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Baker's vocab 1-6
12 AP vocab lists 1-6 selected words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| indolence | laziness |
| anomalous | odd, not fitting for the situation |
| demagogue | leader who gains excessive popularity by appealing to prejudice or false claims |
| inordinate | excessive |
| paternalism | attitude of acting like a father, condescending nature |
| altruism | quality of doing good for others with no thought of benefit to one's self |
| convention | an accepted way of doing or thinking |
| absurd | lacking a basis in rational thought |
| avarice | extreme greed |
| profane | having to do only with the secular world, not holy |
| adamant | an unbreakable or extremely hard substance, determined, not willing to change, unyielding |
| paradigm | a typical example or model of the way something is done or what it is like |
| pervasive | spreading into all parts |
| portrayal | way of showing something, usually either in an art form (painting, writing, film) |
| prodigious | extraordinary, arousing excitement or wonder |
| qualify | to limit or modify |
| realizable | attainable, able to be brought into being |
| recapitulate | review and summarize |
| rendering | to depict or reproduce by some art form such as painting, drama, writing |
| resolve | determination to do something in spite of hindrances |
| servility | having the quality of one whose job is to meet the demands of others, excessive submissiveness |
| subvert | to overthrow or to pervert or corrupt |
| sustained | maintained at the same intensity over a period of time |
| systematically | thoroughly and with definite, deliberate purpose |
| adherent | one who follows the teachings or beliefs of a group |
| bellicose | warlike, prone to fighting |
| concourse | the joining of many things or people into one whole |
| deprivation | the state of lacking something essential |
| entourage | group of followers, attendants, or associates |
| fell | fierce, cruel, deadly, dangerous, grim |
| credible | believable |
| evoke | to recreate imaginatively, to bring to mind, to arouse a feeling |
| homage | reverence, praise, service |
| impervious | unable to be affected by or changed by outward influence |
| impious | not showing appropriate reverence |
| indefatigable | untiring |
| indictment | expression of strong disapproval, a formal charge of wrongdoing |
| infusion | continuous slow introduction of one thing into another |
| intoning | to utter in singing tones or in a monotone |
| jocund | high-spirited, tending to joke |
| languor | weakness, weariness of body or spirit |
| lapse | (noun) a slight error due to a momentary inattention, a period when something becomes inactive or is no longer in effect |
| mien | appearance as reflecting attitude and character, especially facial expression |
| monitory | of a warning nature |
| obscurity | dimness, quality of environment making it difficult to see or recognize something, the quality of being unseen or unrecognized |
| officiated | performed the required duties of a role, especially, performed the duties of a priest at mass |
| overweening | immoderate, excessive, usually related to arrogance |
| plausible | believable, credible |
| preternatural | exceeding what is natural, not explainable by natural means |
| primal | having the nature of something primitive |
| primeval | related to the earliest origins |
| proffer | to present for acceptance |
| transcend | to rise above, to exceed the normal capabilities or performance |
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