Hard words for the AP test
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| 168657905 | cogent | convincing, reasonable | |
| 168657906 | coherent | logically connected | |
| 168657907 | cohesive | sticking together | |
| 168657908 | didactic | intended to instruct | |
| 168657909 | discourse | verbal expression or exchange, conversation | |
| 168657910 | eloquence | ability to speak vividly or persuasively | |
| 168657911 | lucid | easily understood, clear | |
| 168657912 | rhetoric | art of using language effectively and persuasively | |
| 168746509 | arbiter | judge who decides disputed issue | |
| 168746510 | exculpate | to feel free from guilt or pain | |
| 168746511 | inconvertable | not able to be denied or disputed | |
| 168746512 | substantiated | supported with proof or evidence, verified | |
| 168746513 | vindicated | freed from blame | |
| 168747825 | contemptuous | feeling hatred, scornful | |
| 168747826 | despotic | exercising absolute power, tyrannical | |
| 168747827 | dictatorial | domineering, oppressively overbearing | |
| 168747828 | disdain | n - contempt, scorn v - to regard or treat with contempt, to look down on | |
| 168747829 | imperious | arrogantly domineering or overbearing | |
| 168747830 | patronizing | treating in a condescending manner | |
| 168753416 | convoluted | intricate, complex | |
| 168753417 | cryptic | difficult to comprehend | |
| 168753418 | futile | pointless, useless | |
| 168753419 | obscure | adj - relatively unknown v - to conceal or make indistinct | |
| 168753420 | quandary | state of uncertainty or perplexity | |
| 168753421 | idolent | lazy | |
| 168753422 | insipid | uninteresting, unchallenging | |
| 168753423 | lament | to express grief for, to mourn | |
| 168753424 | listless | lacking energy | |
| 168753425 | torpor | laziness, inactivity, dullness | |
| 168753426 | disparity | inequality in age, rank, or degree; difference | |
| 168753427 | servile | submissive, like a servant | |
| 168753428 | sanction | economic or military measure put in place to punish another country | |
| 168753429 | embellish | to make beautivul by ornamenting, to decorate | |
| 168753430 | florid | flowery or elaborate (speech) | |
| 168753431 | opulent | exhibiting a display of great wealth | |
| 168753432 | ornate | elaborately decorated | |
| 168753433 | ostentatious | showy or pretentious/assuming importance & exagerated (display) | |
| 168761939 | poignant | profoundly moving, touching | |
| 168761940 | ebullience | intense enthusiasm | |
| 168761941 | effusive | emotionally unrestraned, gushy | |
| 168761942 | egregious | conspicuously/attring attention - ly or obviously bad or offensive | |
| 168761943 | flagrant | exremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable | |
| 168761944 | frenetic | wildly excited or active | |
| 168761945 | superfluous | extrea, unnecessary | |
| 168761946 | alleviate | to ease a pain or burden | |
| 168761947 | auspicious | favorable, promising | |
| 168761948 | benevolent | well-meaning, generous | |
| 168761949 | benign | kind and gentle | |
| 168761950 | mollify | to calm or soothe | |
| 168761951 | reclamation | act of making something useful again |
