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APLA Vocab Finals
Vocab words in the AP English finals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pernicious (adj.) | highly injurious or destructive |
| Parsimonious (adj.) | stingy; penny pincher |
| Acquiesce (v.) | comply or accept without protest |
| Aphorism (n.) | a concise statement that contains a general truth |
| Egregious (adj.) | outstandingly bad; shocking |
| Indelible (adj.) | cannot be washed away, removed, or erased |
| Acerbic (adj.) | acid in temper, mood, or tone |
| Sanctimonious (adj.) | hypocritically pious or devout |
| Imperative (n.) | an obligatory act or duty |
| Inchoate (adj.) | just begun; not fully formed or developed |
| Cupidity (n.) | desire for wealth; greed |
| Halcyon (adj.) | calm, peaceful, happy |
| Indigenous (adj.) | originating or occurring naturally in a particular place |
| Abscond (v.) | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| Ineffable (adj.) | incapable of being expressed in words: also, not to be uttered; taboo |
| Dilatory (adj.) | tending or intended to cause delay |
| Gesticulate (v.) | to make gestures, especially when speaking |
| Grandiloquent (adj.) | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style or language |
| Miscreant (n.) | one who behaves criminally or viciously |
| Exacerbate (v.) | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| Anachronism (n.) | an error in chronology |
| Prosaic (adj.) | an everyday or ordinary quality; dull, unimaginative |
| Cursory (adj.) | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced |
| Fallible (adj.) | liable to be erroneous, capable or making a mistake |
| Acumen (n.) | the ability to make good judgments |
| Nefarious (adj.) | flagrantly wicked; evil |
| Pejorative (adj.) | tending to disparage or belittle |
| Onerous (adj.) | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden |
| Incipient (adj.) | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| Magnanimous (adj.) | showing a lofty and courageous spirit: also very generous or forgiving |
| Colloquial (adj.) | used in ordinary conversation; not formal or literary |
| Ignominious (adj.) | marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame |
| Inexorable (adj.) | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped |
| Obsequious (adj.) | obedient or attentive to an excessive degree |
| Harangue (n.) | a ranting speech or writing |
| Neophyte (n.) | a novice |
| Loquacious (adj.) | talkative |
| Extemporaneous (adj.) | done in the spur of the moment or without preparation |
| Mendacious (adj.) | characterized by being untruthful |
| Pertinacity (n.) | persistent determination |
| Poetaster (n.) | an inferior poet |
| Calumny (n.) | a false statement made to injure another person's reputation |
| Venerate (v.) | to regard with great respect |
| Moribund (adj.) | at the point of death; terminal decline |
| Paucity (n.) | smallness of number |
| Callow (adj.) | lacking experience; immature |
| Picayune (adj.) | of little value, paltry |
| Conflagration (n.) | a large, disastrous fire |
| Beatify (v.) | to make blessedly happy |
| Archetype (n.) | An original that has been imitated |
| Epicurean (adj.) | pertaining to one with sensitive and discriminating tastes, especially in food or wine |
| Paroxysm (n.) | a sudden attack or violent fit, or a sudden recurrence in symptoms |
| Taciturn (adj.) | disinclined to talk; reserved |
| Bellicose (adj.) | warlike in manner |
| Penultimate (adj.) | next to last |
| Spurious (adj.) | of illegitimate birth, also not being what it claims to be |
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