Massive Vocab Test

AP LANG

abdicate

to give up power

abeyance

temporary suspension

abscond

escape, especially to avoid the law

accede

agree

accessory

something that is added for convenience or show

accost

to greet

acquisition

the act of gaining possession

acriminous

sarcastic

adjudge

determined by legal process

adjure

to appeal earnestly

aegis

protecting power

aesthetic

concerning response to beauty in art or nature, artistic

allay

calm

amorphous

without shape

antipathy

negative feeling

antipodes

opposite side of the earth

apostasy

act of falling away from religious faith

apposite

appropriate

archive

place for storing documents

ascertain

determine

ascetic

leads to a self-denying life

ascribe

to attribute to

asperity

harshness

auspices

omen

austerity

strictness

autonomy

right of self-government

biennial

occurring every second year

bucolic

characteristic of shepherds

cabal

intrigue

calumny

malicious accusation

capricious

whimsical

cataclysm

violent disturbance such as war

cavil

raise trivial objections

chicanery

trickery

chimercial

visionary

cognizant

aware

collateral

security pledge for a loan or obligation

complaisance

desire to please

compunction

sense of guilt

coterie

a group of people who surround or follow a celebrity

conjecture

conclude, or suppose from incomplete evidence

conjugal

pertaining to marrige

consanguinity

related by blood

contravene

come into conflict with

contumely

insulting speech

conversant

well aquainted

cosmic

relating to the universe

cosmopolitan

common to all the world

couplet

poem, two successive lines that rhyme

covet

to desire eagerly

credible

capable of being believed; reliable

credulous

believe too easily

cryptic

mysterious

decorum

proper

deduction

subtraction, reasoning from an unknown principle

defection

abandonment of loyalty

demure

modest

denizen

occupant