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AP ENGLISH 270 VOCAB
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hedonist | One who lives only for pleasure |
| Inexorable | Unable to be persuaded |
| Latent | Hidden, not visible or apparent |
| Mauldin | Excessively sentimental |
| Myopic | Short sighted, lacking foresight |
| Perfunctory | Dine carelessly or routinely |
| Prodigal | Recklessly wasteful |
| Provincial | Narrow-minded |
| Putative | Assumed by reputation to exist |
| Remonstrate | To object to, to argue in protest |
| Capricious | Inconstant, fickle, characterized by abrupt changes in action |
| Conjecture | To make an inference based on slight evidence |
| Debase | To reduce in status |
| Beguile | To deceive, to delude |
| Bombastic | Extravagantly high flown |
| Sanguine | Cheerfully optimistic |
| Undulate | To move like waves |
| Esoteric | Difficult to understand |
| Ardent | Extremely enthusiastic |
| Contentious | Quarrelsome, given to controversy |
| Dupe | To fool or trick |
| Ethereal | Airy, insubstantial, heavenly |
| Fastidious | Fussy, excessively picky |
| Inchoate | Just begun, being in the first stage |
| Inscrutable | Perplexing, mysterious |
| Intransigent | One who will not budge or compromise |
| Irreproachable | Blameless, faultless |
| Misanthrope | A hater of mankind |
| Perspicacity | Sharp insight, acute perceptiveness |
| Harangue | To harass |
| Impasse | A deadlock, an obstacle with no apparent way out |
| Indefatigable | Tireless, weariless |
| Intractable | Stubborn, difficult to manage |
| Martinet | A strict disciplinarian |
| Obstinate | Stubborn, inflexible |
| Paucity | Scarcity or shortage |
| Pedantic | Uninspired or unimaginative |
| Polemical | Controversial |
| Prevaricate | To lie or to stretch the truth |
| Prosaic | Ordinary, dull, unimaginative |
| Relegate | To banish, to assign insignificance |
| Respite | Temporary intermission or break |
| Salubrious | Conducive to good health and well being |
| Sedentary | Inactive, passive, motionless |
| Abjure | To reject or renounce |
| Acrimony | Bitterness, discord |
| Acumen | Keen insight |
| Adumbrate | To sketch out in a vague way |
| Alacrity | Eagerness, speed |
| Blandish | To coax by using flattery |
| Brusque | Short, abrupt, dismissive |
| Burnish | To shine, polish |
| Calumny | To attack someone's reputation through lying |
| Cogent | Intelectually convincing |
| Concomitant | Accompany in a subordinate way |
| Contrite | Penitent, eager to be forgiven |
| Demure | Quiet, modest, reserved |
| Deride | To laugh at mockingly, scorn |
| Diffident | Shy, quiet, modest |
| Repartee | Clever dialogue |
| Saturnine | Dully, gloomy |
| Tenant | A common principle or belief |
| Vicarious | Taking the place of a al experience |
| Adroit | Skillful, handy |
| Ascetic | Self deprive person |
| Benighted | Uninformed or unintelligent, ignorant |
| Brazen | Boldly outspoken |
| Bucolic | Rural, rustic, countryside |
| Discursive | Unfocused, rambling |
| Exacerbate | To make worse |
| Indigent | Poor, poverty stricken |
| Tremulous | Quivering, trembling |
| Vacillate | To waver or fluctuate |
| Sacrilege | Insulting something that is sacred |
| Predilection | A partiality to something, a preference |
| Sophistry | Line of reasoning intended to deceive |
| Pariah | Outcast, reject |
| Pernicious | Deadly, destructive |
| Paragon | A model of perfection |
| Mollify | To soothe or calm down |
| Lachrymose | Tearful or tear inducing |
| Lithe | Pliable, agile |
| Grandiloquent | Ornate style in language |
| Edify | To inform or educate |
| Credence | Belief, reliability |
| Avarice | Greed |
| Burgeon | To blossom, burst forth |
| Surreptitious | Secret, sneaky |
| Trenchant | Sharp, acute perceptiveness |
| Munificent | Extremely generous |
| Parsimonious | Stingy, unwilling to spend money |
| Philanthropy | love for humankind |
| Recant | to withdraw a statement |
| Misnomer | wrong name, incorrect designation |
| Obliterate | to erase, destroy, make unrecognizable |
| Laconic | concise, sparing of words, brief |
| Exhort | to advise earnestly, to urge strongly |
| Forbearance | patience, endurance, tolerance |
| Gibe | To ridicule or tease |
| Distend | To stretch and expand in all directions |
| Endemic | native to a people or place, constantly present |
| Coalesce | to unite or grow together |
| Dessicate | to dry up, to drain of vigor, life |
| Chimerical | imaginary, playful, fanciful |
| vindictive | evil hearted, vengeful |
| doleful | sorrowful, full of grief |
| Hackneyed | commonplace, worn out, overused |
| Languish | to grow weak, to lose strength or viability |
| Lurid | hideous, gruesome, causing horror |
| Obsequious | extremely willing to serve the will of others |
| Odious | hateful, extremely offensive |
| Penury | extreme poverty |
| Quell | to put down or overpower |
| Rescind | to take back, revoke, repeal, make void |
| Sporadic | occuring occasionaly |
| Staid | Serious, earnest, formal |
| Zealous | excessively enthusiastic |
| Profligate | wasteful, reckless |
| Prolific | highly productive, fruitful |
| Jettison | to discard, throw aside |
| Palliate | to reduce the severity of |
| Panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties |
| Parsimony | frugality, stinginess |
| Pellucid | easily intellegible, clear |
| Petulance | rudeness, irritability |
| Proclivity | a strong inclination toward something |
| Punctilious | eager to follow the rules |
| Quagmire | a tricky situation |
| Quixotic | idealistic, impractical |
| Rancor | a deep, bitter resentment |
| Reprobate | evil, unprincipled |
| Rescind | to take back, repeal |
| Ribald | coarsely, crudely humorous |
| rife | abundant in supply |
| sacrosanct | holy, something that should not be criticized |
| Stolid | expressing little sensibility |
| surmise | to infer with little evidence |
| Sycophant | One who flatters for self-gain |
| Tacit | Expressed without words |
| Tantamount | equivalent in value or significance |
| Torpid | lethargic, dormant, lacking motion |
| Turgid | swollen, excessively embellished |
| Umbrage | resentment, offense |
| Usurp | to take by force |
| Venerate | to regard with respect or honor |
| Vilify | to lower in importance, defame |
| Winsome | undisciplined, lewd, lustful |
| Zenith | the highest point, the culmination |
| Vicissitude | event that occurs by chance |
| Temerity | audacity or recklessness |
| Anathema | a detested person |
| Assiduous | hard working, diligent |
| Boon | a gift or blessing |
| Buffet | afflict or harm repeatedly or over a long period of time |
| Antithesis | rhetorical contrast of ideas |
| Objectivity | existing outside an individual's thoughts or feelings |
| Allusive | alluding or hinting at |
| Poignant | painfully affective feelings |
| Eccentricity | deviation from established pattern or norm |
| Cadence | a rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language |
| Churlish | marked by a lack of civility |
| Evocation | summoning, imaginative recreation |
| Terse | smoothly elegant, concise |
| Apathy | lack of feeling or emotion, interest or concern |
| Double entendre | a word or expression capable of two interpretation with one usually risque |
| Anaphora | repetition of a word at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row |
| Aphorism | a short witty statement that is often true about life |
| Irascible | easily angered |
| Voluble | talkative |
| Voluminous | taking upa lot of space |
| Bastion | fortress, stronghold |
| Irksome | annoying, infuriating |
| Befuddle | to confuse |
| Congeal | to solidify |
| Raze | destroy, demolish, tear down |
| Goad | to prod or urge |
| Belabor | to explain in unecessary detail |
| Nefarious | wicked, immoral |
| Egress | to exit |
| Neologism | newly coined word |
