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AP LangVocab List 22
Twenty-second list of 15 words for the 2st semester of AP Lang and Comp
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pedantic | (adjective) characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules |
| Pithy | (adjective) precisely meaningful; tersely cogent; forceful and brief |
| Venial | (adjective) pardonable, forgivable, excusable |
| Copious | (adjective) yielding or containing plenty; ample, abundant, plentiful |
| Perfidious | (adjective) treacherous, false, disloyal; suggests calculated violation of trust |
| Quixotic | (adjective) foolishly impractical, caught up in romance of noble deeds and pursuit or unreachable goals |
| Penury | (noun) a state of extreme poverty or destitution |
| Volition | (noun) a conscious choice or decision; the act or an instance of making a conscious choice; the power or faculty of choosing; the will |
| Felicitous | (adjective) marked by happiness or good fortune; exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style |
| Tenable | (adjective) based on sound reasoning or evidence; capable of being supported or maintained in argument |
| Diffident | (adjective) unasertive and lacking a sense of self-worth; shy and retiring |
| Bilk | (verb) to swindle or cheat; to defraud |
| Rankle | (verb) to cause irritation or festering resentment; to peeve because a perceived injustice |
| Encomium | (noun) warm or glowing praise; formal (usually public) tribute |
| Pulchritude | (noun) beauty; handsomeness |