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List 1
11 AP Language and Composition list 1
Term | Definition |
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Superfluous | Being more than is sufficient or required. |
Bilateral | Two sides. |
Unilateral | One side only. |
Circumspect | Watchful and discreet. |
Commensurate | Corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree. |
Malevolence | The quantity, state or feeling of being ill will or hatred. |
Neophyte | A beginner. |
Misanthropist | A hater of humankind. |
Bellicose | Inclined or eager to fight. |
Anthropomorphic | Ascribing human form or attributes to a being or anything not human. |
Captious | Apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects. |
Neologism | A new word. |
Malediction | A curse |
Incredulous | Disinclined or indisposed to believe. |
Omniscient | Having complete or unlimited knowledge. |
Monomania | A psychosis characterized by thoughts confined to one idea. |
Sepcious | Apparently good though lacking real merit. |
Excoriate | To denounce or berate severely. |
Prototype | The original model on which something is based. |
Xenophobia | Fear of foreigners. |
Benediction | An utterance of good wishes. |
Amorphous | Lacking definite form. |
Preponderance | The fact or quality of being superior. |
Magnanimous | Generous in forgiving an insult or injury. |
Equivocate | Speaking on both side |