Vocab in Context: Sets 4-6

Ap Language and Composition vocabulary words, terms, and example sentences

abhor (verb); abhorrence (noun)

hatred

acrimony (noun)

bitter animosity

amiable (adj.)

friendly

amicable (adj.)

friendly

antipathy (noun)

dislike

congenial (adj.)

pleasant

disputatious (adj.)

quarrelsome; taking pleasure in arguments

distaste (noun)

dislike, aversion

empathetic (adj.); empathy (noun)

compassionate

estrange (verb); estrangement (noun)

alienate, alienation

exacting (adj.)

demanding, severe requirements

genial (adj.)

friendly

officious (adj.)

meddlesome, interfering

parody (noun)

intentional mockery

rancor (noun); rancorous (adj.)

bitter resentment

rapport (noun)

pleasant relationship

recluse (noun); reclusive (adj.)

hermit; person who lives a solitary life

satire (noun); satirical (adj.); satirize (verb)

sarcastic imitation

solicitous (adj.); solicitousness (noun)

expressing care or concern, often too much

unwitting (adj.)

unintentional

amenable (adj.)

yielding, cooperative

aspire (verb)

strive for

assiduous (adj.)

diligent

assuage (verb)

relieve, appease

compliant (adj.); compliance (noun)

yielding, cooperative

dauntless (adj.)

courageous

debacle (noun)

failure

debilitate (verb)

weaken

debunk (verb)

prove wrong

deference (noun); deferential (adj.)

respectful submission, yielding

deterrent (noun)

hindrance, impediment

disheartened (adj.)

discouraged

dispel (verb)

to drive away or disprove

disquiet (noun)

anxiety, unease, distress

facile (adj.)

superficial, effortless

futile (adj.); futility (noun)

hopeless

gallant (adj.)

courageous

impasse (noun)

obstacle

indomitable (adj.)

too strong to be defeated

intrepid (adj.)

courageous

onerous (adj.)

difficult, trying

servile (adj.)

submissive, subservient

steadfast (adj.)

loyal, faithful, committed

subservient (adj.)

submissive, compliant, passive

tenacious (adj.); tenacity (noun)

stubborn, determined

tenuous (adj.)

insignificant, flimsy

tribulation (noun)

a challenging situation or experience

vying (verb)

striving

acumen (noun)

insightfulness

adept (adj.)

skillful

adroit (adj.)

skillful

anthropology (noun)

study of human beings

boorish (adj.); boorishness (noun)

crude

cerebral (adj.)

intellectual

churlish (adj.)

rude, impolite

conscientious (adj.)

careful, diligent

cosmopolitan (adj.)

sophisticated, cultured, worldwide

credulity (adj.); credulous (noun)

the trait of trusting others too much

didactic (adj.)

(often excessively) morally instructive

discern (verb); discerning (adj.)

perceive, perceptive

epiphany (noun)

sudden realization

erudite (adj.); erudition (noun)

scholarly

esoteric (adj.)

understood only by a few

fastidious (adj.)

careful, meticulous, exacting

finesse (noun)

tact, elegant skill

flummox (verb)

confuse

folly (adj.)

foolishness

foolhardy (adj.)

recklessly daring

grandiose (adj.)

pompous, pretentious

inane (adj.)

senseless, stupid

ineptitude (noun)

incompetence

ingenuous (adj.)

unsophisticated and trusting, naïve

lithe (adj.)

graceful, supple

neophyte (noun)

beginner

oversight (noun)

mistake

painstaking (adj.)

careful

pedant (noun); pedantic (adj.); pedantry (noun)

a person who makes a great show of their knowledge

precocious (adj.)

early development in maturity and intelligence

provincial (adj.)

narrow-minded, unsophisticated

punctilious (adj.)

meticulous, attentive to detail

pundit (noun)

a knowledgeable commentator

quixotic (adj.)

foolish

sage (adj./noun)

wise

scrupulous (adj.)

very careful and precise

shrewd (adj.)

astute, smart

slipshod (adj.)

careless, sloppy

stupefy (verb); stupefaction (noun)

bewilder

susceptible (adj.)

easily influenced or affected

tractable (adj.)

easily managed or controlled

uncanny (adj.)

extraordinary, weird

uncouth (adj.)

crude

unfathomable (adj.)

incomprehensible, unbelievable

ungainly (adj.)

clumsy

urbane (adj.)

elegant, sophisticated

venerable (adj.)

commanding respect because of age, dignity

virtuoso (noun); virtuosity (noun)

one with exceptional musical skill

wry (adj.)

clever or grim sense of humor