AP Lang - Vocab 19, 59

2024-2025 school year

adjunct

something joined or added to a thing but not necessarily a part of it

anomalous

out of place, abnormal; ant. fitting a pattern

belligerent

waging war, inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, bellicose, combative, contentious, quarrelsome, pugnacious; ant. peaceful

censure

to blame or to condemn, denounce, reprehend, reprobate (verb); ant. to praise

compliance

a yielding, acquiescence; ant. rebellion

defile

to make dirty, to desecrate, to pollute, contaminate, taint; ant. to enhance

diligent

characterized by steady, attentive, and energetic effort in pursuit or study, industrious, assiduous, sedulous

expedient

appropriate for a purpose but not necessarily moral, right, or just; ant. disadvantageous

flount

to treat with contempt, scoff, jeer, gibe, sneer, mock, insult

galling

very irritating; ant. soothing

heralded

announced or publicized; ant. unannounced

incantation

a spell, written or recited formula of words

indigenous

native to a certain area, aboriginal, endemic, native; ant. alien

luscious

very pleasant to the taste; ant. unpleasant to the taste

nomadic

characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads, transient; ant. not mobile; stationary

parry

to deflect or to ward off a blow

precipitate

to cause to speedily occur, to throw headlong; ant. to delay

pungent

sharp or irritating to the taste or smell, acrid, piquant, poignant, racy; ant. sweet, pleasant

ratify

to give formal approval; ant. to reject

sagacious

wise, shrewd, very discerning, astute, perspicacious; ant. ignorant, uninformed, undiscerning

slovenly

messy, untidy, careless; ant. fastidious

spiteful

full of spite or malice, malicious, malevolent, vengeful, cruel, rancorous; ant. benevolent, kind

tangential

slightly connected, divergent; ant. pertinent

taper

to decrease in thickness or width; ant. to make wider

vagrant

a wanderer who does not have a home

ambiance

a surrounding or pervading atmosphere, environment

awry

with a turn or twist to one side, away from the expected direction, askew, amiss, wrong; ant. aligned

catacomb

an underground tunnel or area with holes for graves

consecrate

to dedicate or to declare sacred, devote, hallow; ant. to profane

demarcation

a setting or marking of a boundary

diorama

a three-dimensional miniature scene with painted model figures

exhume

to dig something buried out of the earth; to revive after neglect, disinter; ant. to bury

failing (noun)

a fault or defect, foible, fragility, vice; ant. strength

forte

a strong point of a person, that in which one excels

icon

a picture, image, or other representation

inexorable

relentless, cannot be persuaded to change one’s course of action, inflexible, obdurate, adamant; ant. flexible, changeable, yielding

itinerary

proposed route of a journey

lineage

line of descent or tradition, background, ancestry

metaphysical

highly abstract or abstruse, relating to what is conceived as transcendent, perternatural

noncombatant

civilian, one not engaged in combat; ant. warrior

peal

a loud ringing (usually of bells)

phalanx

a close arrangement of people or things; ant. scattering

pneumatic

pertaining to air or gas

propinquity

nearness, kinship

remit

to send or to transmit (usually money)

rout

to gouge out or to make a furrow in, to expel by force

shrill

high-pitched or piercing (sound); ant. muted

strife

vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism, difference, disagreement, contrariety, opposition, fight

upshot

outcome, final result; ant. initial step

voluptuous

pleasurable to the senses, sensuous; ant. plain, homely