome	103
9966665799	Irate	Very angry	104
9966665800	etymology	the study of word origins	105
9966665801	impertenent	rude, insolent	106
9966665802	Insolent	Boldly rude or disrespectful	107
9966665803	deferential	respectful and polite in a submissive way	108
9966665804	Terse	Brief and to the point	109
9966665805	Archiac	no longer current or applicable; antiquated	110
9966665806	Barbarous	Uncivilized	111
9966665844	spurious	phony, false	112
9966665845	facetious	humorous, not meant seriously	113
9966665846	artless	without guile; open and honest	114
9966665847	alludes to	to refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion	115
9966665848	impertinence	lack of respect; rudeness	116
9966665849	incongruities	things or ideas that are not in agreement with each other or are not compatible	117
9966665850	Irrelevancies	Lack of connect between things	118
9966665851	magistrate	a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice	119
9966665852	ornamentation	things added to something to provide decoration.	120
9966665853	embellishment	decoration	121
9966665854	antediluvian	prehistoric	122
9966665855	tempestuous	stormy, raging, furious	123
9966665856	unfettered	free, unrestrained	124