AP English Vocab Set 1

Audacity

Audacity

boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions

Flaunt

to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly

Chagrin

a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation

Wry

bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing

Arbitrary

subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion

Callous

insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic

Levy

an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force

Buttress

to support by a buttress; prop up

Presage

to portend, foreshow, or foreshadow

Reprehensible

deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy

Casual

of, constituting, or implying a cause

Inductive

of, relating to, or employing logical induction; broadly applying that which is specific to that which is general

Antithetical

directly opposed or contrasted; opposite

Apprehension

anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil

Fortitude

mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously

Clandestine

characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious

Culpable

deserving blame or censure; blameworthy

Civil

adhering to the norms of polite social interaction; not deficient in common courtesy

Juxtapose

to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast

Ad Hominem

attacking an opponent's character rather than answering his argument; appealing to one's prejudices, emotions, or special interests rather than to one's intellect or reason

Emancipation

the act of freeing or state of being freed; liberation

Retrospective

directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc

Illicit

not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful

Allude

to refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion

Intimate

to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest

Validate

to make valid; substantiate; confirm

Epigraph

an suitable and relevant quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc

Agnostic

a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience

Affluence

abundance of money, property, and other material goods; riches; wealth; an abundant supply, as of thoughts or words; profusion

Sanctity

holiness, saintliness, or godliness; sacred or hallowed character

Divinity

the quality of being divine; divine nature; deity; godhood; a divine being; God

Psychoanalysis

a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes

Mysticism

a doctrine of an immediate spiritual intuition of truths believed to transcend ordinary understanding, or of a direct, intimate union of the soul with God through contemplation

Taboo

proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable

Benighted

intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened; backward, primitive, crude, uncultivated

Subordinate

placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank; of less importance; secondary; subject to or under the authority of a superior

Repulsive

capable of causing repulsion; serving to repulse

Irony

a literary technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated

Subterranean

existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground

Penchant

a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something

Misandry

hatred of males

Amalgam

a mix of different elements

Equestrian

of or relating to horseback riding or horseback riders

Indelible

making marks that cannot be erased, removed, or the like; that cannot be eliminated, forgotten, changed

Epitome

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