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AP LangVocab List 27
Twenty-seventh list of 15 words for the 2st semester of AP Lang and Comp
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Autocratice | (adjective) arrogant; all powerful; despotic |
| Pundit | (noun) learned man; authority |
| Calumny | (noun) a false accusation; a slander; a malicious falsity |
| Disconsolate | (adjective) without hope; extremely dejected |
| Meretricious | (adjective) showily attractive; tawdry; attracting attention in a vulgar manner |
| Neophyte | (noun) beginner; recent convert |
| Paean | (noun) poem or song of joy or of great exultation |
| Philistine | (adjective) lacking in culture; commonplace; boorish |
| Ribald | (adjective) indecent; vulgar person |
| Sonorous | (adjective) loud; resonant |
| Augur | (verb) to predict, especially through signs and omens (noun) a seer or soothsayer |
| Bourgeois | (adjective) pertaining to the middle class |
| Chide | (verb) to scold mildly; to reprimand; to chastise in a teasing manner |
| Dolorous | (adjective) mournful; full of grief |
| Phlegmatic | (adjective) sluggish; unemotional; suggesting a calm disposition |