AP Vocab. List #11

2025 AP. Lang Vocabulary List #11

abet

to assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

agile

moving quickly and lightly, mentally quick and lively

antidote

a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

ascertain

find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

benevolence

kindness, generosity, charity

desolate

made uninhabitable

din

a loud harsh or strident noise

dissuade

to turn away from by persuasion

distend

to swell from or as if from internal pressure

enervation

lack of vitality

fitful

intermittently stopping and starting

eulogy

a formal speech praising a person who has died

indelible

cannot be removed, washed away or erased

inert

unable to move or resist motion

malevolence

ill will or evil intentions

obliterate

remove completely from recognition or memory

ornate

marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details, rococo

paucity

an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

piety

religious devotion; great respect toward something, especially parents

precarious

fraught with danger

prosaic

not fanciful or imaginative

quiescent

not active or activated

scintillating

marked by high spirits or excitement

squialid

foul and run-down and repulsive

vexation

discomfort or distress