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AP LangVocab List 24
Twenty-fourth list of 15 words for the 2st semester of AP Lang and Comp
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Delineation | (noun) a description or outline with accurate detail |
| Vindicate | (verb) to clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting arguments or proof |
| Turpitude | (noun) vileness, evil wickedness, depravity, baseness; a base act |
| Redress | (verb) to set right or remedy, to compensate, esp. for something immoral or unethical; can be a noun |
| Vituperation | (noun) sustained and bitter railing, abusive scolding |
| Extol | (verb) to praise highly, glorify |
| Elucidate | (verb) to make clear by explanation or analysis |
| Fatuous | (adjective) silly, inane; vacuously, smugly and unconsciously foolish; delusive, unreal |
| Fulminate | (verb) to explode; also, to denounce loudly or forcefully |
| Gesticulate | (verb) to employ gestures, especially in place of speech. |
| Rubicon | (noun) a point beyond which permanent change is unavoidable (see name of river) |
| Amorphous | (adjective) formless, not only physically shapeless, but also be shapeless ideas, personalities, etc. |
| Ingénue | (noun) naïve, unsophisticated person (usually female) |
| Protean | (adjective) changeable; readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable |
| Sublimate | (verb) to transfer the force of an unacceptable inclination or impulse to a pursuit considered proper; to redirect an urge to wholesome purpose |