AP Lang vocab list 1-8

Manifest

to make clear or evident to the eye or the understanding

Ostentatious

characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an

attempt to impress others

Sanguine

cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident

Strident

having a shrill, irritating quality or character

Vehement

characterized by rancor or anger; marked by great energy; strongly

emotional; intense or passionate

Elegiac

expressing sorrow or lamentation

Fecund

very productive or creative intellectually

Fortuitous

happening or produced by chance; accidental

Infirmity

a physical weakness or ailment; a moral weakness or failing

Malady

any disorder or disease of the body

Nuance

a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, & response

Profligate

utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated

Remonstrance

to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval

Scintillate

to sparkle; flash; to twinkle, as the stars

Vitiate

to impair or weaken the effectiveness of; to make legally defective or invalid

Akin

similar or closely related to something; related by blood

Corroborate

to give or represent evidence of the truth of something

Inexorable

unyielding; unalterable; relentless

Insipid

without distinctive or stimulating qualities; lacking taste

Nefarious

extremely wicked or villainous

Physiognomy

the outward (facial) appearance of anything, taken as offering some insight into its character

Retinue

a body of attendants upon an important person

Suppliant

asking humbly and earnestly; as words, actions

Tedium

the quality or state of being wearisome; boredom

Torrid

subject to parching or burning heat, esp. of the sun

Affront

deliberate act or display of disrespect; insult

Blasé

indifferent to or bored with life; apathetic to pleasure as a result of excessive indulgences

Cajole

to persuade by flattery or promises

Choleric

extremely irritable or easily angered

Encumber

burden or weigh down; to hinder

Pecuniary

of or involving money; involving a money penalty or fine

Plight

To pledge or promise

Presumptuous

too bold or forward; showing overconfidence; arrogance

Subversive

tending or seeking to overthrow or destroy

Vacuous

having or showing lack of intelligence, interest, or thought; empty of matter

Avocation

something one does in addition to regular work and usually for pleasure; hobby

Capricious

tending to change abruptly and without apparent reason

Disparity

inequality or difference as in rank, amount, or quality; unlikeness

Efficacy

power to produce effects of intended results

Epistle

a letter esp. a long formal instructive letter; written communication

Hospice

a place of shelter for travelers, esp. such a shelter maintained by monks

Impetus

the force with which a body moves against resistance; anything that stimulates activity

Moribund

dying; coming to an end; having little or no vital force left

Reticent

habitually silent or uncommunicative; disinclined to speak readily

Vacillate

to sway to and fro; fluctuate or oscillate

Ambulatory

walking or moving around

Brazen

showing or expressing boldness and a complete lack of shame

Din

a system of standard electrical connections, used especially in television and

audio equipment; a system of numbers used to express the speed of a photographic film

Ennui

weariness and dissatisfaction with life that results from a loss of interest or

sense of excitement

Exonerate

to declare officially that somebody is not to blame or is not guilty of

wrongdoing

Inscrutable

not expressing anything clearly and thus hard to interpret

Prognosticate

to predict or foretell future events

Schism

the division of a group into mutually antagonistic factions

Sedition

actions or words intended to provoke or incite rebellion against

government authority, or actual rebellion against government authority

Wizened

looking wrinkled, shriveled, or dried up

Austere

imposing or suggesting physical hardship

Corpulent

somewhat overweight

Derisive

showing contempt or ridicule

Effeminate

weak through over refinement or an absence of vigorous qualities

Jocund

cheerful and full of good humor

Allay

To put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest; calm; quiet.

Capacious

capable of holding much; spacious or roomy

Diurnal

Of or pertaining to a day or each day; daily.

Extricate

to free or release from entanglement; disengage

Ignominious

marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating

Mitigate

to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate

Palpitate

to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.;

flutter

Phlegmatic

not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish

Propitious

presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.

Prostrate

Lying face down

Acquiesce

to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree;

consent

Amity

friendship; peaceful harmony.

Arduous

requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult

Gestalt

a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole.

Inundate

to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.

allocation

the act of setting apart for a purpose or specific plan; designate

ascetic

a person who dedicated his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons

Beguile

to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude; to take away from by cheating or deceiving

crass

without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid

defray

to bear or pay all or part of (the costs, expenses, etc.)

dint

force; power; a dent

enjoin

to prescribe (a course of action) with authority or emphasis

envoy

a diplomatic agent; any accredited messenger or representative

interloper

to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license; to thrust oneself into the affairs of others

vicarious

performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another; taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute; felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others

admonish

to caution, advise, or counsel against something; to reprove or scold, especially in a mild and good-willed manner

akimbo

with hand on hip and elbow bent forward

lassitude

weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy

licentious

sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd; unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral

muse

to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject; any of a number of sister goddesses

Perjury

willingly giving a false testimony while under oath.

Perspicuity

clearness, well expressed, not vague

Preposterous

opposite to reality and common sense, utterly ridiculous

Trepidation

trembling or quivering mvement, a tremor