Ap English Vocab 2.1

Front 1

ameliorate; amelioration

Back 1

become better, make better, improve, enhance (worsen); improvement (degradation)

Front 2

conserve; conservation; conservationist

Back 2

keep from waste, loss, or decay, save (waste); preservation from loss, injury, or waste; one who advocates the conservation of natural resources

Front 3

detriment; detrimental

Back 3

injury, damage, or something that causes it, disadvantage (advantage); harmful, damaging

Front 4

exotic

Back 4

foreign (native, indigenous)

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folly

Back 5

lack of good sense, foolish action or undertaking (wisdom)

Front 6

formerly; former

Back 6

in an earlier period, previously (now); preceding, previous (latter)

Front 7

harmony; harmonious

Back 7

peaceable or friendly relations, accord, agreement, tranquility, concord (conflict, disharmony); friendly, amicable

Front 8

ignore; ignoramus

Back 8

refuse to take notice of, disregard (heed); ignorant, stupid person, dunce, dolt, dullard, nincompoop

Front 9

impediment; impede

Back 9

something that hinders or obstructs, hindrance, obstacle (aid); interfere with or slow the progress of

Front 10

indolent; indolence

Back 10

disposed to avoid exertion, lazy, idle, lethargic (industrious); idleness, laziness

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intact

Back 11

untouched by anything that damages, or diminishes, left complete (imperfect)

Front 12

invalid; invalidate; invalid

Back 12

not binding in law, having no force or effect, void (valid); abolish, annul; sickly or disabled person

Front 13

non carcinogenic

Back 13

not producing, or tending to produce cancer (carcinogenic)

Front 14

parsimonious; parsimony

Back 14

unduly sparing in the spending of money (generous); stinginess (generosity, liberality)

Front 15

raze

Back 15

destroy utterly by tearing down, demolish, level (erect)

Front 16

reticent; reticence

Back 16

inclined to be silent or secretive, uncommunicative, reserved (frank); restraint in communication (frankness)

Front 17

retire

Back 17

withdrawal from active duty or business, go to bed

Front 18

retort

Back 18

answer, reply sharply, or angrily ;quick, witty, sharp reply

Front 19

subvert; subversion

Back 19

overturn, overthrow from the foundation (uphold); sabotage, undermining

Front 20

tractable; tractability

Back 20

easily led, taught, or controlled (unruly, intractable); obedience

Front 21

baffle; baffling

Back 21

bewilder, perplex, puzzle; frustrating, bewildering

Front 22

cinema; cinematography

Back 22

movies; art of making movies

Front 23

despise; despicable

Back 23

look down on with disgust, loathe, inferior (admire); worthy of contempt (laudable)

Front 24

ebullient; ebullience

Back 24

overflowing with enthusiasm, exuberant, high spirited; exuberance

Front 25

exaggerate; exaggeration

Back 25

overstate, go beyond limits, magnify (minimize); overstatement (understatement)

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expertise

Back 26

specialized skill or technical knowledge, expertness

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finicky

Back 27

concerned with details, hard to please, fussy,

Front 28

gall

Back 28

make sore irritate mentally, annoy; boldness, nerve (meekness)

Front 29

inane; inanity

Back 29

lacking significance silly, pointless, foolish ; shallowness

Front 30

indemnify

Back 30

compensate for loss damage, reimburse, repay

Front 31

occident; occidental

Back 31

west, countries of American and Europe (orient); western (oriental)

Front 32

peruse; perusal

Back 32

read, loot at attentively, study; reading, study

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scuffle

Back 33

struggle at close quarters in a rough matter, wrestle, grapple; brawl, fight

Front 34

spurn

Back 34

thrust aside with disdain or contempt, reject (accept)

