AP Vocab. List #25

2025 AP. Lang Vocabulary List #25

abominable

unequivocally detestable

abscond

to sneak away and hide

capitulate

surrender under agreed conditions

castigate

to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize

comatose

in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness

consolidate

bring together into a single whole or system

despondency

depression, dejection

destitution

state of being extremely poor, in extreme want

eddy

a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

enfranchise

to give or to bestow something such as the right to vote or citizenship

ennoble

to elevate, to raise in rank

fecund

capable of producing offspring or vegetation

inebriation

drunkenness; intoxication

inopportune

coming at a bad time; not appropriate

inviolable

not capable of being violated or infringed

nonchalance

indifference; lack of concern; composure

prevarication

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

primordial

developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic

punctilious

very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety

remonstrate

argue in protest or opposition

rudimentary

being or involving basic facts or principles

sonnet

a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

tantamount

equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect

turgid

swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language

vestigial

referring to a functionless structure that was functional in an ancestral species