AP Language Semester 2 Vocabulary
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| 54815780 | charisma | magnetic personality; charm | |
| 54815781 | denounce | to condemn; to blame | |
| 54815782 | diplomacy | the conduct of international relations | |
| 54815783 | eradicate | to eliminate; to get rid of | |
| 54815784 | hierarchy | a ranked order of persons in authority | |
| 54815785 | impeach | to charge or incriminate | |
| 54815786 | imperial | relating to an emperor or empire | |
| 54815787 | inaugurate | to officially induct inot office | |
| 54815788 | insurrection | revolt; rebellion | |
| 54815789 | intervene | to interrupt in order to modify or mediate | |
| 54815790 | jurisdiction | lawful right; extent of authority | |
| 54815791 | negotiation | discussion aimed at reaching a settlement | |
| 54815792 | potentate | a powerful leader; ruler | |
| 54815793 | preamble | an opening remark or statement | |
| 54815794 | precinct | a division of a city, town, or country for police control or election purposes | |
| 54815795 | provisional | serving temporarily | |
| 54815796 | ratify | to confirm or validate | |
| 54815797 | rescind | to revoke; to reverse | |
| 54815798 | sovereign | a supreme ruler; a monarch | |
| 54815799 | stance | attitude; position on an issue | |
| 54815800 | alumni | graduates or former students of a particular school, college, or university | |
| 54815801 | auxiliary | a person or group offering or providing help to a larger group | |
| 54815802 | cabal | a secret group conspiring an overthrow | |
| 54815803 | choral | relating to a singing group | |
| 54815804 | clergy | a group that performs pastoral or sacred functions for a religious organization | |
| 54815805 | clique | a narrow and exclusive group | |
| 54815806 | commune | a group of people with common interests who live together | |
| 54815807 | confederation | a group united by a common purpose; a league or association | |
| 54815808 | conformity | an action in accordance with a specified custom or authority; agreement | |
| 54815809 | exodus | a mass departure or migration | |
| 54815810 | furor | a public outburst, commotion, or uproar | |
| 54815811 | heterogeneous | mixed or diverse | |
| 54815812 | hubbub | an uproar, noise, or fuss | |
| 54815813 | integrate | to bring together people of different races or religions; to end segregation | |
| 54815814 | jeer | to mock or taunt | |
| 54815815 | populous | full of people; crowded | |
| 54815816 | segregate | to isolate or set apart a particular group of people | |
| 54815817 | troupe | a company, especially of theatrical performers | |
| 54815818 | tumult | disorderly agitation of a crowd; uproar or commotion | |
| 54815819 | unruly | disobedient or unmanageable | |
| 54815820 | boycott | to refuse to buy or have dealings with | |
| 54815821 | coincident | happening in the same place or time | |
| 54815822 | dynasty | a ruling house or family that reigns for several generations | |
| 54815823 | instrumental | helpful or serving as a means | |
| 54815824 | manor | the house of a landed estate | |
| 54815825 | metropolis | the main town or city of a region; any large city | |
| 54815826 | migrant | one who moves periodically from one region to another | |
| 54815827 | papyrus | writing paper used by ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans | |
| 54815828 | patrician | a member of aristocratic class of ancient Rome | |
| 54815829 | pilgrimage | a long journey made to a sacred place | |
| 54815830 | plebeian | a member of the common people of ancient Rome | |
| 54815831 | precedent | an action used as a standard for settling similar future situations | |
| 54815832 | prohibition | a law that forbids | |
| 54815833 | realm | a kingdom; a domain | |
| 54815834 | rostrum | a platform used in ancient Rome for public speaking | |
| 54815835 | secede | to withdraw from a political union or religious association | |
| 54815836 | secession | the act of breaking off from a political union or religious association | |
| 54815837 | treatise | a detailed article or dissertation | |
| 54815838 | turbulent | extremely disturbed or agitated | |
| 54815839 | vanguard | the forefront of a movement or field | |
| 57490485 | coerce | to bring about by force or threat | |
| 57490486 | compliant | obedient or yielding | |
| 57490487 | credulous | ready to believe on little evidence; easily convinced | |
| 57490488 | demure | affectedly shy or modest | |
| 57490489 | deride | to subject to scorn or ridicule | |
| 57490490 | err | to make a mistake | |
| 57490491 | fickle | changeable; unpredictable; inconstant | |
| 57490492 | gregarious | sociable; outgoing | |
| 57490493 | impudent | having disregard for others; rude or brash | |
| 57490494 | indolence | laziness or idleness | |
| 57490495 | instigate | to provoke or bring about | |
