AP Lang Vocab #5

abominate

verb

1. to regard with intense aversion or loathing; abhor.

2. to dislike strongly.

affable

1. pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite.

2. showing warmth and friendliness; benign; pleasant.

approbation

noun

1. approval; commendation.

2. official approval or sanction.

ascribe

verb

1. to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute.

2. to attribute or think of as belonging, as a quality or characteristic.

blazon

verb

1. to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim.

2. to adorn or embellish, especially brilliantly or showily.

noun

1. an escutcheon; coat of arms

brusque

adjective

abrupt in manner; blunt; rough.

callow

adjective

immature or inexperienced.

commiserate

verb

to sympathize (usually followed by with).

disabuse

verb

to free (a person) from deception or error.

epitome

noun

1. a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class.

2. a condensed account, especially of a literary work; abstract.

ex officio

adverb

by virtue of office or official position.

expedite

verb

1. to speed up the progress of; hasten.

2. to accomplish promptly, as a piece of business; dispatch.

hackneyed

adjective

made commonplace or trite; stale; banal.

inconsequential

adjective

1. of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.

2. inconsequent; illogical.

3. irrelevant.

insurgent

noun

1. a person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, especially a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel.

2. a member of a section of a political party that revolts against the methods or policies of the party.

adjective

1. surging or rushing in.

lurid

adjective

1. gruesome; horrible; revolting.

2. glaringly vivid or sensational; shocking.

3. lighted or shining with an unnatural, fiery glow; wildly or garishly red.

peculate

verb

to steal or take dishonestly (money, especially public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.

reprove

verb

1. to criticize or correct, especially gently.

2. to disapprove of strongly; censure.

umbrage

1. offense; annoyance; displeasure.

2. the slightest indication or vaguest feeling of suspicion, doubt, hostility, or the like.

3. shade or shadows, as cast by trees.

   1. a shadowy appearance or semblance of something.

unwieldy

adjective

not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly.