AP Lang - List 2 Vocabulary

quantify

use as a quantifier; express as a number or measure

culprit

someone who perpetrates harm or wrongdoing

articulate

express or state clearly; speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; unite by forming a connection

enunciate

express or state clearly; speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

decry

express strong disapproval of

anecdotal

based on stories rather than data or scientific observation; characterized by telling anecdotes

onomatopoeia

using words that imitate the sound they denote

repel

force or drive back; fill with distaste; reject outright and bluntly

perceive

become aware of through the senses; look on as or consider

hitherto

to describe a situation that has existed up to the present time

audacity

aggressive boldness; fearless daring

prolific

intellectually productive; bearing in abundance especially offspring

breadth

the extent of something from side to side; the capacity to understand a broad range of topics

beget

make children; cause to happen, occur, or exist

malleable

capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; easily influenced

rigid

incapable of or resistant to bending; incapable of compromise or flexibility

exuberant

joyously unrestrained; produced or growing in extreme abundance

enshrine

enclose in a place of worship; hold sacred

conceit

the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; feelings of excessive pride; a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things

oxymoron

conjoined contradictory terms

ponderous

having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; slow and laborious because of weight

gerund

a noun formed from a verb

infinitive

the uninflected form of the verb

participle

a non-finite form of the verb used as an adjective