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AP Lang vocab list 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| credible | convincing |
| scathing | severly critical |
| intrinsic | essential |
| blazon | to display vividly |
| extricate | to free someone from difficulty |
| flout | to openly reject a law |
| fractious | difficult to control |
| scourage | a person that causes great suffering |
| transient | lasting for a short time |
| vapid | offering nothing that is challenging |
| renown | the condition of being known or talked about by many people |
| harbringer | a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another |
| caveat | a warning of specific conditions |
| abasement | degradation |
| enigma | a person that is mysterious |
| pompous | [tone] a formal display of self-importance |
| recalcitrant | resisting control [tone] |
| reticent | unable to speak freely [tone] |
| risible | causing laughter [tone] |
| sanguine | cheerful [tone] |
| sardonic | mocking [tone] |
| speculative | theoretical rather than practical [tone] |
| stolid | not easily stirred or moved mentally [tone] |
| taciturn | reserved and uncommunicative [tone] |
| timorous | scared [tone] |
| cise | cut |
| cred | believe |
| dict | say |
| ician | specialist |
| itis | inflammation |
| logy | science |
| miss | send |
| neo | new |
| port | carry |
| scrib | write |