AP Lang Vocab

Apathy

noun, lack of feeling, emotion or interest

Ambiguous

Adj. could have 2 different ways of understanding, hard to categorize

fervent

Adj, big, intense feeling, glowing

Vagrant

Noun, someone who doesn’t have a house and wanders, or an animal, usually used negatively

Undermine

Verb, to weaken sneakily

Oblivious

Adj, not having mindful attention or awareness

Indifferent

Adj, lack of interest, or no special like or dislike

Obscure

Adjective, dark, dim, mysterious, not well known

Objective

Adj, based on facts

Reverse

Verb, to really respect/honor

Discriminate

verb, to unfairly treat a group differently based on category

embellish

verb, to decorate

Denounce

Verb, to call another bad publicly

Innovate

Verb, to make changes or introduce

Stagnant

adj. not flowing, not advancing

Candid

Adjective, honestly expressing opinion

Impartial

Adj, not biased, equal

Discern

verb, to detect, to recognize, to see

ostentatious

adj, overly elaborate, and attention seeking

contentious

adj, likely to cause argument, easy to argue with