Kara's Ap English Flashcards

Front 1

to give up, to renounce

Back 1

abdicate

Front 2

Suspended Action.

Back 2

abeyance

Front 3

washing the body

Back 3

ablution

Front 4

denial, especially self-denial

Back 4

abnegation

Front 5

to hate, to loathe to detest thoroughly

Back 5

abominate

Front 6

to wear away through friction

Back 6

abrade

Front 7

to condense or shorten

Back 7

abridge

Front 8

to leave secretly and hide

Back 8

abscond

Front 9

to remove guilt, condemnation, or responsibility

Back 9

absolve

Front 10

bitter in speech, taste or temper

Back 10

acerbic

Front 11

the top, the very best

Back 11

acme

Front 12

stinging, caustic

Back 12

acrimonious

Front 13

to warn or scold

Back 13

admonish

Front 14

pleasant, polite, easy to be around

Back 14

affable

Front 15

cheerful quickness

Back 15

alacrity

Front 16

constantly working and striving

Back 16

assiduous

Front 17

lacking decoration or adornment

Back 17

austere

Front 18

predictably commonplace

Back 18

banal

Front 19

extravagantly ornamented

Back 19

baroque

Front 20

to confuse, confound

Back 20

befuddle

Front 21

to look upon with reluctance or diapproval

Back 21

begrudge

Front 22

to betray, attract, facinate

Back 22

beguile

Front 23

to contradict

Back 23

belie

Front 24

kind of mild

Back 24

benign

Front 25

to dirty or ruin

Back 25

besmirch

Front 26

characteristic of a rural/rustic/country setting

Back 26

bucolic

Front 27

group of plotters generally working in secret

Back 27

cabal

Front 28

frank honesty

Back 28

candor

Front 29

to give up, surrender, or quit

Back 29

capitulate

Front 30

a corrosive or burning substance

Back 30

caustic

Front 31

to continually find fault or raise trivial objections

Back 31

cavil

Front 32

to punish or verbally reproach

Back 32

chastise

Front 33

respectful of the situation and its details

Back 33

circumpsect

Front 34

done or kept in private or secret

Back 34

clandestine

Front 35

to come together or join

Back 35

coalesce

Front 36

to exert pressure or undue influence

Back 36

coerce

Front 37

a large fire

Back 37

conflagration

Front 38

an apparently unsolvable riddle or situation

Back 38

conundrum

Front 39

lack, scarcity, shortage

Back 39

dearth

Front 40

to reveal the false, inaccurate or exaggerated nature of ones claims

Back 40

debunk

Front 41

proper, civilized, apporpriate

Back 41

decorous

Front 42

having an unhealthy, damaging effect

Back 42

deleterious

Front 43

immorality, corruption

Back 43

depravity

Front 44

to put down, insult

Back 44

deprecate

Front 45

oppressive ruler with absolute power

Back 45

despot