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RHS AP English

Vocabulary List #4 (Week 4)

QuestionAnswer
Astute shrewd; clever
Clandestine secretive
Coup a brilliantly executed plan
Disingenuous Not straightforward; crafty
Ruse A crafty trick or stratagem
Stratagem a clever trick used to deceive or outwit
Surreptitiously Done by secretive means
Wary On guard
Wily Cunning
Ambiguous Open to more than one interpretation
Ambivalent Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
Apathetic Feeling little emotion
Arbitrary Determined by impulse rather than reason
Capricious impulsive and unpredictable
Equivocate to avoid making a definite statement
Indifferent Not caring one way or the other
Spontaneous Unplanned; naturally occurring
Whimsical Subjected to erratic behavior; unpredictable
Inconsequential Unimportant
Superficial Concerned with only what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
Tenuous having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak
Trivial Of little importance or significance
Assiduous Hardworking
Compelling urgently demanding attention
Diligent marked by painstaking effort; hard working
Dogged stubbornly persevering
Endure Put up with; to survive a hardship
Intrepid Courageous, fearless
Maverick one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
Obdurate Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
Proliferate to grow or increase rapidly
Tenacity Persistance in maintaining, or seeking something desired
Vitality Energy; power to survive
Created by: krajcag
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