AP English Flashcards

14682142772	aberration	someone that differs from what was their right, normal, or usual course	0
14682168749	abeyance	temporary suppression or suspension	1
14682180421	acerbic	bitter, sharp in taste or temper	2
14682187967	acuity	sharpness, keeness, (sharpness of vision)	3
14682194117	admonish	to warn	4
14682199827	adroit	skillful; clever	5
14682222806	aesthete	a person who cultivates a superior appreciation of beauty, especially in the arts; often used to imply that the person's appreciation is excessive, affected, or impractical	6
14682236128	altruistic	unselfishly generous; concerned for others	7
14682245202	ameliorate	to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming	8
14682251063	amorphous	shapeless, formless, vague and having an indefinite form in character.	9
14694101037	antediluvian	extremely old; antiquated	10
14694102240	apocryphal	of doubtful authenticity	11
14694103043	arable	suitable for growing crops	12
14694104065	ascetic	practicing self-denial	13
14694105310	assuage	to make something unpleasant less severe	14
14694107674	atrophy	to waste away	15
14694108492	avarice	greed	16
14694108493	aviary	A house, enclosure, or large cage for birds	17
14694111656	avow	to claim; to declare boldly; to admit	18
14694115235	bilk	cheat; defraud	19
14694189041	broach	to bring up a subject for discussion	20
14694192624	buttress	(v.) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n.) a supporting structure	21
14694194674	celerity	swiftness, rapidity of motion or action	22
14694198958	charlatan	a person who claims to have more knowledge than they do, fraud	23
14694200500	cherubic	angelic; innocent-looking; N. cherub; CF. seraph: winged angel of the highest order	24
14694202085	churlish	(adj.) lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with or deal with; rude	25
14694204569	circuitous	indirect, roundabout	26
14694206742	clandestine	(adj.) secret, concealed; underhanded (Clandestine meeting)	27
14694213886	commensurate	proportional	28
14694215415	concomitant	accompanying in a subordinate fashion	29
15753448396	confluence	a meeting or gathering together syn: convergence; concourse ant: divergence	30
15753456653	conjugal	pertaining to marriage	31
15753459787	contentious	quarrelsome, inclined to argue	32
15753462935	conundrum	a difficult problem, puzzling, even a riddle sometimes	33
15753462953	copious	abundant; plentiful	34
15753466289	corpulence	state of being very fat	35
15753830257	Corterie	clique	36
15753837707	credulous	gullible	37
15753842064	cryptic	mysterious	38
15753849414	curmudgeon	cranky person	39
15753852249	dearth	a lack, scarcity	40
15753856123	demagogue	a leader who appeals to citizens' emotions to obtain power	41
15753866561	desecrate	to violate the sacredness of a thing or place	42
15753871616	diatribe	a bitter verbal attack	43
15753876101	diffidence	shyness, lacking confidence.	44
15753879569	dilatory	tending to delay or procrastinate	45
15753884336	disaffected	rebellious, resentful of authority	46
15753890368	discursive	rambling	47
15753894565	dissemble	to disguise, to pretend	48
15753897230	disparage	belittle	49
15753902915	dispassionate	unbiased person, calm (Judge), unemotional decision made no bias.	50
15753907834	dissonant	not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds	51
15753911951	dissuade	to persuade someone not to do something	52
15753915898	divination	foretelling the future by means of magic	53
15753920839	dotard	foolish old man	54
15753930967	duplicity	double-dealing; hypocrisy; being dishonest and deceitful; ADJ. duplicitous	55
15753944801	egregious	outstandingly bad	56
15753949075	elegiac	having a mournful quality	57
15753954298	elucidate	To make clear by explaining	58
15753957836	emanate	to come forth; to send forth syn: rise; emerge	59
16497614094	emulate	to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model;	60
16497623897	enigmatic	(adj.) puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood	61
16497628533	ennui	boredom; a weariness resulting from a lack of interest	62
16497629496	ephemeral	short-lived	63
16497637981	epicure	person with refined taste in food and wine	64
16497645183	equivocate	Use unclear language to deceive or avoid committing to a position and you mislead them.	65
16497649788	erudition	deep, extensive learning	66
16497658545	esoteric	(adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret	67
16497661182	espouse	(v.) to take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry	68
16497662452	ethereal	(adj.) light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound)	69
16497663314	extol	to praise highly	70
16497664627	fatuous	(adj.) stupid or foolish trying to be foolish	71
16497666545	fecund	fertile; productive	72
16497667829	felicity	happiness; bliss	73
16497668825	fetid	smelling extremely unpleasant	74
16497670086	flippant	(adj.) lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	75
16497671354	florid	(adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy	76
16497674444	foible	a minor weakness in character	77
16497676933	furtive	secretive; sneaky	78
16497680113	garnish	to decorate	79
16497682755	garner	(v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use	80
16497683593	guile	deceit; trickery	81
16497684912	hedonism	self indulgence; pleasure-seeking	82
16497686347	heretic	someone who goes against accepted religious beliefs	83
16497689267	hiatus	a gap, opening, break	84
16497690078	histrionic	(adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic	85
16497691408	hoary	gray or white with age	86
16497692872	iconoclasm	A belief that the practice of worshiping and honoring objects such as icons was sinful. Detroyer of images set up for religious vegenation.	87
16497698068	immutable	unchangeable	88
16497699241	impervious	not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance	89