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AP Lang Set #1
AP Lang Vocabulary Sets 1 - 10
Question | Answer |
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assertion | a declaration or statement |
cogent | convincing; reasonable |
coherent | logically connected |
cohesive | condition of sticking together |
didactic | intended to instruct |
discourse | verbal expression or exchange; conversation |
eloquence | the ability to speak vividly or persuasively |
fluid | easily flowing |
implication | the act of suggesting or hinting |
lucid | easily understood; clear |
rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively |
brusque | rudely abrupt |
caustic | bitingly sarcastic or witty |
fractious | quarrelsome; unruly |
incorrigible | unable to be reformed |
ingrate | an ungrateful person |
insolent | insulting in a manner or speech |
notorius | known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
pugnacious | combative; belligerent |
reprehensible | worthy of blame |
arbiter | a judge who decides a disputed issue |
biased | prejudiced |
exculpate | to free from guilt or blame |
impartial | not in favor of one side or the other, unbiased |
incontrovertible | not able to be denied or disputed |
integrity | trustworthiness; completeness |
objectivity | treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices |
plausible | seemingly valid or acceptable; credible |
substantiated | supported with proof or evidence; verified |
vindicated | freed from blame |
convoluted | intricate; complex |
cryptic | difficult to comprehend |
futile | having no useful purpose; pointless |
impede | to slow the progress of |
obscure | (adj) relatively unknown, (v) to conceal or make indistinct |
quandary | a state of uncertainty or perplexity |
elusive | difficult to capture, as in something actually fleeting |
emigrate | to leave one country or region and settle in another |
transient | passing away with time; passing from one place to another |
transitory | short-lived or temporary |
indolent | lazy |
insipid | uninteresting; unchallenging |
lament | express grief for; mourn |
listless | lacking energy |
melancholy | sadness; depression |
torpor | laziness; inactivity; dullness |
archaic | characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned |
hackneyed | worn out through overuse; trite |
medieval | referring to the Middle Ages |
obsolete | no longer in use |
condemn | to express strong disapproval of; denounce |
discredit | to cause to be doubted |
disparage | to speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle |
pejorative | describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone |
plagiarism | the act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own |
vilify | to make vicious statements about |
alliance | a union of two or more groups |
disparity | inequality in age, rank, or degree; difference |
impinge | hinder; interfere with |
sanction | an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country |
servile | submissive; like a servant |
suppressed | subdued; kept from being circulated |
embellish | to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate |
florid | describing flowery or elaborate speech |
opulent | elaborately decorated |
ostentatious | describing a showy or pretentious display |
poignant | profoundly moving; touching |
ebullience | intense enthusiasm |
effusive | emotionally unrestrained; gushy |
egregious | conspicuously bad or offensive |
flagrant | extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable |
frenetic | wildly excited or active |
gratuitous | given freely; unearned; unwarranted |
superfluous | extra; unnecessary |
innovative | introducing something new |
naive | lacking sophistication |
nascent | coming into existence; emerging |
novel | strikingly new or unusual |
novice | a beginner |
alleviate | to ease a pain or burden |
asylum | a place of retreat or security |
auspicious | favorable; promising |
benevolent | well-meaning; generous |
benign | kind and gentle |
mollify | to calm or soothe |
reclamation | the act of making something useful again |
sanction | to give official authorization or approval |
dubious | doubtful; of unlikely authenticity |
fabricated | made; concocted to deceive |
hypocrisy | the practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity |
slander | false charges and malicious oral statements |
spurious | not genuine |
inconsequential | unimportant |
superficial | concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow |
tenuous | having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak |
trivial | of little importance or significance |
condescending | treating people as weak or inferior |
contemptuous | feeling hatred; scornful |
despotic | exercising absolute power; tyrannical |
dictatorial | domineering; oppressively overbearing |
disdain | (n) contempt, scorn (v) to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on |
haughty | arrogant; vainly proud |
imperious | arrogantly domineering or overbearing |
patronizing | treating in a condescending manner |
astute | shrewd; clever |
clandestine | secretive |
coup | a brilliantly executed plan |
disingenuous | not straightforward; crafty |
ruse | a crafty tick |
strategem | a clever trick used to deceive or outwit |
surreptitiously | done by secretive means |
wary | on guard |
wily | cunning |
ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation |
ambivalent | simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain |
apathetic | feeling or showing little emotion |
arbitrary | determined by impulse rather than reason |
capricious | impulsive and unpredictable |
equivocate | to avoid making a definite statement |
indifferent | not caring one way or the other |
spontaneous | unplanned; naturally occurring |
whimsical | subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable |
alienated | removed or disassociated from (friends, family, or homeland) |
apology | defense of an idea |
apparatus | equipment; a group of machines |
apposition | a grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation |