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Ferguson AP English

Ferguson AP 11 English List 18

QuestionAnswer
Abject 1. miserable; wretched 2. lacking self-respect
Acquiesce to yield; to agree without enthusiasm
Adamant unyielding; firm
Adulation excessive praise
Amenable responsive
Arrogance offensive pride; haughtiness
Aver to declar to be true; assert affirm
Averse unwilling reluctant
Avouch 1. to vouch for; guarantee 2. to declare the truth of
Blandish to flatter; coax; cajole
Braggadocio noisy, unjustified boasting
Bumptious boldly conceited; pushy
Cajole to coax with flattery; wheedle
Compatible capable of living or working together harmoniously
Complacent self-satisfied; smug
Complaisant willing to please; accommodating
Con to read carefully
Concur to agree
Contumaceous stubbornly disobedient; rebellious
Corroborate to confirm; support
Deference 1. yielding in opinion, judgement, etc. 2. courteous regard or respect
Demure affectedly (artificially) modest or sedate; coy
Didactic intended for instruction
Docile easy to teach; obedient; tractable
Edify to instruct or enlighten
Effrontery impudence; audacity; unashamed boldness
Flamboyant ornate; too showy
Gainsay to deny or contradict
Haughty scornfully proud
Hauteur scornful pride
Ingratiate to bring (oneself) into another's favor
Inveigle to persuade by deceitful flattery; to obtain by cajolery
Lithe limber; supple
Obdurate hardheaded; stubborn
Obeisance deference or a gesture
Obsequious excessively willing to serve or ober; exhibiting a servile and sycophantic complaisance
Ostentatious overly elaborate or showy, usually for the sake of attracting attention or arousing admiration or envy; pretentious
Pedantic making a show of being educated; narrowly academic
Pertinacity unyielding persistence; dogged inflexibility
Peruse to examine, study, or read
Perverse deviating from what is right or acceptable; contrary; stubbornly disobedient
Recalcitrant stubbornly defiant
Refractory stubborn; hard to manage
Roccoco an extravagantly ornamented style of art or artchitecture
Supercilious arrogantly proud
Supple flexible
Sycophant one who seeks
Tenacious holding firmly; persistent; stubborn
Tractable easily managed; docile; obedient
Wheedle to influence or inveigle by soft words or flattery; coax; cajole
Created by: ~Ash~
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