AP Lang. and Comp. Semester 1 Final Vocab Words
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| 276510797 | abjure | formally renounce; forswear | |
| 276510798 | abrogate | formally abolish/end | |
| 276510799 | abstemious | sparing; moderate; refraining | |
| 276510800 | acumen | shrewdness shown by keen insight | |
| 276510801 | auspicious | favorable; promising | |
| 276510802 | bellicose | warlike, aggressive | |
| 276510803 | bowdlerize | remove or change parts considered vulgar or immoral | |
| 276510804 | deciduous | Trees and shrubs that shed their leaves at the end of the growing season | |
| 276510805 | deleterious | having a harmful effect; injurious | |
| 276510806 | diffident | shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved | |
| 276510807 | enervate | weaken mentally or morally | |
| 276510808 | evanescent | vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy | |
| 276510809 | expurgate | to censor | |
| 276510810 | facetious | humorous, not meant seriously | |
| 276510811 | fatuous | stupid; foolishly self-satisfied | |
| 276510812 | feckless | lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable | |
| 276510813 | fiduciary | A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary | |
| 276510814 | filibuster | A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches | |
| 276510815 | gauche | awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy | |
| 276510816 | gerrymander | To draw a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in elections | |
| 276510817 | hegemony | the domination of one state or group over its allies | |
| 276510818 | inculcate | to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly | |
| 276510819 | jejune | lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile | |
| 276510820 | moiety | a portion or part of something | |
| 276510821 | nihilism | the belief that there are no values or morals in the universe | |
| 276510822 | nomenclature | A system of naming, especially in the arts or sciences | |
| 276510823 | obsequious | attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery | |
| 276510824 | orthography | proper spelling | |
| 276510825 | paradigm | a model or example | |
| 276510826 | polymer | large molecule formed when many smaller molecules bond together | |
| 276510827 | pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money | |
| 276510828 | precipitous | steep; overhasty; precipitate | |
| 276510829 | quotidian | occurring daily; commonplace | |
| 276510830 | recapitulate | to review a series of facts; to sum up | |
| 276510831 | reparation | paying back; making amends; compensation | |
| 276510832 | sanguine | confidently optimistic and cheerful | |
| 276510833 | supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty | |
| 276510834 | tautology | needless repetition which adds no meaning or understanding | |
| 276510835 | unctuous | greasy, oily; smug and falsely earnest | |
| 276510836 | vacuous | lacking ideas or intelligence |