AP English Vocab List #3
Mr. Thurtle's AP English Class 2011-2012
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211374081 | Acme | peak, highest point | |
211374082 | assiduous | persevering, diligent | |
211374083 | capitulate | to yield; surrender | |
211374084 | chimerical | imaginative; fanciful | |
211374085 | demur | to object, take exception | |
211374086 | egregious | notorious; incredibly bad | |
211374087 | extricate | to free; to get out of | |
211374088 | hyperbole | an exaggeration | |
211374089 | impassive | devoid of emotion | |
211374090 | impervious | impenetrable | |
211374091 | incipient | beginning to exist or appear | |
211374092 | lambent | flickering lightly; effortless brilliance | |
211374093 | loquacious | talkative | |
211374094 | mentor | trusted counselor | |
211374095 | morose | gloomy | |
211374096 | nascent | beginning state; birth | |
211374097 | onerous | burdensome | |
211374098 | palliate | to mitigate; ease an offense | |
211374099 | placate | to appease, pacify | |
211374100 | recalcitrant | resistant to guidance | |
211374101 | savant | wise person | |
211374102 | solecism | error in usage; breach of etiquette | |
211374103 | temporize | to act indecisively | |
211374104 | umbrage | offence, resentment | |
211374105 | upbraid | to criticize severely | |
211374106 | venial | easily forgiven | |
211374107 | wraith | ghostly figure | |
211374108 | gratuitous | freely give; unmotivated | |
211374109 | decorum | conformity to established way | |
211374110 | nebulous | hazy, vague |