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List 1
11 AP Language and Composition list 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Superfluous | Being more than is sufficient or required. |
| Bilateral | Two sides. |
| Unilateral | One side only. |
| Circumspect | Watchful and discreet. |
| Commensurate | Corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree. |
| Malevolence | The quantity, state or feeling of being ill will or hatred. |
| Neophyte | A beginner. |
| Misanthropist | A hater of humankind. |
| Bellicose | Inclined or eager to fight. |
| Anthropomorphic | Ascribing human form or attributes to a being or anything not human. |
| Captious | Apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects. |
| Neologism | A new word. |
| Malediction | A curse |
| Incredulous | Disinclined or indisposed to believe. |
| Omniscient | Having complete or unlimited knowledge. |
| Monomania | A psychosis characterized by thoughts confined to one idea. |
| Sepcious | Apparently good though lacking real merit. |
| Excoriate | To denounce or berate severely. |
| Prototype | The original model on which something is based. |
| Xenophobia | Fear of foreigners. |
| Benediction | An utterance of good wishes. |
| Amorphous | Lacking definite form. |
| Preponderance | The fact or quality of being superior. |
| Magnanimous | Generous in forgiving an insult or injury. |
| Equivocate | Speaking on both side |