AP Lang Vocab 5

abominate

to regard with intense aversion or loathing; abhor, to dislike strongly

affable

pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite

approbation

approval; commendation

ascribe

to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute

blazon

to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim

brusque

abrupt in manner; blunt; rough

callow

immature or inexperienced

commiserate

to sympathize

disabuse

to free (a person) from deception or error

epitome

a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class, condensed account

ex officio

by virtue of office or official position

expedite

to speed up the progress of; hasten, to accomplish promptly, as a piece of business; dispatch.

hackneyed

made commonplace or trite; stale; banal

inconsequential

of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial, inconsequent; illogical, irrelevant

insurgent

a person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, especially a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel

lurid

gruesome; horrible; revolting, glaringly vivid or sensational; shocking

peculate

to steal or take dishonestly (money, especially public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle

reprove

to criticize or correct, especially gently

umbrage

offense; annoyance; displeasure

unwieldy

wielded with difficulty; not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly, clumsy