AP Lang Vocabulary XII

Accolade

Accolade

(n) praise or approval

Attrition

(n) the process of wearing down by friction or gradual impairment

Chauvinist

(adj) blindly devoted to a cause; extravagantly patriotic

Chronic

(adj) continuing over a long period of time or recurring often

Coalesce

(v) to blend together or fuse so as to form one body or substance

Convolution

(n) rolling up, coiling, or twisting together

Dichotomy

(n) a division into two contradictory or mutually exclusive parts

Dogmatic

(adj) inclined to state opinions as if they were indisputable facts

Expound

(v) to explain in detail

Gothic

(adj) characterized by or emphasizing a gloomy setting and grotesque or violent events; a type of medieval architecture

Impasse

(n) a dead end; a problem to which there is no solution

Imprecation

(n) a curse; the act of cursing

Non sequitur

(n) an inference or conclusion that does not follow logically from the facts

Noxious

(adj) harmful to physical health or morals

Populous

(adj) full of people; filled to capacity

Repartee

(n) a swift, witty reply

Resplendent

(adj) shining or gleaming brightly

Stigmatize

(v) to brand or mark in some way discreditable or disgraceful

Truncate

(v) to shorten by

Volition

(n) the power to choose, will or decide