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Vocab 2.2
AP LANG Vocabulary
| Term | definition/sentence/synonym |
|---|---|
| vindicate | clear (someone) of blame or suspicion. "hospital staff were vindicated by the inquest verdict" synonyms: acquit, clear |
| plummet | fall or drop straight down at high speed. "a climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully" synonyms: plunge |
| charlatan | a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud. synonyms: sham, fraud |
| draconian | (of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe. synonyms: harsh |
| fatal | causing death. "a fatal accident" synonyms: deadly, lethal |
| vindictive | having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge. "the criticism was both vindictive and personalized" synonyms: vengeful |
| sycophant | a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage. synonyms: flatterer |
| nefarious | (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal. "the nefarious activities of the organized-crime syndicates" synonyms: wicked, evil |
| anachronism | a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, esp. a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned. "everything was as it would have appeared in centuries past apart from one anachronism, a bright yellow construction crane" |
| dunce | a person who is slow at learning; a stupid person. synonyms: fool |
| plagiarize | take (the work or an idea of someone else) and pass it off as one's own. synonyms: copy |
| limbo | 1.an uncertain period of awaiting a decision or resolution; an intermediate state or condition. "the fate of the Contras is now in limbo" 2.a state of neglect or oblivion. "children left in an emotional limbo" synonyms: unfinished, unattended to |
| effete | no longer capable of effective action. "the authority of an effete aristocracy began to dwindle" synonyms: weak, enfeebled |
| diabolic | belonging to or so evil as to recall the Devil. "his diabolical cunning" synonyms: devilish, fiendish |
| titanic | of exceptional strength, size, or power. "a series of titanic explosions" synonyms: huge, enormous, gigantic |
| asinine | extremely stupid or foolish. "Lydia ignored his asinine remark" synonyms: stupid, foolish |
| hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. synonyms: exaggeration, overstatement |
| chimerical | highly unrealistic. synonyms: quixotic |
| bellwether | an indicator or predictor of something. "college campuses are often the bellwether of change" synonyms: harbinger, herald, indicator, leader |
| irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. "“Don't go overboard with the gratitude,” he rejoined with heavy irony" synonyms: sarcasm, mockery |
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