| Garbled | messed up/ screwed up |
| Grandiose | extremely impressive, grand |
| Frisly | gory or unappealing |
| Ignominy | dishonor, disgrace |
| Languor | languidness, slugishness |
| laudatory | praiseful, giving congratulations |
| Lucubration | hard, scholarly studying |
| Malaise | a feeling of illness or depression |
| Mellifluous | sweet sounding, flowing with honesty or sweetness |
| Minuscule | very tiny |
| Mitigate | to make a situation less severe |
| NAdir | absolute lowest points |
| Nonchalant | appearing casual, cool, indifferent, chilled out |
| ogle | to stare at without stopping |
| ostracize | to banish or exclude |
| Penury | extreme poverty |
| precipice | cliff, steep overhang |
| pulverize | to grind to bits, destroy automatically |
| Quail | to draw back in fear |
| Quip | A snappy response |
| Recapitulate | to repeat, or state again in a form that is more brief than the previous manner |
| Renascent | To come into being again, as in a cultural item |
| Saga | long adventure story |
| Sequester | to separate, set apart, isolate |
| Soporific | sleep inducing |
| Supercilious | haughty, conceited, disdainful |
| Tedious | boring |
| Uncouth | crude, unrefined, awkward |
| vociferous | obnoxiously loud |
| Tepid | lukewarm, somewhat warm |
| Pervade | spread throug and be perceived in every part of |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| Importunate | persistent, especially to the point of annoyance |
| Alleviate | make suffering less severe |
| Munificent | larger or more generous than is usual or necessary |
| Lain | past participle of lie as in lie down |
| Paradoxical | seemingly absurd or self-contradictory |
| Affinity | a spontaneous liking or sympathy for someone or something |
| Sullen | bad-tempered and sulky |
| Amenable | willing and ready to submit the will of others |
| Arrear | something overdue and unpaid |
| Attest | to certify as accurate, genuine or true |
| Averse | reluctant to do something |
| Baleful | malignant, not leaving |
| Bemoan | to lament something |
| Laudatory | expressing praise |
| Befog | to confuse or make unclear |
| Iniquitous | grossly or terribly immoral |
| Demise | ceasing to exist |
| Tumultuous | wild and noisy, uproarious |
| Conduit | a pipe or tunnel for water or wires |
| Lummox | a clumsy, unbalanced person |
| Anthology | a collection of poems, stories, or songs |
| Amenable | willing to follow advice or suggestion |
| Nexus | a connected group or series |
| Epithet | a descriptive name or title |
| Aberration | a deviation from the normal or the typical |
| Dogma | a doctrine, tenet or belief |
| Feint | a false, show, shame, that is not at all real |
| Blandishment | a flattering act or remark meant to persuade |
| Mundane | boring, ordinary, not of special importance |
| Nonchalant | casual, calm, ease |
| Ostentatious | flaunting wealth |
| Pragmatic | practical |
| Scrutinize | to look carefully, examine |
| Spurious | false, untrue |
| Sagacity | wisdom |
| Surreptitious | Secret |
| Rancorous | hateful, unpleasant |
| Bruque | short, rude |
| Opulent | wealthy |
| Precocious | gifted, talented beyond one's years |
| Substantiate | to confirm, to prove |
| Tactful | polite, respecting of rules and courtesy |
| Transient | temporary, not permanent, fleeting |
| Anachronistic | out of context, out of date |
| Arid | very dry |
| Boisterous | enthusiastic or loud |
| Brazen | bold |
| Camaraderie | togetherness, trust, dynamic |
| Canny | careful |
| Capitulate | to surrender |
| Digression | straying from the main point |
| Discredit | dishonor someone, prove untrue |
| Emulate | following someone's example |
| Enervating | tiring, exhausting |
| Ephemeral | fleeting, temporary |
| Extenuating | something that ameliorates a situation |
| Fraught | filled with... |
| Impetuous | impatient, rash, impulsive |
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