308002233 | Incumbent (adj) | the duty | |
308002234 | Incumbent (N) | a person in office running for office | |
308002235 | Indigenous | native to | |
308002236 | Innate | with you from birth | |
308002237 | Inveterate | experienced | |
308002238 | Parochial | small town mindset | |
308002239 | Pervasive | working its way everywhere | |
308002240 | Wane | to decrease | |
308002241 | Impinge | have a limiting affect on | |
308002242 | Laconic | using few words | |
308002243 | Lament | to mourn | |
308002244 | Obsolete | useless because it is out of date | |
308002245 | Reticent | reluctant to speak | |
308002246 | Sanction (good kind) | to give approval | |
308002247 | Sanction (bad kind) | punishment | |
308002248 | Suppress | to hold back | |
308002249 | Truncate | to cut short | |
308002250 | Genre | a category | |
308002251 | Obscure (v.) | to make unclear | |
308002252 | Austere | plain, no frill | |
308002253 | Ephemeral | short lived | |
308002254 | Stoic | able to withstand discomfort without whining | |
308002255 | Obscure (adj.) | unclear | |
308002256 | Tenet | closely held belief | |
308002257 | Tacit | unspoken but understood | |
308002258 | Prudent | cautiously wise | |
308002259 | Tenuous | weakly held thought or idea | |
308002260 | Mundane | ordinary | |
308002261 | Staid | serious | |
308002262 | Timorous | fearful | |
308002263 | Immutable | unchangeable | |
308002264 | Archaic | really old | |
308002265 | Prosaic | ordinary | |
308002266 | Trepidation | fear or anxiety | |
308002267 | Novel | new and unusual | |
308002268 | Toxic | poisonous | |
308002269 | Paramount | of the most important, significant | |
308002270 | Brittle | easily broken | |
308002271 | Urbane | sophisticated | |
308002272 | Novice | beginner | |
308002273 | Epiphany | light bulb moment | |
308002274 | Malice | hostility | |
308002275 | Emulate | imitate in admiration | |
308002276 | Trenchant | cutting straight to the point | |
308002277 | Nascent | beginning to develop | |
308002278 | Intuitive | based on a gut feeling | |
308002279 | Laudatory | expressing praise | |
308002280 | Naive | unsophisticated | |
308002281 | Malfeasance | wrong doing, illegal act | |
308002282 | Dilettante | a dabbler | |
308002283 | Whimsical | odd in an imaginative way | |
308002284 | Eclectic | a collection of a variety of styles | |
308002285 | Mortification | embarrassment; shame; humiliation | |
308002286 | Warranted | called for | |
308002287 | Ambivalent | conflicted; having mixed emotions | |
308002288 | Cognitive | having to do with thought | |
308002289 | Arbitrary | done without rhyme or reason | |
308002290 | Pompous | self-impressed | |
308002291 | Implicit | Implied, rather than directly stated | |
308002292 | Ensconced | comfortably settled in | |
308002293 | Adamant | insistent; not open to compromise | |
308002294 | Shrewd | clever | |
308002295 | Mediocre | of average or poor quality | |
308002296 | Explicit | clearly stated | |
308002297 | Inadvertent | unintentional; accidental | |
308002298 | Mired | stuck in the mud | |
308002299 | Prevail | to win out, eventually | |
308002300 | Contempt | the feeling of disgust or scorn |
First Semester's AP Vocab
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