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English AP vocab
Vocab
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abate | to lessen in intensity and violence |
| Abet | to assist or encourage, especially in wrongdoing |
| Abhor | to detest, loathe, hate strongly |
| Acquit | to find not guilty of a fault or crime |
| Acrimony | harsh temper or bitter feeling |
| Adamant | unyielding; firm in opinion |
| Adulation | excessive praise or admiration |
| Affable | friendly; courteous; agreeable in manner; easy to talk to |
| Agnostic | one who believes that the existence of God is unknown and unknowable |
| Agrarian | having to do with farms, farmers, or the use of land |
| Altercation | a heated argument |
| Ambivalent | being uncertain; unable to decide between two opposing points of view |
| Amicable | friendly; peaceable |
| Anathema | a greatly disliked, hated person or thing; a curse, or a person cursed |
| Apathy | lack of interest |
| Appease | to make calm or quiet; to give in to the demands of |
| Arduous | difficult; requiring much effort; strenuous |
| Audacity | insolence; rude boldness |
| Augment | to enlarge; to increase in amount or intensity |
| Austere | stern, severe, plain |
| Avarice | excessive greed; desire for wealth |
| Avid | eager; extremely interested |
| Bacchanalian | wild with drunkenness |
| Balk | to stop short and refuse to continue; to obstruct |
| Banter | teasing; good-natured joking |
| Barrister | lawyer |
| Bask | to lie in or be exposed to warmth |
| Bastion | a strong defense; a fort |
| Bawdy | indecent; humorously obscene |
| Befuddle | to confuse; to perplex |
| Bigot | one who is intolerant of another's beliefs, opinions, or values |
| Cajole | to persuade with false promises and flattery |
| Candid | outspoken, blunt; informal, unposed |
| Canine | having to do with dogs; a dog |
| Capricious | guided by whim rather than reason; changing Inez's mind suddenly |
| Castigate | to criticize or punish for the purpose of correction |
| Caustic | biting, burning, severe; sharp or sarcastic |
| Chaos | complete disorder |
| Charlatan | one who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he or she really has, especially in the field of medicine |
| Chastise | to punish severely |
| Circumspect | careful, watchful; attentive to all points |
| Circumvent | to get around; to beat or defeat by trickery; to prevent an occurrence |
| Clandestine | secret |
| Clement | merciful; lenient; mild, as weather |
| Cliché | a worn-out idea or overused expression |
| Coerce | to compel by force; to force a person to do something against hi or her will |
| Collaborate | to work together toward another goal; to cooperate with an enemy invader |
| Comely | attractive or handsome; pleasing to the sight |
| Complacent | pleased with oneself or one's deeds |
| Concur | to be of the same opinion; to agree with |
| Condone | to forgive or overlook an offense by treating the wrongdoer as if he had done nothing wrong |
| Connive | to cooperate secretly in a wrongdoing |
| Connoisseur | an expert; a critical judge in matters of culture, food, or wine |
| Contrite | showing a deep regret and sorrow, usually for having committed some wrongdoing |
| Copious | abundant, large in number or quantity |
| Crass | coarse, stupid, tasteless |
| Credence | belief or trust |
| Culinary | having to do with the kitchen or cooking |
| Culmination | attainment by anything of its highest point or degree |
| Cult | a fad-like devotion to a person, thing, or idea; a group off people with such a devotion |
| Cynical | inclined to distrust or deny the goodness or sincerity of human motive |
| Decorum | conformity to accepted standards of conduct; proper behavior |
| Demagogue | a leader who appeals to the emotions and prejudices of people, especially to advance his own power |
| Demure | quiet and modest |
| Deprecate | to express disapproval of; to depreciate one's effort |
| Destitute | extremely poor; lacking necessities like food and shelter |
| Diffident | lacking in self-confidence; shy |
| Dilemma | a difficult choice; especially a choice between two equally undesirable attention |
| Dilettante | one who studies an art or science for mere amusement |
| Disparity | inequality; difference |
| Divulge | to tell, to reveal (as a secret) |
| Docile | easy to teach or manage |
| Dogmatic | stating an opinion in an authoritative or arrogant manner |
| Dole | to distribute; to give out sparingly |
| Dolorous | mournful, sad |
| Dour | gloomy, sullen |
| Droll | amusing in an odd way |
| Duplicity | intentional deceit in speech or conduct |
| Effigy | an image of a person or thing; usually a crude image of a hated person |
| Emaciated | extremely thing, wasted away |
| Emulate | to try to be equal to or better than; to imitate |
| Enamored | to be in love with |
| Enhance | to increase the value or beauty of something |
| Enigma | a puzzling or seemingly inexplicable situation, person, etc |
| Enraptured | to be delighted beyond measure |
| Enunciate | to pronounce words clearly and distinctly |
| Erudite | scholarly; having or showing a wide knowledge gained from reading |
| Ethnic | of or having to do with races or classes of people and their language |
| Evince | to show clearly |
| Evoke | to call forth; to draw forth |
| Exhort | to use words or arguments to invite one to good deeds |
| Exodus | a departure, especially in a large group |
| Expatriate | one who chooses to leave his or her native country |
| Expedient | the best means to do something under a given set of circumstances, especially if it will bring about personal gain |
| Explicit | clearly stated |
| Expound | to explain; to set forth point by point; to interpret |
| Expunge | to erase |
| Extol | to praise highly |
| Extradite | to turn a prisoner over to the jurisdiction of another country or state where the crime was allegedly committed |
| Extraneous | not belonging; foreign; nonessential |
| Extrovert | one who is outgoing, friendly; one who is more interested in what is going on around himor her than his or her own inner being or thoughts |
| Exult | to rejoice over a success or victory |
| Fallacy | a false or mistaken idea |
| Feasible | reasonable, likely; capable of being carried out |
| Fiasco | a complete, ridiculous failure |
| Fickle | likely to change without reason |
| Fluctuate | to move; to vary irregularly |
| Formidable | hard to overcome or deal with; causing fear or awe |
| Frowzy | dirty, unkempt |
| Frugal | not wasteful; thrifty |
| Frustrate | to bring to nothing; to thwart, to baffle |
| Furtive | done in a stealthy or secretive manner |
| Gadfly | a person who annoys others, esp. by rousing them for complacency |
| Galvanize | to startle into sudden activity |
| Gamut | the whole range or extent |
| Gargantuan | of huge or extraordinary size and power |
| Gauche | lacking social grace |
| Genial | warm, friendly |
| Grandiloquest | speaking in a pompous style |
| Gregarious | fond of the company of others; belonging to a flock |
| Grimace | a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain; to make such as expression |
| Harangue | a long, noisy speech or lecture; to make such a speech |
| Harry | to torment another |
| Hearth | a fireplace |
| Heinous | hatefully or shockfully evil |
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