AP Lang Vocab 6

antagonist

opposition; hostility; resistance

arbitrary

subject to individual judgement

austere

severe; without frills

expedite

to make faster or easier

heresy

an opinion violently opposed to established belief

compromise

to settle by concession or surrender

condescended

to talk down to

fallacious

false; untrue

intangible

abstract; not capable to being touched or felt

arrogant

acting superior to other; snooty

compatible

able to co-exist; harmonious

dubious

doubtful

solicit

to ask for; to seek

elusive

tough to catch; hard to pin down

facilitate

to make easier; to help

static

stationary; not moving

ironic

satiric; unexpected

irrational

unreasonable; unpredictable

dogmatic

stubbornly opinionated

flagrant

shocking; outstandingly bad