AP English Language and Composition Vocabulary 1-30

Cognate

(adj.) closely related in origin, essential nature, or function; (n.) such a person or thing

Derivative

something that comes from another source

Diminutive

A word, affix, or name usually indicating small size

Inflection

A change in pitch or loudness of the voice.
Also a different form of a word i.e. waiter and waitress

Paradigm

List of inflectional forms of a word

Orthography

the conventional spelling system of a language

Philology

study (love) of language and literature

Phonology

the study of speech sounds in language

Rhetoric

the art of using language effectively and persuasively

Syntax

the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language

Belie

contradict; give a false impression

Clandestine

(adj.) secret, concealed; underhanded

Collusion

secret agreement or cooperation

Dissemble

(v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

Nefarious

(adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

Perfidious

faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy

Probity

the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency

Scrupulous

exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled

Spurious

not genuine, not true, not valid

Stratagem

an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy

Emonate

to come out from a source

Inhibit

To get in the way of; hinder

Meander

(v.) to wander about, wind about; (n.) a sharp turn or twist

Retrogress

to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Serpentine

snakelike in shape or movement; winding as a snake

Supersede

to take the place of; to replace

Torpid

inactive, sluggish, dull

Transitory

temporary; lasting a brief time

Undulate

(v.) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form

Unremitting

(adj.) not stopping, maintained steadily, never letting up, relentless