| 57490496 | introvert | one who is mainly interested in his or her own mental life; a withdrawn person | |
| 57490497 | lenient | of tolerant disposition; indulgent | |
| 57490498 | molest | to annoy or bother with hostile intent | |
| 57490499 | mollify | to calm or pacify; to soothe or appease | |
| 57490500 | neurotic | having a nervous disorder that shows up as anxiety, unreasonable fear, or obsessions; emotionally unstable | |
| 57490501 | nonchalant | unconcerned or unexcited | |
| 57490502 | obstinacy | stubborness | |
| 57490503 | pugnacious | quarrelsome; having an aggressive nature | |
| 57490504 | reconcile | to come to terms with a disagreeable situation | |
| 58695625 | analytic | logical or rational | |
| 58695626 | cognition | the process of knowing either through perception or through reasoning | |
| 58695627 | contemplate | to regard or examine thoughtfully | |
| 58695628 | discern | to detect or make out | |
| 58695629 | dubious | doubtful or uncertain | |
| 58695630 | fallacy | a misconception or false idea | |
| 58695631 | glint | a momentary flash | |
| 58695632 | grope | to feel or to search uncertainly; to fumble about | |
| 58695633 | impair | to hinder or cripple | |
| 58695634 | inkling | an idea or suspicion | |
| 58695635 | insight | the ability to see the true nature of a situation | |
| 58695636 | intellect | a capacity for knowledge and understanding | |
| 58695637 | intuition | a capacity to know something without using rational thinking processes | |
| 58695638 | ponder | to consider carefully | |
| 58695639 | premonition | a forewarning; a foreboding | |
| 58695640 | presentiment | a prophetic sense of something about to happen | |
| 58695641 | revelation | dramatic or suprising disclosure | |
| 58695642 | sagacious | wisdom founded on wide experience | |
| 58695643 | sapient | wise, usually used ironically | |
| 58695644 | visionary | a person who has foresight; a dreamer | |
| 58695645 | anecdote | a brief story relating an interesting or amusing incedent | |
| 58695646 | bibliography | a list of works on a specific subject | |
| 58695647 | bilingual | able to speak two languages equally well | |
| 58695648 | epic | a long narrative poem describing the feats of a legendary hero | |
| 58695649 | homonym | two words with the same sound, and sometimes the same spelling, but with different meanings | |
| 58695650 | insinuation | an indirect suggestion, usually negative | |
| 58695651 | intonation | the act or manner of producing tones; chanting | |
| 58695652 | irony | the use of words to impy the opposite of their literal meaning | |
| 58695653 | lexicon | a dictionary, especially of words used in a specific subject area | |
| 58695654 | literal | exact or word-for-word | |
| 58695655 | memoir | autobiography or diary | |
| 58695656 | narrative | an oral or written account; a story or chronicle | |
| 58695657 | parable | a simple story that illustrates a moral lesson | |
| 58695658 | paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but is true | |
| 58695659 | quibble | to argue or bicker | |
| 58695660 | recurring | reappearing or persistent | |
| 58695661 | revision | a changed version | |
| 58695662 | thesis | a proposition that is supported by argument | |
| 58695663 | tome | any book, especially a large or scholarly one | |
| 58695664 | transpose | to change the order of | |
| 74147959 | allegation | a statement or charge against someone to be proved in a court of law | |
| 74147960 | arraign | to charge or accuse; to call before a court to answer charges | |
| 74147961 | collaborate | to work together | |
| 74147962 | constitute | to set up or establish | |
| 74147963 | decree | an order having the force of law | |
| 74147964 | divulge | to disclose a secret; to reveal | |
| 74147965 | exonerate | to free from a charge; to declare blameless | |
| 74147966 | felonious | relating to a serious crime | |
| 74147967 | forensic | used in legal proceedings | |
| 74147968 | indict | to accuse of a crime; to charge | |
| 74147969 | inquisition | an investigation | |
| 74147970 | judicious | sensible or cautious | |
| 74147971 | lynch | to hang without due process of law | |
| 74147972 | mandatory | obligatory; binding | |
| 74147973 | notary | a public official who certifies documents, take affidavits, and administers oaths | |
| 74147974 | nullify | to make void; to abolish | |
| 74147975 | parlance | a specific style of speaking | |
| 74147976 | patent | a legal grant to inventors giving them exclusive rights to their inventions | |
| 74147977 | suspect | one who is thought to have committed a crime | |
| 74147978 | technicality | a detail meaningful only to a specialist | |
| 74293430 | affliction | the state or cause of pain or distress | |
| 74293431 | amnesia | a loss of memory | |
| 74293432 | anethestic | a substance that brings relief from pain | |
| 74293433 | apothecary | a druggist or pharmacist | |
