AP Vocabulary Quiz 10 Flashcards
AP List 10 Vocabulary
Turbulent
ℹDef: Characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion; not controlled or calm./(of air or water) Moving unsteadily or violently.(technical)Relating to or denoting flow of a fluid in which the velocity at any point fluctuates irregularly and there is continual mixing rather than a steady or laminar flow pattern. 🔷Part Of Speech: Adjective. 🔷Sentence: “the country’s turbulent 20-year history”/”the turbulent sea”.
Insolence
ℹDef: Rude and disrespectful behavior. 🔷Part Of Speech: Noun. 🔷Sentence: “she was sacked for insolence”.
Calumny
ℹDef: The making of false and defamatory statements in order to damage someone’s reputation; slander./A false and slanderous statement. 🔷Part Of Speech: Noun. 🔷Sentence: “voters were tired of the candidates’ endless barrage of calumny”.
Torrent
ℹDef: A strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid./A sudden, violent, and copious outpouring of (something, typically words or feelings). 🔷Part Of Speech: Noun. 🔷Sentence: “rain poured down in torrents”/”she was subjected to a torrent of abuse”.
Temperance
ℹDef: Abstinence from alcoholic drink./Moderation or self-restraint, especially in eating and drinking. 🔷Part Of Speech: Noun. 🔷Sentence: “the temperance movement”.
Judicious
ℹDef: Having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense. 🔷Part Of Speech: Adjective. 🔷Sentence: “the efficient and judicious use of pesticides”.
Clemency
ℹDef: Mercy; lenience. 🔷Part Of Speech: Noun. 🔷Sentence: “an appeal for clemency”.
Extant
ℹDef: (especially of a document) Still in existence; surviving. 🔷Part Of Speech: Adjective. 🔷Sentence: “the original manuscript is no longer extant”.
Primal
ℹDef: (1)Relating to an early stage in evolutionary development; primeval.(psychology)Relating to or denoting the needs, fears, or behavior that are postulated (especially in Freudian theory) to form the origins of emotional life.(2)Essential; fundamental. 🔷Part Of Speech: Adjective. 🔷Sentence: (1)”primal hunting societies”(psychology)”he preys on people’s primal fears”(2)”rivers were the primal highways of life”.
Conjoined
ℹDef: Join; combine. 🔷Part Of Speech: Verb. 🔷Sentence: “an approach that conjoins theory and method”.
Parable
ℹDef: A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels. 🔷Part Of Speech: Noun.
Paradox
ℹDef: A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true./A statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory./A situation, person, or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities. 🔷Part Of Speech: Noun. 🔷Sentence: “in a paradox, he has discovered that stepping back from his job has increased the rewards he gleans from it”/”a potentially serious conflict between quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity known as the information paradox”/”the mingling of deciduous trees with elements of desert flora forms a fascinating ecological paradox”.
Parallel Structure
ℹDef: Repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. 🔷Part Of Speech: Noun.
Parody
ℹDef: An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect./An imitation or a version of something that falls far short of the real thing; a travesty. (Verb)Produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre)./Mimic humorously. 🔷Part Of Speech: Noun.
Pastoral
ℹDef: A work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life. 🔷Part Of Speech: Noun.
