250129799 | abjure | renounce upon oath | |
250129800 | affront | insult | |
250129801 | allay | lessen the intensity of or calm | |
250129802 | aplomb | (n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity | |
250129803 | apostasy | the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) | |
250129804 | apocryphal | of questionable authority or authenticity | |
250129805 | approbation | approval | |
250129806 | approbation | approval, sanction | |
250129807 | apropos | to the point, pertinent, relevant | |
250129808 | arcane | hidden, secret | |
250129809 | attenuate | to make slimmer | |
250129810 | avant-garde | in the vanguard, experimental | |
250129811 | beseech | beg | |
250129812 | blase | bored, sophisticated | |
250129813 | blatant | noisy | |
250129814 | brazen | bold, brassy, shameless | |
250129815 | bulwark | strong safeguard | |
250129816 | cacophony | harsh sound | |
250129817 | capitulate | surrender | |
250129818 | chic | stylish | |
250129819 | churlish | rude, boorish | |
250129820 | cognizant | aware of | |
250129821 | connubial | relating to marriage | |
250129822 | contentious | quarrelsome | |
250129823 | cowl | monk's hood, metal cover for engine | |
250129824 | credo | statement of beliefs | |
250129825 | crony | intimate friend | |
250129826 | cryptic | secret, mystical | |
250129827 | debauchery | excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures | |
250129828 | deprecate | express strong disapproval | |
250129829 | diatribe | bitter speech or writing | |
250129830 | disarming | charming | |
250129831 | discreet | showing discernment | |
250129832 | discrete | distinct | |
250129833 | dissimulate | pretend | |
250129834 | ecclesiastical | relating to a church | |
250129835 | echelon | rank | |
250129836 | egregious | conspicuously bad | |
250129837 | elegy | song or poem expressing sorrow for one who is dead | |
250129838 | endemic | prevalent in a particular people or region | |
250129839 | ennui | bordem | |
250129840 | ephemeral | transient, lasting a short time | |
250129841 | epilogue | speech at end of play | |
250129842 | erstwhile | former, one time | |
250129843 | erudite | scholarly | |
250129844 | eulogy | formal written or spoken praise, tribute | |
250129845 | evanescent | fleeting, vanishing like vapor | |
250129846 | exegesis | explanation or critical interpretation of a text | |
250129847 | evince | indicate, show clearly | |
250129848 | existentialism | no predetermined essence, acts of pure will | |
250129849 | expedient | suitable to the circumstances | |
250129850 | faze | deter, rattle | |
250129851 | filial | of a son or daughter | |
250129852 | fraught | full of, involving | |
250129853 | frenetic | frenzied, erratic, uncontrolled | |
250129854 | fruition | attainment, fulfillment | |
250129855 | gargoyle | waterspout with grotesque carving | |
250129856 | genre | type, style, category | |
250129857 | gratuitous | uncalled for, undeserved | |
250129858 | grotesque | fantastic, bizarre in appearance, absurd | |
250129859 | guise | disguise | |
250129860 | halcyon | calm | |
250129861 | heinous | hateful, evil | |
250129862 | herculean | extraordinarily powerful or difficult | |
250129863 | hermetic | airtight | |
250129864 | iconoclast | one who attacks established beliefs | |
250129865 | imbroglio | confusion | |
250129866 | immure | imprison | |
250129867 | impecunious | poverty-stricken | |
250129868 | imperious | commanding | |
250129869 | incarnate | personified | |
250129870 | innate | native | |
250129871 | innocuous | inoffensive | |
250129872 | insurgent | rebel | |
250129873 | interim | intervening period | |
250129874 | intransigent | uncompromising | |
250129875 | inveigle | entice, seduce | |
250129876 | ire | anger | |
250129877 | jocund | cheerful | |
250129878 | juxtapose | to place side by side | |
250129879 | lambast | criticize | |
250129880 | lampoon | satirize, slander, disparage | |
250129881 | languish | droop, lose vigor | |
250129882 | lexicon | dictionary, vocabulary | |
250129883 | macabre | horrible, grim | |
250129884 | maelstrom | whirlpool | |
250129885 | maraud | raid | |
250129886 | macabre | grim, gruesome, horrible | |
250129887 | marital | of marriage | |
250129888 | martial | warlike | |
250129889 | matrix | womb, setting where an activity develops | |
250129890 | maudlin | weakly sentimental | |
250129891 | melange | mixture | |
250129892 | meretricious | falsely attractive | |
250129893 | mete | give out, allot, dole | |
250129894 | miasma | influence, evil | |
250129895 | milieu | setting, ambience | |
250129896 | missal | prayer book | |
250129897 | mnemonic | intended to assist memory | |
250129898 | mutability | tendency to change, fickleness | |
