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AP Lang Set #1
AP Lang Vocabulary Sets 1 - 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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