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AP LANG > Semester 1 Vocab > Flashcards

Semester 1 Vocab Flashcards

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Endoa (v)

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to provide with something freely or naturally

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Calamity (n)

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disaster; major misfortune or loss
[Calamitous (adj)]

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Concurrent (adj)

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occurring at the same time; in agreement

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Solicitous (adj)

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concerned or anxious; meticulously careful

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Entreat (v)

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to plead with; to ask urgently

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Abhorrent (adj)

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causing or deserving strong dislike or hatred; repugnant

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Candor (adj)

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honesty; forthrightness; sincerity
[Candid (adj)]

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Ardent (adj)

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passionate; enthusiatic

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Arduous (adj)

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difficult; strenuous

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Assiduous (adj)

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showing great care, attention, and effort

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Philanthropy (n)

A

desire and active effort to help other people; charitable giving
[Philanthropist (n)]

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Eloquence (n)

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speech marked by force, fluency, and persuasiveness
[Eloquent (adj)]

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Advocate (n)

A

one who promotes the interests on an individual, group, or cause
[advocate (v)]

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Superfluous (adj)

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more than what is sufficient; unnecessary

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Impotent (adj)

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helpless; powerless

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Idleness (n)

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inactivity; laziness
[idle (adj)]

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Pilgrimage (n)

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a long journey (especially to a sacred place)

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Toil (n)

A

long and difficult work
[toil (v)]

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Lucrative (adj)

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profitable; producing wealth

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Querulous (adj)

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habitually complaining; whining

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Wantonly (adv)

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recklessly or carelessly; mercilessly; unjustifiably or without provocation

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Rabid (adj)

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furious; irrationally extreme or fanatical

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Scrupulous (adj)

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having moral integrity; showing careful and strict concern for demands of an unreasonable person or group

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Appease (v)

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to pacify, soothe, or calm; to satisfy or relieve; to yield to the demands of an unreasonable person or group

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Avaricious (adj)

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extremely greedy

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Miserly (adj)

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cheap; stingy; unwilling to part with money
[miser (n)]

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Zealot (n)

A

fanatic or extremist (often irrational or uncompromising)

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Sordid (adj)

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dirty or filthy; immoral or selfish

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Manifest (adj)

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evident; obvious; apparent

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Ineradicable (adj)

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incapable of being eliminated or removed

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Veneration (n)

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great respect; adoration; worship
[to venerate (v)]

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Supplication (n)

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action of asking (or pleading) for something earnestly or humbly

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Callous (adj)

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insensitive; hard-hearted; unfeeling

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Politicize (v)

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to cause something to become political in character

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Transcendent (adj)

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surpassing the ordinancy; exceptional; above or beyond the normal and material world

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Insidious (adj)

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sneaky; treacherous; crafty; proceeding in a gradual, subtle way but with harmful effects

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Enthralled (by) (adj)

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captivated (by); charmed (by)

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Curmudgeonly (adj)

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cranky; bad-tempered
[curmudgeon (n): a grumpy old man]

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Mortified (adj)

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embarrassed; humiliated

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Qualms (n)

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misgivings; doubts; reservations

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Castigate (v)

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to severely criticize or reprimand

40
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Entrench (v)

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to establish solidly

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Condone (v)

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to accept, allow, or approve of something

42
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Expedient (adj)

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convenient or practical (but not necessarily right)

43
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Attenuate (v)

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to weaken or reduce

44
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Subsidize (v)

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to support (an organization or activity) financially; to pay part of the cost of producing something to reduce prices for buyer

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Didactic (adj)

A

instructive or informative (often in a condescending or lecturing way)

46
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Emphatic (adj)

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expressing something forcefully and clearly; demonstrative; insistent (showing emphasis)

47
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Hedonistic (adj)

A

pleasure seeking; self-indulgent; devoted to the pursuit of pleasant sensations
[hedonist (n): a person who always wants to do what feels good]

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tLampoon (v)

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to mock; to satirize; to ridicule

49
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Congenial (adj)

A

friendly; agreeable

50
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Dissuade (from) (v)

A

to talk (someone) out of (something); to advise (someone) against (doing something)

51
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Effluent (adj)

A

wealthy; prosperous

52
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Surfeit (n)

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excess; surplus; overabundance

53
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Idealism (n)

A

belief in the world as it should be; optimism (often unrealistic)
[idealist (n)] [idealistic (adj)]

54
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Amalgam (of) (n)

A

mixture; blend

55
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Derelict (adj

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deserted; abandoned; dilapidated; disrepair; falling apart

56
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Incongruous (adj)

A

incompatible; unfitting; put of place

57
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Decrepit (adj)

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deteriorated; unfitting; out of place

58
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Conflagration (n)

A

fire; blaze

59
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Vagabond (n)

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wanderer; traveler; explorer

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Squall (n)

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tempest; stern

61
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malevolent (adj)

A

hateful; evil; spiteful
[benevolent (adj): kind; well-meaning; good-hearted]

62
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Angst (n)

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anxiety; uneasiness

63
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Altruistic (adj)

A

charitable; humanitarian; philanthropic

64
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Hubris (n)

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excessive pride; overconfidence; arrogance

65
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Inequity (n)

A

inequality; unfairness

66
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vagrant (n)

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homeless person; beggar; wanderer; (usually a nuisance)

67
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Convivial (adj)

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fun-loving; social; congenial

68
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Monomania (n)

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obsessive interest in a single thing, person, or idea

69
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Fatuous (adj)

A

idiotic; foolish; silly

70
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Paucity (n)

A

lack; scarcity

71
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Peruse (v)

A

to examine; to look through

72
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Aesthetic (adj)

A

pertaining to or having a sense of beauty

73
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Torse (adj)

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brief; short; concise

74
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Ambivalent (adj)

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uncertain; undecided; doubtful; “on the fence”

75
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Autonomy (n)

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independence; freedom; self-determination

76
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Euphoria (n)

A

extreme happiness; bliss; ecstasy
[euphoric (adj)]

77
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Precarious (adj)

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hazardous; dangerous; perilous

78
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Beatific (adj)

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divinely happy; angelic; euphoric

79
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Deplore (v)

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to disapprove of; to regret strongly

80
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Futility (n)

A

uselessness; pointlessness
[futile (adj)]

81
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Emulate (v)

A

to imitate; to strive; to equal; to excel

82
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Complacent (adj)

A

satisfied with oneself; pleased with oneself, often without seeing potential faults (negative connotation)
[to be complacent: to feel so satisfied with your own abilities or situation that you feel you don’t need to try harder]

83
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Zeitgeist (n)

A

the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history; the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era

84
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Latent (adj)

A

existing, but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed

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