AP English Vocab Units 1 and 2

Vocab words that will be on the quiz on Thursday (10/27/11)

236990139	Acquisitive	able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property Synonyms: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive Antonyms: altruistic, unretentive
236990140	Arrogate	to claim or take without right Synonyms: expropriate, usurp, commandeer Antonyms: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon
236990141	Banal	hackneyed, trite, commonplace Synonyms: stale, insipid Antonyms: fresh, novel, original, new
236990142	Carping	tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism Synonyms: nit-picking, caviling Antonyms: approving, uncritical
236990143	Belabor	to work on excessively; to thrash soundly Synonyms: overwork
236990144	Coherent	holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful Synonyms: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive Antonyms: muddled, chaotic, disjointed
236990145	Congeal	to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid Synonyms: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify Antonyms: melt, liquefy
236990146	Emulate	to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model Synonyms: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to
236990147	Encomium	a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute Synonyms: panegyric, eulogy, commendation Antonyms: condemnation, castigation, criticism
236990148	Eschew	to avoid, shun, keep away from Synonyms: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo Antonyms: embrace, adopt
236990149	Germane	relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting Synonyms: pertinent Antonyms: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate
236990150	Insatiable	so great or demanding as not to be satisfied Synonyms: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious
236990151	Intransigent	refusing to compromise, irreconcilable Synonyms: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate Antonyms: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding
236990152	Invidious	offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment Synonyms: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative Antonyms: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative
236990153	Largesse	generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions Synonyms: liberality, munificence, bounty Antonyms: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness
236990154	Reconnaissance	a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination Synonyms: scouting expedition
236990155	Substantiate	to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to Synonyms: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate Antonyms: refute, disprove, invalidate
236990156	Taciturn	habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little Synonyms: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic Antonyms: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose
236990157	Temporize	to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise Synonyms: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate
236990158	Tenable	capable of being held or defended Synonyms: defensible, justifiable, maintainable Antonyms: indefensible, unjustifiable
236990159	Accost	to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way Synonyms: buttonhole, approach, confront Antonyms: evade, avoid, shun
236990160	Animadversion	a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval Synonyms: rebuke, reproof Antonyms: praise, compliment
236990161	Avid	desirous of something to point of greed; intensely eager Synonyms: keen, enthusiastic, grasping Antonyms: reluctant, indifferent, unenthusiastic
236990162	Brackish	having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink Synonyms: briny, saline Antonyms: fresh, clear, sweet
236990163	Celerity	swiftness, rapidity of motion or action Synonyms: promptness, alacrity, speed Antonyms: slowness, sluggishness, dilatoriness
236990164	Devious	straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way Synonyms: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful Antonyms: direct, straightforward, open, aboveboard
236990165	Gambit	in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening movie of this type Synonyms: ploy, stratagem, ruse, maneuver
236990166	Halcyon	a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent Synonyms: tranquil, serene, placid, palmy Antonyms: turbulent, chaotic, tumultuous
236990167	Histrionic	pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic Synonyms: affected, stagy Antonyms: low-keyed, muted, untheatrical, subdued
236990168	Incendiary	deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strifle or rebellion; one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife Synonyms: inflammatory, provocative, firebrand Antonyms: soothing, quieting, peacemaker
236990169	Maelstrom	a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction Synonyms: vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult
236990170	Myopic	nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment Synonyms: shortsighted Antonyms: farsighted
236990171	Overt	open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized Synonyms: clear, obvious, manifest, patent Antonyms: secret, clandestine, covert, concealed
236990172	Pejorative	tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling Antonyms: complimentary, ameliorative
236990173	Propriety	the state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable Synonyms: fitness, correctness, decorum Antonyms: unseemliness, inappropriateness
236990174	Sacrilege	improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred Synonyms: desecration, profanation, defilement
236990175	Summarily	without delay or formality; briefly, concisely Synonyms: promptly, peremptorily, abruptly
236990176	Suppliant	asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor
236990177	Talisman	an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish
236990178	Undulate	to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form Synonyms: ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall