AP Vocab. List #7

2025 AP. Lang Vocabulary List #7

abhor

abhor

(v) to detest; to hate strongly

accolades

(n) praise, an aware, applause

ascetic

(adj) practicing self-denial; austere

bequeath

(v) to hand down, to give or leave in a will

charlatan

(n) one who pretends to have knowledge in order to swindle others

conflagration

(n) a very intense and uncontrolled fire; an emotionally heated event

dearth

(n) a lack, scarcity

diffidence

shyness, reserve, unassertiveness

effervescent

(adj) showing high spirits

ethereal

(adj) heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible

expunge

(v) to erase, obliterated destroy

guile

deceitfulness, duplicity

implausible

(adj) not believable

incongruity

nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility

insularity

(n) narrow-mindedness, isolation

insular

(adj) of an island, isolated, narrow-minded

morose

being sullen or gloomy

placate

to appease or to pacify by making concessions

poignant

(adj) piercing, deeply moving, strongly affecting the emotions

provincial

lacking sophistication, narrow-minded, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward

reiterate

to say again, repeat for emphasis

spontaneous

(adj) happening or arising without apparent external cause or planning

synthesis

(n) the combination of ideas into a complex whole

toxic

(adj) poisonous

vigilant

(adj) very alert, watchful

voluble

(adj) able to use words easily, fluent and glib