AP Lang & Comp Vocab terms Lesson 1

indifferent (Indifferently / indifference)

Not caring one way or the other; lacking of preference; neutral

Obscure (obscurely / obscured / obscuring)

Unclear; unclouded; partially hidden; hard to understand

objective (objectively / objectivity)

Without bias

Revere (Revered / revering / reverence)

to worship

Discriminate (Discriminating / Discrimination / Discriminator)

To differentiate; to make a clear distinction; to see the difference

Embellish (Embellishment; Embellishing; Embellished)

to add details; to exaggerate

Denounce (Denounced / Denouncing / Denouncement)

to speak out against; to condemn

Innovate ( Innovate / Innovating / Innovative)

To be creative; to introduce something new

Stagnant (Stagnate / Stagnancy / Stagnantly)

not moving

Candid (Candidly / Candidness)

honest; frank

Impartial (Impartiality / Impartialness / impartially)

unbiased; neutral

Discern (Discerning / Discernment /Discernible)

to distinguish one thing from another

Ostentatious (Ostentatiousness / Ostentation / Ostentatiously)

showing off

Contentious (Contentiousness / contentiously)

quarrelsome

Oblivious (Obliviously / Obliviousness)

unaware; unconscious

Undermine (Undermines / Undermining / Underminded)

To weaken; to wear the foundation of

Vagrant (Vagrant / Vagrancy / Vagrantness)

a wondering homeless person; a tramp

Fervent (Fervor / Fervency / Fervently)

to be passionate

Ambiguous (Ambiguity / Ambiguously / Ambiguousness) 

having more than one meaning; vague 

Apathy (Apathetic / Apathetically)

lack of emotion or interest