Vocab 3 AP English Leese
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92072188 | articulate | to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints; expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language clearly and forcefully; jointed | |
92072189 | cavort | to romp or prance aronud exuberantly; to makke merry | |
92072190 | credence | belief, mental acceptance | |
92072191 | decry | to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate | |
92072192 | dissemble | to disguise or coneal, deliberately give a false impression | |
92072193 | distraught | very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict | |
92072194 | eulogy | a formal statement of commendation; high praise | |
92072195 | evince | to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke | |
92072196 | exhume | to remove from a grave; to bring to light | |
92072197 | feckless | lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable | |
92072198 | murky | dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision | |
92072199 | nefarious | wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards | |
92072200 | piquant | stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative | |
92072201 | primordial | developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stages; fundamental, basic | |
92072202 | propinquity | nearness in place or time; kinship | |
92072203 | unwonted | not usual or expected; not in character | |
92072204 | utopian | founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical | |
92072205 | verbiage | language that is too wordy or flated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression (prashant) | |
92072206 | verdant | green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgment | |
92072207 | viscous | having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity | |
92741400 | self-deprecation | tending to undervalue oneself and one's abilities | |
92741401 | orotund | bombastic; pompous | |
92741402 | pragmatism | the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value | |
92741403 | archetype | original; something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | |
92741404 | rhetoric | using language effectively to please or persuade | |
92741405 | assiduously | with care and persistence | |
92741406 | consummate | having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | |
92741407 | seminal | of, relating to, or having the power to originate; create; highly influential in an original way; of, relating to, or having to do with semen | |
92741408 | pecuniary | monetary; relating to or involving it | |
92741409 | exemplar | something to be imitated |