AP Lang Sets 9 & 10

ephemeral

adjective. short-lived; fleeting; transitory

relegate

verb. to dismiss; to an inferior person

futile

adjective. hopeless; worthless; useless

condone

verb. to forgive; to overlook

tranquility

noun. calmness

dissent

noun. disagreement / verb. to disagree

conciliate

verb. to soothe; to end a dispute; to reconcile

incessant

adjective. unceasing; never ending

disparity

noun. inequality; difference

disparage

verb. to speak badly of; to belittle

conventional

adjective. ordinary; customary; normal; traditional

rigor

noun. harshness or severity

auspicious

adjective. favorable; positive

universal

adjective. existing or present everywhere

fickle

adjective. unpredictable; capricious; whimsical

furtive

adjective. secretive

remorse

noun. sadness; regret

repress

verb. to hold down

gullible

adjective. overly trusting; willing to believe anything

respite

noun. a rest; a pause; a break

scrutinize

verb. to examine closely

coalesce

verb. to come together; to merge; to join

orthodox

adjective. standard; commonly accepted; conventional (not just in religion)

innate

adjective. inborn; inherited

preclude

verb. to prevent; to make impossible

efface

verb. to erase; to wipe out

blasphemy

noun. heretical departure from accepted practice

ameliorate

verb. to make better; to improve

prodigious

adjective. of enormous quantity or size

concise

adjective. briefly and clearly stated

immutable

adjective. unchanging; permanent

stoic

adjective. indifferent to pleasure and pain; brave

innocuous

adjective. harmless

indolence

noun. laziness (indolent = adj)

benign

adjective. harmless

tedious

adjective. boring; painstaking

amiable

adjective. friendly

laud

verb. to praise

caustic

adjective. burning; uncomplimentary; sarcastic

atrophy

verb. waste away from lack of use; weaken (noun = the wasting away or lessening)