AP Vocabulary Flashcards

AP vocabulary flashcards from lecture notes.

Ambivalent

Mixed feelings

Abject

Hopeless, miserable

Ambivalent

Mixed feelings

Abject

Hopeless, miserable

Spur

Inspire, propel forward

Spiteful

Hateful

Subvert

Shift/change expectations

Brevity

Brief/exact

Syntax

Arrangement of words

Omnipresent

Present everywhere

Omnipotent

All powerful

Omniscient

All knowing

Dispel

Make disappear/ward off

Cynical

Pessimistic

Thee

You

Thine

Your, yours

Elusive

Mysterious, escaping

Reproof

Rebuke, reprimand, scold

Pragmatic

Practical

Candor

Frankness

Colloquial

Everyday language (conversational)

Didactic

Instructive

Rebuke

Reprimand/Scold

Impartial

Neutral

Acquiescence

Submission

Harbinger

Messenger

Incongruous

Odd/misfit

Obsolete

Use outdated

Undermine

Weaken, compromise

Embellish

Decorate

Refrain

Repeated line in a song

Spurned

Jilted, rejected