AP Lang Quack Words W1 🦆

Delineate

To describe accurately

Obscure

Dark, unknown, hard to understand

Querulous

Grump; Grumpy

Pugnacious

Eager to fight

Vernacular

Everyday speech; slang

Nefarious

Extremely evil; wicked

Glutton

Someone who overeats

Hiatus

A break or a vacation

Quell

To calm; pacify

Kindle

Ignite; start a fire; arouse

Tout

Publicly brag - Personal

Extol

Highly praise (someone else)

Copious

Abundant; plentiful

Hinderance

Something that blocks or gets in the way

Engender

To create or cause

Efface

To erase; to rub out

Obliterate

To completely destroy

Brawn

Muscular strength

Artisan

Someone who is skilled or talented with his or her hands

Enhance

To improve; grow

To describe accurately

Delineate

How do you spell extremely wicked, evil

Nefarious

How do you spell everyday speech and/or slang?

Vernacular

How to spell muscular strength?

Brawn

How do you spell the word that means to publicly brag?

Tout

How do you spell the word that means to improve?

Enhance

How do you spell the word that means to block or stop progress?

Hinderance

How do you spell the word that means to erase, or rub out?

Efface

How do you spell the word that means someone who overeats?

Glutton

How do you spell the word that means a break or vacation?

Hiatus

How do you spell the word that means grump or grump?

Querulous

How do you spell the word that means to create or cause?

Engender

How do you spell the word that means to completely destroy?

Obliterate

How do you spell the word that means abundant/plentiful?

Copious

How do you spell the word that means dark, unknown, and hard to understand?

Obscure

How do you spell the word to praise highly?

Extol

How do you spell the word that means eager to fight?

Pugnacious

How do you spell the word that means to calm or pacify?

Quell

How do you spell the word that means a person who skilled with his or her hands?

Artisan

How do you spell the word that means to ignite or arouse?

Kindle

Synonyms: Discontented, annoyed, irritated, miserable

Querulous

Synonyms: Aggrieved, sullen, griping, vexed

Querulous

Synonyms: Crabby, fretful, disgruntled, kvetching

Querulous

Antonyms: Even-tempered, appreciating, enjoying, praising

Querulous

Synonyms: Describes characterize, recite, report

Delineate

Synonyms: Depict, detail, render, figure

Delineate

Synonyms: Portray, particularize, explain, specify

Delineate

Antonyms: Confuse, hide, withhold, misrepresent

Delineate

Antonyms: Refrained, mystify, middle, misinterpret

Delineate

Synonyms: Evil, vile, abominable, heinous

Nefarious

Synonyms: Depraved, iniquitous, odious, diabolical

Nefarious

Synonyms: Corrupt, detestable, abhorrent, atrocious

Nefarious

Antonyms: Reputable, trustworthy, honest, respectable

Nefarious

Antonyms: Esteemed, righteous, reliable, upright

Nefarious

Antonyms: Decent, respectable, acclaimed, moral

Nefarious

Synonyms: Catchword, epithet, axiom, tag

Vernacular

Synonyms: Mantra, shibboleth, aphorism, epigram

Vernacular

Synonyms: Byword, saying, dictum, refrain

Vernacular

Antonyms: Bookish, learned, abnormal, extraordinary

Vernacular

Antonyms: Lettered, highbrow, studious, pedantic

Vernacular

Antonyms: Esoteric, recondite, versed, formal

Vernacular

Antonyms: Scholarly, cerebral, versed, highbrow

Vernacular

Synonyms: Beef, toughness, burliness, brute

Brawn

Synonyms: Sinew, sturdiness, vigor, robustness

Brawn

Synonyms: Power, might, thew, muscle

Brawn

Antonyms: Weak, idleness, lethargy, phoniness

Brawn

Antonyms: Impotency, languidness, ineptness, frailness

Brawn

Antonyms: Enervation, enfeeblement, incapacity, decrepitude

Brawn

Synonyms: Glorify, boost, puff, tub-thump

Tout

Synonyms: Ballyhoo, praise, talk up, trumpet

Tout

Antonyms: Knock, slam, criticize, refuse

Tout

Antonyms: Discourage, blame, ridicule, mock

Tout

Antonyms: Abhor, pan, hate, disapprove

Tout

Antonyms: Blame, conceal, condemn, hide

Tout

Antonyms: Denounce, dissuade, castigate, disparage

Tout

Synonyms: Intensify, amplify, strengthen, augment

Enhance

Synonyms: Upgrade, inflated exalt, accentuate

Enhance

Synonyms: Lift, swell, magnify, build

Enhance

Synonyms: Strengthen, enrich, advance, extend

Enhance

Antonyms: Diminish, lower, depreciate, abate

Enhance

Antonyms: Decrease, reduce, contract, debase

Enhance

Antonyms: Downgrade, subdue, alleviate, shrink

Enhance

Antonyms: Dwindle, attenuate, downsize, mitigate

Enhance

Synonyms: Petulant, peeved, sour, irascible

Querulous

Synonyms: Impediment, obstruction, block, limitation

Hinderance

Synonyms: Barrier, hurdle, drawback, burden

Hinderance

Synonyms: Obstacle, prevention, interruption, impedance

Hinderance

Synonyms: Manacle, interference, restriction, set back

Hinderance

Antonyms: Aid, benefit, relief, sustenance

Hinderance

Antonyms: Boost, support, advancement, furtherance

Hinderance

Antonyms: Advantage, liberation, hand, contribution

Hinderance

Antonyms: Service, assistance, intervention, easement

Hinderance

Synonyms: Obliterate, annihilate, cancel, eliminate

Efface

Synonyms: Negate, eradicate, abolish, remove

Efface

Synonyms: Raze, delete, nullify, abolish

Efface

Antonyms: Preserve, construct, fix, build

Efface

Antonyms: Raise, enforce, bear, fix

Efface

Antonyms: Permit, rear, enact, generate

Efface

Antonyms: Sanction, restore, add, establish

Efface

Antonyms: Promote, append, ratify, legalize

Efface