AP LANG SAT vocab 21 - 22 AOL

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Amity

Friendship

  • noun

  • sym: cordiality, harmony, kindness

  • ant: hostility, discord

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Blandishment

Flattery

  • noun

  • sym: fawning, praise, sycophancy

  • ant: criticism

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Callous

hardened, insensitive, indifferent

  • adj

  • sym: hard, insured, insensible, obtuse

  • ant: sensitive, compassionate

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Carping

finding fault

  • adj/verb

  • sym: captious, censorious, critical

  • ant: praising, contemplating

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Dilatory

delaying, slow

  • adj

  • sym: dallying, leisurely, sluggish, unhurried

  • ant: zealous, eager

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Esteem

estimate of value approval; and respect often blended with fondness

  • noun

  • sym: regard, valuation, reputation

  • ant: dishonor, disrespect

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Finesse

delicate skill

  • noun

  • sym: acumen, adroitness, competence, stratagem

  • ant: incompetence

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Heretical

contrary to church doctrine or accepted beliefs/standards

  • adj

  • sym: apostate, dissenting, iconoclastic, revisionist, unorthodox

  • ant: ortodox

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Imperious

extremely overbearing

  • adj

  • sym: domineering, imperative, masterful, peremptory

  • ant: democratic, obedient, servile

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Insatiable

incapable of being satisfied

  • adj

  • sym: demanding, gluttonous intemperate, rapacious, unappeasable

  • ant: satisfied, pleased

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Irreprochable

faultless, not discreditable

  • adj

  • sym: exemplary, impeccable, unimpeachable

  • ant: imperfect

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Mirth

gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter

  • noun

  • sym: glee, hilarity, jollity

  • ant: sorrow, gloom

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Orthodox

conforming to established standards, conventional

  • adj

  • sym: accepted, approved, pious, recognized, standard

  • ant: unconventional, untraditional

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Pious

marked by showing zealous devotion to the rites of religion

  • adj

  • sym: devout, orthodox, reverent, sanctimonious

  • ant: unholy, insincere

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Plight

difficult or adverse situation

  • noun

  • sym: dilemma, impasse, jam, quandary, straits

  • ant: solution, blessing

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Rancid

leaving a foul or offensive smell or taste

  • adj

  • sym: fetid, musty, malodorous, noisome, rank

  • ant: inoffensive, pleasing, fragrant

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Raucous

loud and boisterous, harsh, disorderly

  • adj

  • sym: stentorian, strident

  • ant: quiet, subdued, calm

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Repugnant

disgusting, offensive

  • adj

  • sym: abhorrent, repellent, obnoxious

  • ant: pleasant, delightful

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Spiteful

full of spite, malicious, malevolent

  • adj

  • sym: vengeful, cruel, rancorous

  • ant: affectionate, forgiving

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Adjunct

something joined or added to a thing but not necessarily a part of it

  • noun

  • sym: associate

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anomalous

out of place, abnormal

  • adj

  • sym: atypical, abberant

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astute

shrewd, perceptive

  • adj

  • sym:sagacious

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civility

polite and courteous behavior

  • noun

  • sym: mannerly behavior

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covert

secret

  • adj

  • sym:clandestine, stealthy, underhanded

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deft

skillful, adront

  • adj

  • sym: clever, cunning

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iconoclast

one who attacks established beliefs or institutions. Not just religion can be govt.

  • noun

  • sym: denouncer, heretic, radical

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illustrious

notably outstanding, famous

  • adj

  • sym: celebrated, noted, renowed

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indigenous

native to a certain area

  • adj

  • sym: aboriginal, native

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partisan

one who establishes extreme or possibly blind allegiance to a group or cause

  • noun

  • sym: disciple, follower

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pungent

sharp or irritating taste or smell, acrid

  • adj

  • sym: racy, poignant

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saccharine

overly sweet in attitude

  • adj

  • sym: candied, syruply

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slovenly

messy, untidy, careless

  • adj

  • sym: dingy, disheveled

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sonorous

resonant, producing a full rich sound

  • adj

  • sym: booming, resounding

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sporadic

occasionally occurring

  • adj

  • sym: infrequent, rare, scare, uncommon

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stolid

showing little emotion

  • adj

  • sym: infrequent, rare

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tangential

slightly connected, divergent

  • adj

  • sym: extraneous, digressive, different but not really

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tentative

not fully worked out, provisional, uncertain

  • adj

  • sym: hesitant, conditional

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terrestrial

of the earth or pertaining to the earth

  • adj

  • sym: earthly, tellurian, worldly

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untenable

not able to defend

  • adj

  • sym: flaws, indefensible

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clemency

leniency

  • noun

  • sym: compassion, forbearance, merey

  • ant: cruelty, condemnation