| 74293434 | asphyxiation | suffocation caused by lack of oxygen | |
| 74293435 | cataract | a condition of the eye where clouding of the lens can cause partial or total blindness | |
| 74293436 | concussion | an injury to the brain or spine caused by a sudden shock | |
| 74293437 | congenital | present at birth | |
| 74293438 | curvature | a curve or bent condition | |
| 74293439 | debility | a weakness or feebleness | |
| 74293440 | exhume | to take out of a grave or the ground | |
| 74293441 | hallucination | seeing or hearing something when there is no real cause | |
| 74293442 | intern | a doctor who is in training in a hospital | |
| 74293443 | rehabilitate | to restor to a healty condition | |
| 74293444 | retina | the back part of the eyeball that receives the images of things looked at | |
| 74293445 | sanitarium | an establishment that treats the sick, especially those suffering from a lingering disease | |
| 74293446 | sedative | a medicine that lessens pain and has a calming effect | |
| 74293447 | spasm | a sudden, involuntary muscle contraction | |
| 74293448 | traction | a pulling of a muscle or organ by weights- used for healing a fracture or dislocation | |
| 74293449 | vertigo | dizziness; a light-headed sensation | |
| 74293450 | barnacles | hard-shelled, salt-water animals that attach themselves to boats, rocks, or wharves | |
| 74293451 | buoy | a floating object used to guide or warn | |
| 74293452 | celestial | having to do with the sky or heavens | |
| 74293453 | cove | a small sheltered bay | |
| 74293454 | galleon | a large ship with two or more decks and and square sails used during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries | |
| 74293455 | hawser | a rope or cable used for mooring or towing a ship | |
| 74293456 | inclement | stormy | |
| 74293457 | lagoon | a small body of water near or connected to a larger body of water | |
| 74293458 | levee | a raised bank built to keep a river from overflowing | |
| 74293459 | lunar | pertaining to the moon | |
| 74293460 | mutinous | rebellious | |
| 74293461 | overcast | cloudy, misty, or dark | |
| 74293462 | pinnace | a small boat usually used to transport supplies between ship and shore | |
| 74293463 | promontory | a high point of land jutting into the water | |
| 74293464 | regatta | a boat race or series of boat races | |
| 74293465 | seepage | a slow leakage | |
| 74293466 | stellar | having to do with the stars | |
| 74293467 | tarpaulin | a waterproof canvas | |
| 74293468 | veer | to change a ship's direction by turning away from the wind | |
| 74293469 | zephyr | a gentle west wind | |
| 74293470 | corrupt | to change from good to bad in morals or actions | |
| 74293471 | deleterious | harmful | |
| 74293472 | derogatory | detracting from the character of someone or something; uncomplimentary | |
| 74293473 | diabolical | devilish or fiendish | |
| 74293474 | discredit | to damage the reputation of; to degrade | |
| 74293475 | disheveled | in disarray; unkempt | |
| 74293476 | disreputable | not in good standing; dishonorable | |
| 74293477 | dreary | gloomy or depressing | |
| 74293478 | fanatical | excessively enthusiastic or obsessive | |
| 74293479 | haphazard | seemingly organized by chance rather than systematically | |
| 74293480 | inane | lacking significance; empty | |
| 74293481 | incorrigible | incapable of being corrected; unmanageable | |
| 74293482 | insinuate | to imply or suggest | |
| 74293483 | intimidate | to compel by threats; frighten | |
| 74293484 | lust | to have a strong desire or need | |
| 74293485 | malodorous | bad-smelling | |
| 74293486 | obstinate | stubborn or willful | |
| 74293487 | slovenly | messy or sloppy, especially in personal appearance | |
| 74293488 | stagnant | not flowing; inactive | |
| 74293489 | torrid | burning; impassioned | |
| 74293490 | defame | to slander, libel, or discredit | |
| 74293491 | defile | to make dirty; to dishonor or corrupt | |
| 74293492 | depravity | wickedness or corruption | |
| 74293493 | desecrate | to defile, violate, or contaminate something sacred | |
| 74293494 | despicable | contemptible or worthy of scorn | |
| 74293495 | flagrant | outrageous or scandalous | |
| 74293496 | guile | deceit or treachery | |
| 74293497 | hedonistic | pleasure-loving | |
| 74293498 | imperil | to endanger or jeopardize | |
| 74293499 | infernal | hellish | |
| 74293500 | insolence | rudeness; insulting behavior | |
| 74293501 | lewd | indecent or obscene | |
| 74293502 | malevolent | showing ill-will; spiteful | |
| 74293503 | marauder | a person or animal that makes raids for booty | |
| 74293504 | morbid | unhealthy or unwholesome; gloomy | |
| 74293505 | odious | hateful or offensive | |
| 74293506 | prodigal | wasteful; spending too much | |
| 74293507 | profane | having no regard for sacred things; vulgar | |
| 74293508 | revile | to verbally abuse |