250129899 | myriad | countless numbers of people or things | |
250129900 | nefarious | flagrantly wicked | |
250129901 | nemesis | rival, tormentor | |
250129902 | noisome | offensive, unpleasant | |
250129903 | non sequitur | not logically following | |
250129904 | nuance | subtle distinction | |
250129905 | obfuscate | make obscure | |
250129906 | obstreperous | unruly, noisy, defiant | |
250129907 | obtrusive | protruding | |
250129908 | obtuse | blunt, stupid | |
250129909 | obviate | render unnecessary | |
250129910 | oligarchy | rule by few | |
250129911 | onus | a burden | |
250129912 | pall | become pale or dim | |
250129913 | panache | elegance | |
250129914 | paradigm | example, pattern | |
250129915 | parry | ward off, avert | |
250129916 | peaked | pale and sickly looking | |
250129917 | peccadillo | trifling fault, minor offense | |
250129918 | pedagogic | scholarly | |
250129919 | penultimate | next to last | |
250129920 | phantasm | illusion, ghost | |
250129921 | picayune | petty, trivial, of little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded | |
250129922 | pied | spotted | |
250129923 | plentitude | abundance | |
250129924 | plethora | large amount | |
250129925 | polemic | argument | |
250129926 | portent | warning | |
250129927 | pragmatic | opinionated | |
250129928 | precipitate | cause to move rapidly | |
250129929 | profane | vulgar | |
250129930 | proselytize | v. to convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause. | |
250129931 | quagmire | swamp | |
250129932 | quarry | prey, target | |
250129933 | query | question, investigation | |
250129934 | quest | search | |
250129935 | rabble | mob | |
250129936 | rakish | loose in morals, corrupt | |
250129937 | rapacious | greedy | |
250129938 | recant | withdraw or retract previous statement | |
250129939 | recapitulate | restate briefly, summarize | |
250129940 | reconnoiter | scout in advance, spy | |
250129941 | rectitude | moral integrity, virute | |
250129942 | regress | withdraw | |
250129943 | resurgent | reviving | |
250129944 | rift | split | |
250129945 | risible | arousing laughter, amusing | |
250129946 | rueful | dejected | |
250129947 | russet | reddish in color, reddish brown | |
250129948 | sacrosanct | holy | |
250129949 | savant | sage | |
250129950 | savoir faire | finesse | |
250129951 | seer | prophet | |
250129952 | segue | to proceed without pause | |
250129953 | sepulchral | gloomy | |
250129954 | sere | dry, parched | |
250129955 | skulk | lurk, sneak | |
250129956 | sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning | |
250129957 | sophomoric | immature, juvenile | |
250129958 | specious | falsely genuine | |
250129959 | scrupulous | troubled with doubts or questions of conscience | |
250129960 | serendipity | talent for making happy discoveries | |
250129961 | soliloquy | dramatic monolauge | |
250129962 | redolent | fragrant | |
250129963 | retinue | body of people in the service of or accompanying someone | |
265352900 | stymied | blocked | |
265352901 | subterfuge | deception | |
265352902 | subtle | crafty, cunning, artful | |
265352903 | succor | assist, aid, comfort | |
265352904 | superfluous | unnecessary, excessive | |
265352905 | supplicate | beg, plead, | |
265352906 | sycophant | toady,servile flatterer, parasite | |
265352907 | syllogism | a form of argument with a major and minor premise | |
265352908 | syndrome | set of symptoms or characteristics | |
265352909 | tantamount | equal to, identical in effect or value | |
265352910 | tawdry | tasteless, inferior, cheap | |
265352911 | toady | flatterer, leech, sycophant | |
265352912 | traduce | slander, defame, betray, disparage | |
265352913 | travail | labor, painful toil, exertion | |
265352914 | tremulous | fearfully timid, trembling, irresolute, unsteady | |
265352915 | tryst | secret meeting, appointment | |
265352916 | upstart | newcomer to power, pretender | |
265352917 | uxorious | greatly or excessively fond of wife, doting | |
265352918 | vaunt | brag, boast, gloat | |
265352919 | vesige | trace, visible sign | |
265352920 | vis-a-vis | positioned opposite, face to face with compared with | |
265352921 | vitriolic | caustic, corrosive | |
265352922 | volition | will, decision or choice | |
265352923 | vortex | whirlpool, maelstrom | |
265352924 | wayward | contrary, disobedient, perverse | |
265352925 | whet | sharpen, incite, make keen | |
265352926 | wile | trickery, cunning | |
265352927 | wraith | apparition of a dead person, specter, ghost | |
265352928 | wroth | extremely angry, wrathful, furious | |
265352929 | wry | distorted, ironic, scornfully amusing |
AP Lit Vocab 2011
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