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Vocabulary List 2
AP Language study for second vocabulary test.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acrimonious | adj. = sharp, bitter, corrosive; severe, sarcastic speech |
| Banal | adj. = commonplace, trivial |
| Chary | adj. = careful, cautious, shy, frugal or stingy |
| Embryonic | adj. = in an early stage; underdeveloped |
| Enigma | n. = a perplexing statement, riddle |
| Erudite | adj. = having extensive knowledge / n. = a learned person |
| Inexorable | adj. = which cannot be moved by persuasion, immovable |
| Intrepid | adj. = fearless, brave, bold |
| Inveterate | adj. = deep rooted, settled in habit, practice |
| Laconic | adj. = concise phrase, expressing much in few words |
| Loquacious | adj. =talkative |
| Obeisance | n. = a gesture of respect or reverence (bow or curtsy) deference |
| Obsequious | adj. = excessive willingness to obey; devoted, dutiful |
| Pedantic | adj. = making a display of knowledge |
| Petulant | adj. = impatient, irritable, bad tempered |
| Phlegmatic | adj. = hard to rouse to action, sluggish |
| Proclivity | n. = a natural tendency (toward something discreditable) |
| Prognosticate | v.t. = to predict, to foretell |
| Pugnacious | adj. = disposed to fight, quarrelsome |
| Pulchritude | n. = physical beauty |
| Scrupulous | adj. = careful of details, conscientiously honest |
| Trenchant | adj. = keen, penetrating; forceful, vigorous, clear out, distinct |
| Vapid | adj. = tasteless, flavorless, flat, uninteresting, lifeless, dull |
| Ameliorate | v.t. = to make better; to improve |
| Assuage | v.t. = to lessen; pacify, satisfy / v.i. = to abate or subside |