AP Language Vocabulary

Exculpate

To clear someone from blame

Exigent

Urgent

Expedient

Convenient but immoral

Extraneous

Unrelated

Facade

Deceptive outward appearance

Fallacious

Something based off false reasoning

Flagrant

A person or thing that is expressing bad behavior/ideas

Flout

To openly do something against the rules

Fortuitous

Lucky

Foster

To encourage the development

Diffident/Diffidence

Lack/Lacking (of) self confidence

Discordant

Disagreeing/ not in harmony

Discursive

Changing the subject/ rambling

Disparate

Different from others

Dissonance

Lack of harmony or agreement- leading to conflict

Dissuade

To persuade someone to not do something

Dither

Indecisive/ uncertain

Dogmatic

Stubborn: Believe what they believe no matter what

Efficacious

Effective

Egregious

Unbelievably shockingly bad

Amalgamate

Combine 2 entities into 1

Anachronistic

Something old-fashioned or out of place for the time it's in.

Analogous

Similar in some way, making it easy to compare two things

Apocryphal

A story or statement that is widely circulated but likely untrue or doubtful.

Arbitrary

Something based on random choice or personal whim rather than reason or a system.

Aversion

A strong dislike or unwillingness towards something

Circuitous

A path or route that is indirect and lengthy, rather than straight and direct.

Circumlocution

Using more words than necessary to explain something.

Nuance

A subtle difference

Recapitulate

To summarize or review the main points of something

Cerebral

Intellectual rather than emotional

Cognizant

Aware or conscious of something

Concede

To admit or acknowledge something, often reluctantly or after denial

Concise

Giving a lot of information in simple terms

Construe

To interpret or understand the meaning of something

Conundrum

A confusing or difficult problem/ question

Corroborate

To confirm or support with evidence.

Delineate

To describe or portray something in detail.

Derivative

Something that is based on or developed from another source.

Didactic

Intended to teach or instruct, in an overly educational way.

Adumbrate

To hint at something

Antiquated

Old and outdated

Antithesis

The opposite of something

Arcane

Mysterious and known by few

Archetypal

A typical/good example of something

Ascertain

To find out for sure

Ascribe

Making a connection from one thing to another

Attribute

Noun: A quality of someone/something Verb: To say something is due to something.

Bias(es)

An unfair prejudice for one side over another.

Bombastic

Using fancy words that sound important but mean little