AP LANG VOCABULARY & TERMS

Ten words per week. Cumulative quizzes every Tuesday. 1. aesthetic: having to do with the appreciation of beauty 2. affable: easy going! friendly ". alienated: removed or disassociated from #. amenable: responsive! agreeable $. anaphora: repetition of words at the beginning of successive phrases! clauses %. antecedent: the noun to which a later pronoun refers &. antimetabole: repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast '. apology: defense of an idea (. apposition: a grammar construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an e)planation 1*. arbiter: a +udge who decides a disputed issue 11. 12. 1". 1#. 1$. 1%. 1&. 1'. 1(. 2*. archetype: perfect e)ample assertion: a declaration or statement assiduous: hard working astute: shrewd! clever asyndeton: leaving out con+unctions austere: without decoration! strict brusque: rudely abrupt candor: frankess capricious: impulsive and unpredictable caustic: bitingly sarcastic or biting ##. #$. #%. #&. eloquence: the ability to speak vividly or persuasively enmity: mutual hatred or ill will epigram: brief! witty statement equanimity: the quality of being calm and even tempered #'. equivocate: to avoid making a definite statement #(. e)culpate: to free from guilt or blame $*. facile: done or achieved with little effort, easy $1. fastidious: possessing careful attention to detail, difficult to please $2. flagrant: e)tremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable $". florid: describing flowery or elaborate speech $#. fluid: easily flowing $$. fractious: quarrelsome! unruly $%. frenetic: vividly e)cited or active $&. gratuitous: given freely! unearned! unwarranted $'. hackneyed: worn out through overuse $(. heinous: abominable %*. hortatory: urging! strongly encouraging %1. %2. %". %#. %$. %%. %&. %'. %(. &*. &1. &2. &". &#. &$. &%. &&. &'. &(. '*. hypophora: asking a question and answering it imperative sentence: command imperious: arrogantly domineering or overbearing impinge: hinder! interfere with implication: the act of suggesting or hinting incorrigible: unable to be reformed indolent: lazy induction: reasoning from specific to general insipid: uninteresting! unchallenging insolent: insulting in manner or speech intrepid: courageous! fearless intuition: sharp insight inversion: a sentence in which the verb precedes the sub+ect inveterate: long established! deep rooted lament: e)press grief! mourn laudatory: giving praise listless: lacking energy lucid: easily understood! clear malfeasance: wrongdoing! misconduct maverick: one who is independent and resists adherence to a group

21. chiasmus: an inversion in the second of two parallel phrases 22. clandestine: secretive 2". cogent: convincing! reasonable 2#. coherent: logically connected 2$. conception: the ability to form or understand an idea 2%. convoluted: intricate! comple) 2&. copious: plentiful! having a large quantity 2'. cumulative sentence: independent clause followed by subordinate clauses 2(. declarative sentence: makes a statement "*. decorous: proper! marked by good taste "1. "2. "". "#. "$. "%. "&. "'. "(. #*. deductive: reasoning from general to specific despotic: e)ercising absolute power didactic: intended to instruct dilettante: one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge discourse: verbal e)pression or e)change, conversation disparage: to belittle dogged: stubbornly persevering dogmatic: stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs ebullience: intense enthusiasm eclectic: made of up a variety of sources or styles

#1. effusive: emotionally unrestrained! gushing #2. egregious: conspicuously bad or offensive #". elegiac: mournful

'1. mediocrity: quality of being average '2. metonymy: figurative tool in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated '". mollify: to calm or soothe '#. nascent: coming into e)istence! emerging '$. nominalization: turning a verb or ad+ective into a noun '%. notorious: infamous '&. novel: strikingly new or unusual

''. obdurate: stubborn! infle)ible '(. obstinate: stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action (*. ostentatious: describing a showy or pretentious display (1. oxymoron: an apparent contradiction of terms (2. pacing: relative speed or slowness with which a story is told or idea presented (". panegyric: statement of high praise (#. paradigm: e)ample or model ($. paradox: a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true (%. paramount: of chief concern or importance (&. parody: artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect ('. patronizing: treating in a condescending manner ((. pe+orative: describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone 1**.penitent: e)pressing remorse 1*1. periodic sentence: main clause ends the sentence 1*2.permeated: spread or flowing throughout 1*".pernicious: causing great alarm 1*#. persona: the speaker! voice! or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing 1*$.pervasive: dispersed throughout 1*%.plausible: seemingly valid or acceptable, credible 1*&.poignant: profoundly moving 1*'. polemic: argument against an idea! usually regarding philosophy! politics! or religion -polemical . controversial/ 1*(. polysyndeton: deliberate use of a series of con+unctions 11*.ponderous: e)tremely dull 111.prodigious: enormous 112.proliferate: to grow or increase rapidly 11".propitious: presenting favorable circumstances 11#.propriety: appropriateness of behavior 11$.prosaic: dull 11%.prudent: e)ercising good +udgment 11&.pugnacious: combative! belligerent 11'.quandary: state of perple)ity or uncertainty 11(.querulous: complaining in a petulant or whining manner 12*.rancorous: marked by deep seated ill will 121.replete: abundantly supplied! filled to capacity 122. rhetoric: the art of using language persuasively 12".sanction: give official authorization or approval 12#.sardonic: disdainfully or ironically humorous, bitter or caustic 12$.serene: calm 12%.servile: submissing! like a servant 12&.slander: false charges against someone 12'.spurious: not genuine 12(.staid: unemotional! serious 1"*.stoic: indifferent to pleasure or pain! impassive 1"1.stratagem: clever trick designed to deceive or outwit

1"2. subordination: the dependence of one syntactical element on another in a sentence 1"".substantiated: supported with proof or evidence, verfied 1"#.surreptitiously: done by secretive means 1"$. syllogism: a form of deductive reasoning: a ma+or premise! minor premise! conclusion 1"%. synecdoche: form of metonymy where a part signifies the whole 1"&.tenacity: persistence 1"'.tenuous: having little substance, shaky! unsure! weak 1"(.theoretical: lacking practical application 1#*.timorous: timid! fearful of the future 1#1.torpor: laziness! dullness 1#2.trepidation: apprehension 1#".truncated: shortened! cut off 1##. understatement: lack of emphasis in a statement or point, restraint in language often used for ironic effect 1#$.venerated: highly respected 1#%.vilify: to make vicious statements about 1#&.vindicated: freed from blame 1#'.wary: on guard 1#(.whimsical: sub+ect to erratic behaviour, unpredictable 1$*. zeugma: construction in which one word -usually a verb/ modifies or governs0usually in different! sometimes incongruent ways0two or more words in a sentence