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stipend

Back 35

fixed pay for services, salary, allowance of scholarship winner

Front 36

surveillance

Back 36

close watch over a person or group

Front 37

tepid; tepidly

Back 37

moderately warm, lukewarm; unenthusiastically

Front 38

wager

Back 38

risk on the outcome of event, gamble bet; bet

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wane

Back 39

decrease in power or size, dwindle, sink (wax)

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abhorrent; abhor

Back 40

in conflict, opposed, loathsome (admirable); utterly detest, loathe, hate

Front 41

admonish; admonition

Back 41

reprove gently but seriously, caution (commend); gentle warning, friendly reproof

Front 42

ambrosial

Back 42

extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious, heavenly

Front 43

confine; confinement

Back 43

shut up, imprisoned (free); imprisonment

Front 44

decade

Back 44

period of ten years

Front 45

detonate; detonation

Back 45

explode with violence, cause to explode; explosion

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ephemeral

Back 46

lasting one day only, short lived, (permanent, perpetual)

Front 47

gullible; gull

Back 47

easily deceived or cheated; deceive cheat

Front 48

haggle

Back 48

dispute or argue over a price in a petty way, bargain, haggle

Front 49

immerse; immersion

Back 49

place into a liquid, dip, engross, absorb; state of being engrossed

Front 50

insomnia; insomniac

Back 50

inability to sleep; person suffering form insomnia

Front 51

lapse

Back 51

slip, error, mistake; interval; cease being in force, invalid

Front 52

probe; prober

Back 52

critical inquiry about suspected illegal activity; investigator

Front 53

render; rendering

Back 53

hand down officially, deliver as verdict; presentation, interpretation

Front 54

repast

Back 54

food for one occasion of eating, meal

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replenish

Back 55

bring back to condition of being full, refill

Front 56

score

Back 56

group or set of twenty

Front 57

snub

Back 57

act or instance of snubbing, treat with contempt, rebuff, slight, insult; treat with contempt or slight

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suture

Back 58

strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body, stitches

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unwittingly

Back 59

unintentionally, by accident, unknowingly (intentionally)

Front 60

acquit; acquittal

Back 60

relieve from accusation, not guilty, discharge (convict); perform one's part, conduct ones self;; exculpation, discharge (conviction)

Front 61

complex; complexity

Back 61

having varied interrelated parts, and therefore hard to understand(simple); difficulty, intricacy (simplicity)

Front 62

consign; consignee

Back 62

give, transfer, or deliver, hand over, commit; person to whom something is shipped

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effrontery

Back 63

shameless boldness, insolence, gall, nerve

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excruciating

Back 64

causing great pain

Front 65

forbearance

Back 65

act of refraining, patience (anger)

Front 66

hamper

Back 66

interfere with, hinder, impede

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nettlesome

Back 67

literally, full of nettles, irritating, annoying

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oblivious; oblivion

Back 68

(followed by of) forgetful, unmindful, not aware; condition of being forgotten or unknown

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prodigious; prodigy

Back 69

extraordinary in size or amount, huge, colossal (tiny); person with extraordinary talent, wonder

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rejuvenate

Back 70

make young or youthful again, give new vigor to, refresh

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residue; residual

Back 71

whatever is left over after a part is taken, disposed of, remainder;; remaining after a part is used or taken

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salutary

Back 72

favorable to health, beneficial, (deleterious)

Front 73

scrutinize; scrutiny

Back 73

examine closely, inspect; examination, inspection, review

Front 74

supersede

Back 74

force out of use, displace, replace

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sweltering; swelter

Back 75

oppressively hot (frigid); suffer from heat

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unruffled

Back 76

not upset or agitated, calm, cool (discomposed)

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unwieldy; unwieldiness

Back 77

hard to handle bc of size and weight; bulky; bulkiness

Front 78

withdraw; withdrawal

Back 78

take back, remove (deposit); draw back, go away, retreat (advance);; taking back, removal; drawing back, departure (approach)

Front 79

zany

Back 79

having characteristics of clown, insane, crazy, clown, buffoon