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APLvocab
vocab words for AP Lang
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aggregate | to unite/ combined/ to form another |
| Antithesis | an opposite or contrast |
| Aplomb | self-confidence; poise |
| Atrophy | a wasting away/ to waste or fail to waste away |
| Attrition | the act of wearing away by friction |
| Autonomy | quality or condition of being independent |
| Charlatan | a quack; an imposter |
| Circumvent | to surround; to catch in trap |
| Coalesce | to grow together; to merge into one |
| Diatribe | discourse or dispute especially one of malicious criticism |
| Facetious | lightly joking |
| Filch | to steal/ the thing taken; the thief |
| Fulminating | thundering; exploding; hurling denunciation |
| Heretical | containing, holding opinions opposite of what is generallly accepted |
| Machinations | the act of planning with evil intent |
| Malediction | invocation of evil; curse; slander; a speaking of evil about some collection of things |
| Oscillate | to swing to and fro; to be indecisive |
| Perusal | a careful and thorough reading |
| Pusillanimous | faint-hearted; cowardly |
| Querulous | inclined to find fault; habitually complaining |
| Resilience | the act of leaping or springing back; a rebound |
| Schism | a split or division in organized group |
| Truncate | to shorten by cutting |
| Urbane | courteous in manners; polite |
| Vagary | an odd action or bit of conduct |
| Acrimonious | sharp, bitter, corrosive; severe, sarcastic speech |
| Ameliorate | to make better, to improve |
| Assuage | to lessen; pacify, satisfy/ to abate or subside |
| Banal | commonplace, trivial |
| Chary | careful, cautious, shy, frugal or stingy |
| Embryonic | in an early stage; underdeveloped |
| Enigma | a perplexing statement, riddle |
| Erudite | having extensive knowledge/ a learned person |
| Inexorable | that which cannot be moved by persuasion, immovable |
| Intrepid | fearless, brave, bold |
| Inveterate | deep rooted, settled in habit, practice |
| Laconic | concise phrase, expressing much in few words |
| Loquacious | talkative |
| Obeisance | a gesture of respect or reverence (bow or curtsy) deference |
| Obsequious | excessive willingness to obey; devoted, dutiful |
| Pedantic | making a display of knowledge |
| Petulant | impatient, irritable, bad tempered |
| Phlegmatic | hard to rouse to action, sluggish |
| Proclivity | a natural tendency (toward something discreditable) |
| Prognosticate | to predict, to foretell |
| Pugnacious | disposed to fight, quarrelsome |
| Pulchritude | physical beauty |
| Scrupulous | careful of details, conscientiously honest |
| Trenchant | keen, penetrating; forceful, vigorous, clear out, distinct |
| Vapid | tasteless, flavorless, flat, uninteresting, lifeless, dull |
| Adroit | dexterous, skillful in the use of hands, ingenious |
| Alacrity | cheerfulness, readiness to serve, quickness in thought or action |
| Antipathy | a strong dislike, a repugnancy, a revulsion |
| Astute | cunning, crafty |
| Augment | to increase, to grow larger/ an increase |
| Augur | fortune teller, soothsayer/ to prognosticate, predict, foretell |
| Bellicose | warlike, disposed to fight |
| Bon mot | a jest, a witty, clever saying |
| Contrite | deeply affected with grief, showing remorse, guilt/ one who is contrite |
| Demur | to delay; to take exception to/ a stop, pause or delay |
| Deplore | to lament, mourn |
| Impunity | exemption from punishment, penalty, injury |
| Integral | complete, necessary to make whole/ a whole or entire thing |
| Invariable | (in math) a constant/ does not vary |
| Invective | a violent verbal attack, vituperation, an abusive word |
| Latent | lying hidden, underdeveloped, dormant |
| Macabre | gruesome, grim, horrible, ghastly |
| Obdurate | not easily moved to pity, not repenting, stubborn |
| Paean | a loud, joyous song |
| Paragon | a model, pattern of superior excellence/ poetic, to put side by side; to compare |
| Prolific | producing many young, fruitful, abounding |
| Recalcitrant | refusing to obey authority/ on who refuses to obey |
| Vacillate | to sway to and fro, to fluctuate, to waiver in mind |
| Voracious | greedy in eating; eager in pursuit; insatiable |
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