AP Lang Unit 11 Vocab

gauche

-awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy

Synonyms- inept, uncouth, maladroit

Antonyms- adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic

florid

-highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy

Synonyms- flushed, ruddy, frilly, flamboyant

Antonyms- pale, ashen, pallid, sallow, austere, stark

denizen

-an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place

Synonyms- dweller, habitue

Antonyms- alien, outsider, foreigner

abstemious

-moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline

Synonyms- temperate, sober, moderate

Antonyms- indulgent, immoderate, intemperate

perceptive

-having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation

Synonyms- insightful, discerning

Antonyms- dense, obtuse

salient

-leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out conspicuous

Synonyms- striking, notable, protrusive, obvious

Antonyms- inconspicuous, recessive

sear

-to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, singe

foist

-to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion

Synonyms- pass off, palm off, fob off

corroborate

-to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify

Antonyms- refute, contradict, undermine, discredit

dowdy

-poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste

Synonyms- frumpy, frowsy

Antonyms- chic, elegant, fashionable

censurable

-deserving of blame or correction

Synonyms- temperate, sober, moderate

Antonyms- commendable, laudable, meritorious

contingent

-likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance

Synonyms- conditional, dependent

Antonyms- independent of, unconnected with, certain

palpable

-capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized

Synonyms- obvious, manifest

Antonyms- intangible, insubstantial

specious

-deceptive, apparently good of valid but lacking real merit

Synonyms- deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic

Antonyms- valid, sound, solid, genuine

heresy

-an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred

Synonyms- unorthodox belief, heterodoxy

Antonyms- orthodoxy

disseminate

-to scatter or spread widely

Synonyms- disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate

Antonyms- bring together, concentrate, muster, conceal, hide

inculcate

-to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly

Synonyms- instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue

Antonyms- efface, extirpate, root out

pernicious

-extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

Synonyms- injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious

Antonyms- harmless, innocuous, salutary, salubriou

satiate

-to satisfy completely; to fill to excess

Synonyms- surfeit, gorge

Antonym- deprive entirely of

discursive

-passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic

Synonyms- diffuse, wandering, episodic

Antonyms- short and to the point, succinct