AP lang set 1

Question 1

Abberation

Answer 1

A deviation from what is considered proper or normal or typical

Question 2

Abeyance

Answer 2

The condition of being temporarily set aside; suspension

Question 3

Acerbic

Answer 3

Sour or bitter tasting; sharp or biting, as in character or expression

Question 4

Aesthetics

Answer 4

The branch of philosophy that deals with nature, expression and the perception of beuaty, as in the fine arts

Question 5

Altruistic

Answer 5

Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness

Question 6

Ameliorate

Answer 6

To make or become better; improve

Question 7

Amorphous

Answer 7

Lacking physical form or shape; lacking organization; formless

Question 8

Aphorism

Answer 8

A tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion; an adage

Question 9

Apocryphal

Answer 9

Of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious

Question 10

Atrophy

Answer 10

A wasting or deacrease in size of a body organ, tissue, or part owing to disease, injury, or lack of use

Question 11

Avarice

Answer 11

Immoderate desire for wealth

Question 12

Avow

Answer 12

to acknowledge or declare openly and unashamedly

Question 13

Benevolent

Answer 13

Characterized by or given to doing good

Question 14

Bourgeois

Answer 14

A person belonging to the middle class; a person whose attitudes and behavior are marked by conformity to standards and conventions of the middle class

Question 15

Caustic

Answer 15

Capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action; sarcastic or cutting, biting

Question 16

Charlatan

Answer 16

A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud.

Question 17

Circutious

Answer 17

Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; characterized by indirectness, evassiveness, or complexity, as in action or language

Question 18

Clandestine

Answer 18

Kept or done in secert, often to conceal an illicit or improper purpose

Question 19

Confluence

Answer 19

A flowing together of two or more streams; the point of juncture of such streams