AP Language and Composition Summative Vocab Test

Adulation

Exaggerated flattery or praise

Affable

diffusing warmth and friendliness

affinity

a natural attraction or feeling of kinship

affront

a deliberately offensive act

aggrandize

embellish; increase the scope, power or importance of

alacrity

liveliness and eagerness

commendation

an official award given as a formal public statement

compunction

a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed

conciliatory

making or willing to make concessions

concord

a harmonious state of things and their properties

despondent

without or almost without hope

disparage

express a negative opinion of

disparate

fundamentally different or distant in quality or kind

dissipate

cause to separate and go in different directions

enmity

a state of deep-seated ill-will

erudite

having or showing profound knowledge

esoteric

understandable only by an enlightened inner circle

evanescent

short-lived; tending to disappear or vanish

extol

praise, glorify, or honor

fraught

filled with or likely to result in something undesirable

aloof

distant, cold, or detached in manner

ambivalent

uncertain or unable to decide what course to follow

amenable

disposed or willing to comply

amorphous

having no definite form or distinct shape

analogous

similar or equivalent in some respects

antecedent

a preceding occurrence or cause or event

antipathy

a feeling of intense dislike

assiduous

marked by care and persistent effort

assuage

provide physical relief, as from pain

clamor

utter or proclaim insistently and noisily

commodious

large and roomy

confluence

a place where things merge or flow together

contentious

showing an inclination to disagree

contrite

feeling or expressing pain or sorrow

diminutive

very small

disdain

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

dubious

fraught with uncertainty or doubt

exacerbate

make worse

gratuitous

unnecessary or unwanted

allay

lessen the intensity of or calm

ambiguous

having more than one possible meaning

amiable

diffusing warmth and friendliness

anomaly

deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule

apocryphal

being of questionable authenticity

ascertain

learn or discover with confidence

audacious

disposed to venture or take risks

austere

of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor

confound

be confusing or perplexing to

convoluted

highly complex or intricate

cursory

hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

debunk

expose while ridiculing

depravity

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral priciples

discordant

not in agreement or harmony

dissuade

turn away by persuasion

dither

be undecided or uncertain

duplicity

the act of decieving or acting in bad faith

exasperate

make furious

gregarious

temperamentally seeking or enjoying the company of others

jocular

joking

aspersion

a curse, expression or ill-will

harrowing

greatly distressing, vexing

ignominious

humiliating, disgracing

illicit

forbidden, not permitted

impertinent

rude, insolent

impetuous

rash, hastily done

incessant

unending

indefatigable

incapable of defeat, failure, or decay

indigent

very poor, impoverished

indignation

anger sparked by something unjust or unfair

innate

inborn, native, inherent

innocuous

harmless inoffensive

insolent

rude, arrogant, overbearing

insipid

bland, boring, tasteless

judicious

having or exercising sound judgement

laconic

terse in speech or writing

linchpin

something that holds separate parts together

magnanimous

noble, generous

malleable

capable of being shaped or transformed

maudlin

weakly sentimental