AP English Vocab 3, 4, 5
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309162000 | Articulate | to pronounce distinctly | |
309162001 | Cavort | to romp or prance around | |
309162002 | Credence | belief, acceptance | |
309162003 | Decry | to condemn; to officially depreciate | |
309162004 | Dissemble | to disguise or conceal | |
309162005 | Distraught | agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict | |
309162006 | Eulogy | formal statement of commendation; high praise | |
309162007 | Evince | to display clearly, to make evident | |
309162008 | Exhume | to unearth; to bring to light | |
309162009 | Feckless | lacking in spirit and strength; weak; unreliable; irresponsible | |
309162010 | Murky | dark and gloomy; lacking in clarity/precision | |
309162011 | Nefarious | wicked, depraved | |
309162012 | Piquant | stimulating to taste or mind; spicy, pungent, tangy | |
309162013 | Primordial | developed/created at the very beginning; fundamental, basic | |
309162014 | Propinquity | nearness in place or time; kinship | |
309162015 | Unwonted | not usual or expected; not in character | |
309162016 | Utopian | involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical | |
309162017 | Verbiage | language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness | |
309162018 | Verdant | green in tint or color; naive | |
309162019 | Viscous | having a gelatinous or gluey quality; sticky; not fluid | |
309162020 | Atrophy | the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; progressive decline or failure; wasting away | |
309162021 | Bastion | a fortified place, stronghold; citadel | |
309162022 | Concord | a state of agreement; a treaty, pact, covenant | |
309162023 | Consummate | complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to completion; to conclude | |
309162024 | Disarray | disorder, confusion; to mess up | |
309162025 | Exigency | urgent demand, pressing need; emergency | |
309162026 | Flotsam | floating debris; homeless people | |
309162027 | Frenetic | frenzied, highly agitated | |
309162028 | Glean | to gather bit by bit; collect | |
309162029 | Grouse | a type of game bird; a complaint; to complain or grumble | |
309162030 | Incarcerate | to imprison, confine, jail | |
309162031 | Incumbent | obligatory, required; one who currently holds a specific office | |
309162032 | Jocular | humorous, jolly, joking, facetious | |
309162033 | Ludicrous | ridiculous, laughable, absurd, preposterous | |
309162034 | Mordant | biting in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh; sardonic | |
309162035 | Nettle | a prickly or stinging plant; to vex, irritate, or anger severely | |
309162036 | Pecuniary | measured in money; of or related to money; | |
309162037 | Pusillanimous | contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited | |
309162038 | Recumbent | Lying down, supine, inactive; in the posture of one sleeping/resting | |
309162039 | Stratagem | a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end; trick; ploy | |
309162040 | Acuity | sharpness of the mind or senses; keenness | |
309162041 | Delineate | to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to picture | |
309162042 | Depraved | marked by evil and corruption, vicious, corrupt, perverted | |
309162043 | Enervate | to impair or cripple; to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor | |
309162044 | Esoteric | intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret | |
309162045 | Fecund | fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive | |
309162046 | Fiat | an arbitrary order or decree | |
309162047 | Figment | a fabrication of the mind, invention | |
309162048 | Garner | to acquire as the result of effort; to accumulate | |
309162049 | Hallow | to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify; to honor greatly, revere | |
309162050 | Idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity or mannerism that serves to distinguish or identify | |
309162051 | Ignominy | shame and disgrace, dishonor, humiliation | |
309162052 | Mundane | worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary or routine | |
309162053 | Nuance | a subtle or slight variation (in color, meaning, quality), delicate shade of difference | |
309162054 | Overweening | conceited, presumptuous, arrogant; excessive, immoderate | |
309162055 | Penchant | a strong attraction or inclination, propensity | |
309162056 | Reputed | according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation | |
309162057 | Sophistry | reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound | |
309162058 | Sumptuous | costly, rich, magnificent, lavish | |
309162059 | Ubiquitous | present or existing everywhere, omnipresent, universal |