AP Lang - Vocabulary (Group 2)

baffle (v.)

bewilder; perplex; fill with confusion; puzzle; frustrate

baffling (adj.)

frustrating; bewildering

cinema (n.)

movies; motion-picture industry

cinematography (n.)

art of making motion pictures

despise (v.)

look down on with contempt or disgust; loathe; regard as inferior

despicable (adj.)

worthy of contempt; contemptible

ebullient (adj.)

overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; effervescent; high-spirited; vivacious

ebullience (n.)

exuberance

exaggerate (v.)

overstate; go beyond the limits of the actual truth; magnify

exaggeration (n.)

overstatement

exhort (v.)

arouse by words; advise strongly; urge

exhortation (n.)

urgent recommendation or advice

expertise (n.)

specialized skill or technical knowledge, know-how; expertness

finicky (adj.)

excessively concerned with trifles or details, hard to please; fussy; particular; fastidious; persnickety

gall (v.)

make sore; irritate mentally; annoy; vex

gall (n.)

brazen boldness; nerve

inane (adj.)

lacking significance or sense; pointless; silly; insipid; jejune; vapid

inanity (n.)

foolishness; shallowness

indemnify (v.)

compensate for loss, damage, or injury; reimburse; repay

Occident (n.)

west; countries of America and Europe

occidental (adj.)

western

peruse (v.)

read; look at faintly attentively; study

perusal (n.)

reading; study

scuffle (v.)

struggle at close question in a rough and confused manner; wrestle; grapple

scuffle (n.)

brawl; fight

spurn (v.)

trust aside with disdain or contempt; reject

stipend (n.)

fixed pay for services; salary; regular allowance awarded a scholarship winner

surveillance (n.)

close watch over a person, group, or area; supervision

tepid (adj.)

moderately warm; lukewarm

tepidly (adj.)

unenthusiastically; lukewarmly

wager (v.)

risk (something) on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event; gamble; bet

wager (n.)

bet

wane (v.)

decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink