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AP LangVocab List 18

Eighteenth list of 15 words for the 2st semester of AP Lang and Comp

TermDefinition
Platitude (noun) commonplace or trite saying, esp. one expressed as if it were original or significant
Dilettante (noun) one who has great interest but little knowledge; a dabbler; a lover of fine arts who follows a branch of knowledge for amusement only
Galvanize (verb) to excite or arouse to activity
Effusive (adjective) unrestrained or excessive; pouring forth freely
Candor (noun) frankness, honesty, openness, sincerity; impartiality
Pique (noun) fit of resentment; irritation of feelings caused by a perceived slight indignity; a feeling of wounded pride. (The verb form may mean "to arouse" as in "the commercial piqued our interest".)
Malign (verb) to make evil, harmful and often untrue statements about; to slander, to wrong, to injure
Peremptory (adjective) absolute; decisive; not allowing contradiction or refusal; urgent (don't confuse with "preemptory" which is doing something in anticipation of some other event in a preventative manner)
Wheedle (verb) to coax, to persuade, to cajole by flattery or guile
Decorum (noun) code of governing correct behavior; conformity with established standards or manners
Cavalier (adjective) unconcerned with what is considered important; nonchalantly unengaged, especially with regard to serious matters
Penultimate (adjective) next-to-last; (often thought of as "final" but it is not)
Rusticate (verb) to move (a person) to the country; to accustom to the country
Saturnine (adjective) moody and morose; gloomy
Endemic (adjective) indigenous; characteristic of a certain place, region or populace
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