AP Language Vocabulary

266256325	abstruse	Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
266256326	obtuse	dull, stupid
266256327	subjugate	Bring under domination or control, esp. by conquest. Make someone or something subordinate to.
266256328	chicanery	trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry: He resorted to the worst flattery and chicanery to win the job. a quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive, or evade.
266256329	capricious	subject to whim, fickle (The young girl's capricious tendencies made it difficult for her to focus on achieving her goals.)
266256330	gauche	lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless: Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche. inept, clumsy, maladroit; coarse, gross, uncouth.
266256331	winnow	to subject to some process of separating or distinguishing; analyze critically; sift: to winnow a mass of statements. to separate or distinguish (valuable from worthless parts) (sometimes followed by out): to winnow falsehood from truth.
266256332	castigate	to criticize or reprimand severely. to punish in order to correct.
266256333	kowtow	to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference. to touch the forehead to the ground while kneeling, as an act of worship, reverence, apology, etc., especially in former Chinese custom noun the act of kowtowing
266256334	sanguine	cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations; reddish; ruddy: a sanguine complexion; (in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.
266256335	paradigm	the way we believe things ought to be done.
266256336	paradox	sounds like it couldn't be true, but it is.
266256337	nuance	small differences
266256338	dilettante	a person who claims knowledge in a subject without having real knowledge.
266256339	dichotomy	two mutually exclusive, contradictory ideas or groups.
266256340	non sequitur	does not follow.
266256341	epiphany	sudden insight.
266256342	conundrum	a problem.
266256343	demure	not showy.
266256344	cavalier	don't take a serious thing seriously.
266256345	torpor	state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility.
266256346	apathy	dullness.
266256347	quid pro quo	something given or received for something else.
266256348	bildungsroman	a novel about the moral and psychological growth of the main character.
266256349	impugn	to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity.
266256350	conversant	having knowledge or experience.
266256351	layman	a person who does not belong to a particular profession or who is not expert in some field.
266256352	impetuous	marked by impulsive vehemence or passion.
266256353	bowdlerize	to expurgate (as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar.
266256354	churlish	marked by a lack of civility or graciousness.
266256355	acumen	keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters.
266256356	maudlin	showing or expressing too much emotion especially in a foolish or annoying way.
266256357	elucidate	to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis.
266256358	untrammeled	Not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered.
266256359	redolent	Fragrant; smelling, reminiscent
266256360	curmudgeon	crusty, ill-tempered, opinionated
266256361	pariah	despised, rejected or outcasted
266256362	mercurial	rapid and unpredictable changes of mood
266256363	loathe	to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance
266256364	coddle	to treat someone with too much care or kindness, to pamper
266256365	ignominious	humiliating or dishonorable