AP Lang Vocab Week 3

bombast

impressive but meaningless language (noun)

bona fide

in good faith (adj.)

boor

a rude or impolite person (noun)

bovine

pertaining to cows or cattle (adj.)

bowdlerize

to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, ect. (verb)

brevity

briefness; short duration (noun)

bucolic

pertaining to the countryside; rural, rustic (adj.)

cajole

to coax, to persuade, to wheedle (verb)

callow

young and inexperienced (adj.)

carcinogen

causing cancer (noun)

carnal

sensual, sexual (adj.)

carrion

decaying flesh (noun)

cataclysm

a violent change (noun)

cataract

large waterfall; abnormality of the eye

caveat

a warning (noun)

-ty/-y

state of

-ize

to cause