AP Lang vocab

Affable

friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to

Ambivalent

having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

Anomalous

deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected

Assiduous

showing great care and perseverance

Auspicious

conductive to success; favorable

Capricious

given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

Cogent

(of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing

Convoluted

extremely complex and difficult to follow

Deleterious

causing harm or damage (unexpected)

Dogged

having or showing tenacity and persistence

Dubious

hesitating or doubting

Futile

incapable of producing any useful result; pointless

Intrepid

resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance

Malleable

able to be pressed or hammered permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking (easily influenced)

Myopic

nearsighted; not thinking about the bigger picture

Obdurate

stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action

Omnipotent

(of a deity) having unlimited power; able to do anything

Patronizing

apparently kind or helpful but betraying a feeling of superiority; condescending

Pernicious

having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

Plausible

(of an argument of statement) seeing reasonable or probable

Pragmatic

dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical consideration

Sanguine

optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad situation

Substantiated

provide evidence to support or prove the truth of

Surreptitious

kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of

Spurious

not being what it purports to be; false or fake

Truncated

shortened in duration or extent