Selected words from the 2013 Princeton Review AP English Language and Composition "The Hit Parade" chapter. (These are words that have most commonly appeared on the AP Lang exam in the past.)
14520356896 | Cogent | convincing, reasonable | 0 | |
14520356897 | Didactic | intended to instruct | 1 | |
14520356898 | Lucid | easily flowing; easily understood; clear | 2 | |
14520356899 | Arbiter | a judge who decides a disputed issue | 3 | |
14520356900 | Exculpate | to free from guilt or blame | 4 | |
14520356901 | Incontrovertible | not able to be denied or disputed | 5 | |
14520356902 | Imperious | arrogantly domineering or overbearing | 6 | |
14520356903 | Convoluted | intricate; complex | 7 | |
14520356904 | Quandary | a state of uncertainty or perplexity | 8 | |
14520356905 | Indolent | lazy | 9 | |
14520356906 | Insipid | uninteresting; unchallenging | 10 | |
14520356907 | Torpor | laziness; inactivity; dullness | 11 | |
14520356908 | Disparity | inequality in age, rank, or degree; difference | 12 | |
14520356909 | Impinge | hinder; interfere with | 13 | |
14520356910 | Servile | submissive; like a servant | 14 | |
14520356911 | Ostentatious | describing a showy or pretentious display | 15 | |
14520356912 | Ebullience | intense enthusiasm | 16 | |
14520356913 | Effusive | emotionally unrestrained; gushy | 17 | |
14520356914 | Egregious | conspicuously bad or offensive | 18 | |
14520356915 | Frenetic | wildly excited or active | 19 | |
14520356916 | Auspicious | favorable; promising | 20 | |
14520356917 | Mollify | to calm or soothe | 21 | |
14520356918 | Reclamation | the act of making something useful again | 22 | |
14520356919 | Dubious | doubtful; of unlikely authenticity | 23 | |
14520356920 | Spurious | not genuine | 24 | |
14520356921 | Astute | shrewd; clever | 25 | |
14520356922 | Clandestine | secretive | 26 | |
14520356923 | Coup | a brilliantly executed plan | 27 | |
14520356924 | Disingenuous | not straight-forward; crafty | 28 | |
14520356925 | Ruse | a crafty trick | 29 | |
14520356926 | Surreptitiously | done by secretive means | 30 | |
14520356927 | Arbitrary | Determined by impulse rather than reason | 31 | |
14520356928 | Capricious | impulsive and unpredictable | 32 | |
14520356929 | Equivocate | to avoid making a definite statement | 33 | |
14520356930 | Tenuous | having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak | 34 | |
14520356931 | Assiduous | hard-working | 35 | |
14520356932 | Intrepid | courageous; fearless | 36 | |
14520356933 | Obdurate | stubborn; inflexible | 37 | |
14520356934 | Obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action | 38 | |
14520356935 | Proliferate | to grow or increase rapidly | 39 | |
14520356936 | Tenacity | persistence | 40 | |
14520356937 | Incumbent | imposed as a duty; obligatory | 41 | |
14520356938 | Dogmatic | stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs | 42 | |
14520356939 | Inherent | inborn; built-in | 43 | |
14520356940 | Inveterate | long established; deep-rooted; habitual | 44 | |
14520356941 | Transient | passing away with time; passing from one place to another | 45 | |
14520356942 | Transitory | short-lived or temporary | 46 | |
14520356943 | Affable | easy-going; friendly | 47 | |
14520356944 | Amenable | responsive; agreeable | 48 | |
14520356945 | Facetious | treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant | 49 |