101 words of halve/morgan/edwards AP lang vocab. 2nd semester
79534988 | Abrogate | to repeal, to set aside, to nullify | |
79534989 | Abscond | to leave quickly and secretively | |
79534990 | Accolade | award or honor, high praise | |
79534991 | Adjure | to command or urge solemnly and earnestly | |
79534992 | Aggrieve | to distress, to mistreat | |
79534993 | Ameliorate | to make better, to ease or improve | |
79534994 | Anathema | something or someone loathed or intensely disliked | |
79534995 | Ancillary | subsidiary, subordinate | |
79534996 | Antipodal | situated on opposite sides of the earth, or being exactly opposite | |
79534997 | Apostasy | abandonment of a loyalty or religion | |
79534998 | Assignation | a secret meeting, a tryst, or something assigned | |
79534999 | Bandy | to toss back and forth, to exchange, to use in a glib way | |
79535000 | Bathos | a transition from the illustrious to the commonplace, overdone pathos, triteness | |
79535001 | Bilious | ill-tempered, cranky, angry | |
79535002 | Bivouac | temporary encampment | |
79535003 | Bumptious | pushy, conceited, noisily self-assertive | |
79535004 | Byzantine | extremely intricate or complicated in structure | |
79535005 | Cabal | a secret group of conspirators, a clique | |
79535006 | Calumny | slander, deliberate false statements | |
79535007 | Cavil | to quibble, to raise trivial objections | |
79535008 | Comport | to behave | |
79535009 | Concomitant | accompanying, attending, going along with | |
79535010 | Conflagration | a large, disastrous fire | |
79535011 | Coterie | an intimate group of people with a common interest | |
79535012 | Decimate | to kill or destroy a large part of something | |
79535013 | Depredate | to prey upon, to plunder with violence if necessary | |
79535014 | Determinism | a philosophy that says things are determined in ways that are out of human hands | |
79535015 | Dichotomy | division into two often contradictory parts | |
79535016 | Dissipate | to break up, to squander, to indulge excessively in sensual pleasure | |
79535017 | Draconian | severe, exceedingly harsh | |
79535018 | Effete | exhausted, lost vitality, over-refined | |
79535019 | Enervate | to weaken, to sap the strength | |
79535020 | Ennui | boredom, listlessness, lack of interest | |
79535021 | Ensconce | to settle in snugly, to hide in a secure place | |
79535022 | Erudite | scholarly, deeply learned, well read | |
79535023 | Feckless | lacking responsibility, ineffective | |
79535024 | Feral | wild, like an wild animal, savage | |
79535025 | Fetter | to impede, retrain, hamper | |
79535026 | Flagellate | to whip, or to punish as if by whipping | |
79535027 | Foment | to stir up, to incite | |
79535028 | Forswear | retract, renounce or recant | |
79535029 | Gestalt | a structure whose parts cannot stand alone | |
79535030 | Gesticulate | to gesture, especially when speaking | |
79535031 | Gird | to invest with authority, to brace | |
79535032 | Histrionic | overly dramatic, theatrical, deliberately affected | |
79535033 | Ignominious | disgraceful, dishonorable | |
79535034 | Impecunious | without money, penniless | |
79535035 | Impugn | to attack the integrity of something | |
79535036 | Implacable | not capable of being appeased or mollified | |
79535037 | Inchoate | just beginning, not organized or orderly, incomplete | |
79535038 | Iniquitous | evil, unjust | |
79535039 | Insouciant | nonchalant, lighthearted, unconcerned | |
79535040 | Intransigent | uncompromising, stubborn | |
79535041 | Inveterate | habitual, deeply rooted or established | |
79535042 | Juggernaut | a massive, unstoppable object | |
79535043 | Lassitude | a weariness, listlessness, a state of lethargy | |
79535044 | Libidinous | lustful, lascivious | |
79535045 | Machination | scheming activity for an evil purpose | |
79535046 | Malfeasance | an illegal act—especially by a public official | |
79535047 | Martinet | one who adheres strictly to the rules | |
79535048 | Mendacious | dishonest, deceitful | |
79535049 | Myopia | nearsightendness, lacking foresight | |
79535051 | Nepotism | showing favoritism to friends or family, as in granting positions in jobs or politics | |
79535052 | Nihilism | the belief that there are no values or morals in the universe, that existence is senseless or useless | |
79535053 | Noisome | harmful, unwholesome, stinking, putrid | |
79535054 | Obdurate | stubborn | |
79535055 | Obsequious | fawning, subservient, servile | |
79535056 | Onerous | burdensome, oppressive, troublesome | |
79535057 | Onus | burden, blame, obligation | |
79535058 | Opprobrious | damning, extremely critical, disgraceful | |
79535059 | Panacea | a remedy that cures everything | |
79535060 | Paradigm | a model or example | |
79535061 | Philistine | a smugly insensitive and ignorant person who has no knowledge of intellectual or artistic objects | |
79535062 | Phlegmatic | calm, indifferent, not easily aroused | |
79535063 | Plebeian | common, vulgar, low class | |
79535064 | Pluralism | a society in which distinct groups function together but retain their identities | |
79535065 | Portent | an omen, a sign nor something coming, a foreshadowing | |
79535066 | Probity | honesty, uprightness | |
79535067 | Prurient | lascivious, have lustful thoughts or desires | |
79535068 | Punctilious | meticulously attentive to detail, exacting | |
79535069 | Recidivism | the act of repeating an offense | |
79535070 | Redoubtable | formidable, fearsome, deserving of respect | |
79535071 | Remuneration | payment, recompense | |
79535072 | Rife | widespread, abounding, occurring frequently | |
79535073 | Ruminate | to muse upon | |
79535074 | Sallow | sickly, greenish-yellow | |
79535075 | Saturnine | sullen, gloomy, depressed | |
79535076 | Sententious | preachy, pompous, using wise sayings excessively | |
79535077 | Slatternly | squalid, slovenly, foul, unclean | |
79535078 | Somnolent | drowsy, sleepy | |
79535079 | Spate | a sudden outburst | |
79535080 | Stalwart | unwavering, robust, sturdily built | |
79535081 | Tendentious | advancing a point of view, biased | |
79535082 | Timorous | fearful, easily frightened | |
79535083 | Umbrage | displeasure or resentment | |
79535084 | Vagary | a whim, an unpredictable action | |
79535085 | Venerate | to honor, to worship, to respect | |
79535086 | Veracious | truthful, honest | |
79535087 | Vitriolic | corrosive, biting, bitterly scathing | |
79535088 | Wont | custom, habit | |
120364810 | Mercurial | emotionally unpredictable, give to rapid change in mood. |