AP English Terms

Terms for AP English

230903700	Tedious	Too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous.
230903701	Retinue	Group of advisers, assistants, or others, accompanying an important person.
230903702	Adulation	Excessive admiration or praise.
230903703	Loyalty	A strong feeling of support or allegiance.
230903704	Lascivious	Driven by lust.
230903705	Jubilation	Feeling of great happiness or triumph.
230903706	Indolent	Wanting to avoid exertion; lazy.
230903707	Transient	Lasting for only a short time.
230903708	Pragmatic	Dealing with things sensibly or realistically taking realistic considerations.
230903709	Equalitarian	Principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights.
230903710	Abrade	Scrape or wear away by friction or erosion.
230903711	Aberration	A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected. Usually an unexpected change.
230903712	Aesthetic	Concerned with the appreciation of beauty.
230903713	Brazen	Bold and without shame.
230903714	Brusque	Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner.
230903715	Capitulate	Cease to resist an opponent or unwelcome demand; surrender.
230903716	Deleterious	Causing harm or damage.
230903717	Digression	Temporary departure from main subject in speech or writing.
230903718	Emulate	Match or surpass (person or achievement), typically by imitation.
230903719	Ephemeral	Lasting for a very short time.
240172434	Sedition	Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against authority.
240172435	Solicitous	Eager or anxious to do something
240172436	Discursive	Moving from topic to topic
240172437	Laconic	Using very few words
240172438	Pretentious	Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance
240172439	Austere	Severe or strict in manner
240172440	Promulgate	Promote or make widely known
240172441	Pedantic	Characterized by narrow concern for book values
240172442	Nascent	Just coming into existence; not full potential
240172443	Mien	Person's look indicating their character
245253421	Complacent	Marked by self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness.
245253422	Precarious	Depending on will or pleasure of one another.
245253423	Earnestness	Characterized or proceeding by from an intense or serious state of mind.
245253424	Fervent	Marked by great intensity of feelings.
245253425	Reproof	Criticism for a fault.
245253426	Feign	To give a false appearance of: induce as false impression.
245253427	Extrapolate	To project, extent, or expand into an area not known.
245253428	Grandiose	Characterized by affection of grandeur or splendor by exaggeration.
245253429	Fortitude	Courage or pain in adversity.
245253430	Impetus	Stimulation or encouragement resulting in increased activity.
245253431	Haughty	Blatantly and disdainfully proud.
245253432	Mundane	Characterized by ordinary behavior [describes people]
245253433	Florid	Very flowery in style; elaborately decorated.
245253434	Prosaic	Characterized by ordinary or usual behavior [describes prose]
245253435	Rancor	Bitter, deep-seated, ill will
245253436	Scrutinize	To examine closely and minutely.
245253437	Substantiate	To establish proof or competent evidence.
245253438	Venerable	Made sacred especially by religion or historical association.
264324065	Ad Infinitum	Again and again in the same way; forever
264324066	Apportion	To divide and share out according to plan; especially to make a proportionate division or distribution of.
264324067	Sordid	Marked by baseness or grossness.
264324068	Untenable	Not able to be defended.
264324069	Cleave	To adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly.
264324070	Glib	Marked by ease and informality.
264324071	Actuate	To put into a mechanical action or motion.
264324072	Boorish	Resembling or befitting a poor (cruel insensitivity)
264324073	Harangue	Addressed to a public assembly
264324074	Impenitent	Not feeling sins or sorrow for sins or offensive behavior.
277384996	Repugnant	Extremely distasteful / unacceptable
277384997	Remunerate	Pay someone for services rendered or work done.
277384998	Pugnacious	Eager to argue, quarrel or fight.
277384999	Inundate	Overwhelm someone with things to be dealt with.
277385000	Sardonic	Grimly mocking or cynical.
277385001	Tenacious	Not readily letting go or giving up.
277385002	Ghastly	Intensely unpleasant or disagreeable.
277385003	Hamper	Hinder or impede progress.
277385004	Lucid	Easy to understand.
277385005	Obstreperous	Noisy and difficult to control.
293421719	Contrive	To devise, invent, plot, scheme, fabricate.
293421720	Reverential	To show deep respect.