AP English Vocabulary-Semester 1

	enthusiastic quickness
	to test, analyze
	speed or quickness
	strong and to the point; convincing
	urgent; pressing
	to stir up; provoke
	refusing to compromise
	to make worried or upset
	to bring back to consciousness
	showing care or worry
	cloudy; confused
	very excited or upset
	a corrupt wrongdoer
	to bring about; to produce
	a kind or type of art
	related to or coming from the same source
	natural; present from birth
	in the act of being born; growing
	to change the form or appearance of
	not real
	to make up or invent; pretend
	about to bring forth or give birth; pregnant
	the range of works an artist can produce or perform
	strongly emotional; fierce and passionate
	to attack strongly in words; to talk or write bitterly against
	to draw a conclusion based on little or no information; to guess
	the end of existence; death
	to make less or weaker; to forgive or pardon
	standing for another thing
	of or like a devil; very wicked or cruel
	an exaggeration for effect
	happening in parts or segments
	orderly and regular
	a council, especially of churches or church officials
	having to do with the country
	a meal; food and drink for a meal
	gathered into a whole; total
	standing out sharply as wrong or bad
	liking to be with other people
	having to do with farming
	the act of traveling about; a journey
	fulfillment of an effort or desire
	yielding no positive results
	having to do with the countryside; rural
	having to do with country life or farms
	simple and pleasant
	to leave in a hurry, especially to escape the law
	difficult to understand; hidden from
	hard to understand; having a secret meaning
	coming from an unreliable source; untrue
	an opening or a whole
	public, unhidden; open
	done in a hidden or secret manner
	the circumstances or setting surrounding an event
	the hidden or underlying meaning of something
	a stated reason for doing something; an excuse
	a formal delay; a suspension
	modest and shy
	to express unwillingness to do something; to object
	done without planning; improvised
	having to do with finite time or everyday life (as opposed to the eternal or spiritual)
	to put off making a decision; to stall
	happening or active during the day
	a short stay or visit
	to formally bring to an end
	something that seems to be out of its proper time
	to tell or write the history of
	happening at the same time as
	the mind, especially as the center of a person's being
	having an effect on the body, but mental or emotional in origin
	having severe mental illness to the point of disconnection from reality
	timid or cowardly; not brave
	strong criticism or blame
	without life; unmoving
	to take place; to happen
	to plan together secretly
	to have a strong desire to get or do something
	not agreeing or going well together
	agreement or harmony
	liveliness; high-spiritedness
	wandering from one topic to another
	to agree in an opinion or decision
	badly needed help; aid
	too willing to serve or obey
	movement from one thing to another; transition
	to come after; to happen as a result of
	going on without stopping; seemingly never-ending
	to admit that something is true; to give up
	to ask or plead with on behalf of another
	a time period lasting through the ages; eternity
	to cause to continue; to further
	having or showing good judgment
	to settle a dispute or argument
	not concerned about morality
	attitudes and behaviors that are so firmly fixed that they are followed like laws
	gloomy, bad-tempered
	to make up for doing wrong
	lacking respect for what should be worshiped
	to set apart as holy; to give up to a purpose
	very bad; hateful
	so sacred or revered as to be off-limits