AP Language Vocabulary

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Exculpate
To clear someone from blame
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Exigent
Urgent
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Expedient
Convenient but immoral
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Extraneous
Unrelated
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Facade
Deceptive outward appearance
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Fallacious
Something based off false reasoning
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Flagrant
A person or thing that is expressing bad behavior/ideas
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Flout
To openly do something against the rules
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Fortuitous
Lucky
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Foster
To encourage the development
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Diffident/Diffidence
Lack/Lacking (of) self confidence
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Discordant
Disagreeing/ not in harmony
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Discursive
Changing the subject/ rambling
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Disparate
Different from others
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Dissonance
Lack of harmony or agreement- leading to conflict
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Dissuade
To persuade someone to not do something
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Dither
Indecisive/ uncertain
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Dogmatic
Stubborn: Believe what they believe no matter what
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Efficacious
Effective
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Egregious
Unbelievably shockingly bad
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Amalgamate
Combine 2 entities into 1
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Anachronistic
Something old-fashioned or out of place for the time it's in.
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Analogous
Similar in some way, making it easy to compare two things
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Apocryphal
A story or statement that is widely circulated but likely untrue or doubtful.
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Arbitrary
Something based on random choice or personal whim rather than reason or a system.
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Aversion
A strong dislike or unwillingness towards something
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Circuitous
A path or route that is indirect and lengthy, rather than straight and direct.
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Circumlocution
Using more words than necessary to explain something.
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Nuance
A subtle difference
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Recapitulate
To summarize or review the main points of something
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Cerebral
Intellectual rather than emotional
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Cognizant
Aware or conscious of something
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Concede
To admit or acknowledge something, often reluctantly or after denial
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Concise
Giving a lot of information in simple terms
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Construe
To interpret or understand the meaning of something
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Conundrum
A confusing or difficult problem/ question
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Corroborate
To confirm or support with evidence.
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Delineate
To describe or portray something in detail.
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Derivative
Something that is based on or developed from another source.
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Didactic
Intended to teach or instruct, in an overly educational way.
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Adumbrate
To hint at something
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Antiquated
Old and outdated
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Antithesis
The opposite of something
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Arcane
Mysterious and known by few
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Archetypal
A typical/good example of something
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Ascertain
To find out for sure
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Ascribe
Making a connection from one thing to another
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Attribute
Noun: A quality of someone/something Verb: To say something is due to something.
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Bias(es)
An unfair prejudice for one side over another.
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Bombastic
Using fancy words that sound important but mean little
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