AP Language vocab #2 (copy)

Mr. Sturm

acquired

developed or learned; not naturally occurring

apprehension

anxiety or fear about the future 

contemporary

current, modern; from the same time 

egregious

conspicuously bad or offensive

endure

 to put up with; to survive a hardship 

facetious

playfully humorous

farce

an absurdly ridiculous situation

frenetic

wildly excited or active 

garrulous

given to excessive, rambling talk

gratuitous

given freely; unearned; unwarranted

impression

a feeling or understanding resulting from an experience

insipid

 uninteresting; unchallenging

listless

 lacking energy; lazy

misconception

an incorrect understanding or interpretation

pander

cater to lower tastes and desires of others or exploit their weaknesses

paucity

 fewness; an extreme lack of

ponderous

 having great weight; massive

premonition

 a feeling about the future 

propriety

appropriateness of behavior 

ruse

a crafty trick 

sedentary

not migratory; settled

slander

false charges and malicious statements or reports about someone 

sonorous

having or producing sound causing sleep or sleepiness; boring

soporific

causing sleep or sleepiness; boring

specious

having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false

spontaneous

unplanned; naturally occurring 

squalor

a filthy condition or quality

stupor

a state of reduced or suspended sensibility

superfluously

 extra; unnecessary