AP Language Vocabulary Practice Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards based on the provided notes.

Indifferent

A state of being where you have no true decision, could be seen as apathy or uncaringness.

Spontaneous

Something happening without external stimuli.

Whimsical

An amusing, unrealistic way of being.

Inconsequential

Something that doesn't affect other things.

Superficial

Something that at first appears to be true, is untrue under examination.

Tenuous

Barely affecting.

Trivial

Having little importance on a large scale.

Assiduous

With a sense of carefulness and diligence.

Compelling

With a deep attracting sense.

Diligent

With intense focus and intent.

Dogged

Having an unbreaking and steadfast nature.

Endure

Being steadfast in the face of a challenge.

Intrepid

Fearlessness and endurance.

Maverick

Independent and unique in action.

Obdurate

Stubborn in the way that one thinks or acts.

Obstinate

Refusing to change.

Proliferate

To spread and multiply quickly.

Tenacity

Almost aggressive persistence.

Vitality

Having a strong life-force and energy.

Assimilation

Taking in, and correlating a certain idea or thing.

Consensus

A shared idea or agreement.

Conviction

A belief that one holds imperatively.

Context

The circumstances in which an event or idea happens, to the means of understanding an issue better.

Derived

To take something from somewhere.

Incumbent

Necessary and needed if you are in a position.

Inevitable

Can't be avoided.

Malleable

Able to be formed or changed from its original form.

Subdue

To keep something at bay.

Acquired

To have or gain something.

Conception

The forming of some sort of plan.

Dogmatic

Someone or something that follows pure fact and principle.

Enlightening

Something that enlightens or informs you of something

Impression

A feeling given by unconscious knowledge.

Intuition

An innate feeling or idea.

Perspective

A personal idea or attitude towards something.

Profound

In a great or intense nature.

Inherent

Something that exists naturally without outside disturbance.

Innate

A natural aspect of something.

Inveterate

An aspect of interest in ones personality that is ingrained in who they are.

Proximity

Closeness in any sense.

Elusive

Hard to achieve to capture.

Emigrated

Leaving the country that one is home to, in order to live somewhere else.

Transient

Shifting and fleeting in nature.

Transitory

Temporary.

Affable

Someone who is kind and can make good conversation.

Amenable

Someone who is open to suggestion and willing to change.

Camaraderie

Togetherness and fellowship between people who are in close proximity.

Cordial

Outwardly friendly and welcoming.

Facetious

Being deliberately sarcastic and inappropriate.

Impinge

Having a negative effect on something.

Lament

Having a heavy outward distaste for something.

Melancholy

An air of sadness that surrounds someone.

Sanction

A penalty of a country for disobeying a rule.

Truncated

Something that is made shorter.

Aesthetic

A certain focus on the ways in which something looks.

Anthology

A publication of a set of writing.

Contemporary

Occurring at the current time or period.

Dilettante

Someone who fosters a love for something without that much knowledge of the topic.

Eclectic

In a broad and interesting nature.

Excerpt

A short section of a text or other publication.