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Vocabulary lists
AP LANG vocab words.
| 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 by friction |
| 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 generally accepted |
| Machinations | the act of planning with evil intent |
| Maledictions | invocation of evil; curse; slander; a speaking of evil about some collection of things |
| Oscillate | to swing to and from; 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 (towards 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 |