AP LANG SAT vocab 21 - 22 AOL

Amity

Friendship

• noun

• sym: cordiality, harmony, kindness

• ant: hostility, discord

Blandishment

Flattery

• noun

• sym: fawning, praise, sycophancy

• ant: criticism

Callous

hardened, insensitive, indifferent

• adj

• sym: hard, insured, insensible, obtuse

• ant: sensitive, compassionate

Carping

finding fault

• adj/verb

• sym: captious, censorious, critical

• ant: praising, contemplating

Dilatory

delaying, slow

• adj

• sym: dallying, leisurely, sluggish, unhurried

• ant: zealous, eager

Esteem

estimate of value approval; and respect often blended with fondness

• noun

• sym: regard, valuation, reputation

• ant: dishonor, disrespect

Finesse

delicate skill

• noun

• sym: acumen, adroitness, competence, stratagem

• ant: incompetence

Heretical

contrary to church doctrine or accepted beliefs/standards

• adj

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

• ant: ortodox

Imperious

extremely overbearing

• adj

• sym: domineering, imperative, masterful, peremptory

• ant: democratic, obedient, servile

Insatiable

incapable of being satisfied

• adj

• sym: demanding, gluttonous intemperate, rapacious, unappeasable

• ant: satisfied, pleased

Irreprochable

faultless, not discreditable

• adj

• sym: exemplary, impeccable, unimpeachable

• ant: imperfect

Mirth

gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter

• noun

• sym: glee, hilarity, jollity

• ant: sorrow, gloom

Orthodox

conforming to established standards, conventional

• adj

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

• ant: unconventional, untraditional

Pious

marked by showing zealous devotion to the rites of religion

• adj

• sym: devout, orthodox, reverent, sanctimonious

• ant: unholy, insincere

Plight

difficult or adverse situation

• noun

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

• ant: solution, blessing

Rancid

leaving a foul or offensive smell or taste

• adj

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

• ant: inoffensive, pleasing, fragrant

Raucous

loud and boisterous, harsh, disorderly

• adj

• sym: stentorian, strident

• ant: quiet, subdued, calm

Repugnant

disgusting, offensive

• adj

• sym: abhorrent, repellent, obnoxious

• ant: pleasant, delightful

Spiteful

full of spite, malicious, malevolent

• adj

• sym: vengeful, cruel, rancorous

• ant: affectionate, forgiving

Adjunct

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

• noun

• sym: associate

anomalous

out of place, abnormal

• adj

• sym: atypical, abberant

astute

shrewd, perceptive

• adj

• sym:sagacious

civility

polite and courteous behavior

• noun

• sym: mannerly behavior

covert

secret

• adj

• sym:clandestine, stealthy, underhanded

deft

skillful, adront

• adj

• sym: clever, cunning

iconoclast

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

• noun

• sym: denouncer, heretic, radical

illustrious

notably outstanding, famous

• adj

• sym: celebrated, noted, renowed

indigenous

native to a certain area

• adj

• sym: aboriginal, native

partisan

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

• noun

• sym: disciple, follower

pungent

sharp or irritating taste or smell, acrid

• adj

• sym: racy, poignant

saccharine

overly sweet in attitude

• adj

• sym: candied, syruply

slovenly

messy, untidy, careless

• adj

• sym: dingy, disheveled

sonorous

resonant, producing a full rich sound

• adj

• sym: booming, resounding

sporadic

occasionally occurring

• adj

• sym: infrequent, rare, scare, uncommon

stolid

showing little emotion

• adj

• sym: infrequent, rare

tangential

slightly connected, divergent

• adj

• sym: extraneous, digressive, different but not really

tentative

not fully worked out, provisional, uncertain

• adj

• sym: hesitant, conditional

terrestrial

of the earth or pertaining to the earth

• adj

• sym: earthly, tellurian, worldly

untenable

not able to defend

• adj

• sym: flaws, indefensible

clemency

leniency

• noun

• sym: compassion, forbearance, merey

• ant: cruelty, condemnation