AP Vocabulary Set 38

abrogate (v)

abrogate (v)

to abolish, to do away with

adamant (adj)

inflexible, immovable, obstinate

barbarism (n)

the incorrect usage of words or forms of language

colloquial (adj)

informal (speech)

compatriot (n)

a fellow countryman

defuse (v)

to remove or to lessen danger or hostility

effrontery (n)

extreme boldness, audacity

egregious (adj)

very bad, shocking, conspicuously bad

gambol (v)

to playfully skip or leap

hemophilia (n)

a hereditary disease where blood does not coagulate to stop bleeding

immunity (n)

resistance (usually to a disease)

impale (v)

to pierce, to fix on a pointed instrument

knotty (adj)

so complicated that it can probably not be solved; full of XXXXX

libertarian (n)

one who favors absolute XXXXXXX and free will

mired (adj)

stuck or entangled

noxious (adj)

harmful, unwholesome

palatable (adj)

agreeable to the taste, acceptable

palliate (v)

to ease pain, guilt or intensity

pallor (n)

extreme paleness usually relating to the face

pernicious (adj)

very destructive or harmful, deadly

skulk (v)

to move in a sneaky, furtive, or stealthy manner

tarry (v)

to delay in coming or going, to linger

tawdry (adj)

cheap and gaudy in appearance

temerity (n)

boldness that is foolhardy

utopian (adj)

having the characteristics of an ideally perfect place