ap lang vocab

1. Acquisitive (adjective)

• Definition: eager to acquire or possess things, especially material goods
  

• Synonyms: greedy, covetous, avid, avaricious, eager, mercenary
  

• Antonyms: generous, charitable, unselfish, altruistic, magnanimous, liberal
  
  

2. Arrogate (verb)

• Definition: to take or claim something without justification
  
  

• Synonyms: claim, confiscate, grab, seize, usurp, occupy

  
  

• Antonyms: relinquish, forgo, renounce, relinquish, surrender, abdicate

  
  

3. Banal (adjective)

• Definition: lacking originality, freshness, or novelty; trite
  

• Synonyms: dull, insipid, bland, boring, tiring, flat

• Antonyms: piquant, pungent, spicy, racy, substantial

4. Belabor (verb)

• Definition: (1) to explain or discuss something in excessive detail; (2) to attack or criticize someone or something persistently
  
  

• Synonyms: emphasize, dwell on, stress, harp pay up, underline, underscore
  
  

• Antonyms: ignore, bypass, overlook, disregard, slight, forget
  
  

5. Carping (adjective)

• Definition: characterized by constant petty criticism or complaints
  

• Synonyms: critical, captious, faultfinding, hypercritical, cavalling, judgemental
  
  

• Antonyms: uncritical, undiscrimintaing, undemanding, charitable, forgving, unfussy

6. Coherent (adjective)

• Definition: logically connected; consistent and orderly
  
  

• Synonyms:consistent, compatible, consonant, congruent, harmonius, concordant
  

• Antonyms: inconsistent, incompatible, conflicting, incongrous, improper, inappropiate
  
  

7. Congeal (transitive verb)

• Definition: to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state
  

• Synonyms: solidify, freeze, harden, clot, stiffen, set
  
  

• Antonyms: liquefy, melt, dissolve, soften, gelatnitize
  

8. Emulate (verb)

• Definition: (1) to strive to equal or excel by imitation; (2) to imitate with the intent to surpass
  
  

• Synonyms: imitate, copy, mirror, mock, match, reproduce
  
  

• Antonyms: differ, reject, avoid, ignore, failure, oppose
  
  

9. Encomium (noun)

• Definition: a formal expression of praise
  
  

• Synonyms: tribute, eulogy, panegyric, commendation, citation, compliment
  
  

• Antonyms: criticism, condemnation, denunciation, censure, indictment, rebuke
  

10. Eschew (verb)

• Definition: to deliberately avoid or abstain from something
  
  

• Synonyms: avoid, shun, elude, escape,evade, eliminate
  

• Antonyms: embrace, welcome, indulge, accept, indulge, embrace
  

11. Germane (adjective)

• Definition: relevant and appropriate to the subject at hand
  
  

• Synonyms: relevant, pertinent, applicable, relative, pointed, important
  
  

• Antonyms: irrelevant, unrelated, extraneous, immaterial, inapplicable, extraneous
  

12. Insatiable (adjective)

• Definition: incapable of being satisfied; always wanting more
  
  

• Synonyms: unquenchable, ravenous, greedy, urgent, avid, insatiate
  

• Antonyms: satisfied, content, appeased, satiated, controlled, appeasable
  

13. Intransigent (adjective)

• Definition: refusing to compromise or change one's position on a matter
  
  

• Synonyms: uncompromising, unyielding, stubborn, adamant, steadfast, hardened
  
  

• Antonyms: flexible, yielding, compromising, acquiescent, amenable, pliant

14. Invidious (adjective)

• Definition: likely to arouse resentment or anger in others
  
  

• Synonyms: jealous, envious, green with envy, malicious, covetous, resentful
  
  

• Antonyms: kind, generous, charitable, benevolent, altruistic, unenvious
  

15. Largesse (noun)

• Definition: generosity in giving, often in a lavish or excessive manner
  
  

• Synonyms: generosity, philanthropy, bounty, unselfishness, liberality, munificence
  
  

• Antonyms: stinginess, selfishness, miserliness, cheapness, meanness, economy

16. Reconnaissance (noun)

• Definition: a survey or exploration, often for military purposes
  
  

• Synonyms: surveillance, observation, spying, espionage, counterintelligence, counterespionage
  
  

• Antonyms: ignorance, neglect, omission, disregard, indifference, disinterest
  

17. Substantiate (verb)

• Definition: to provide evidence to support or prove the truth of something
  
  

• Synonyms: confirm, verify, collaborate, argue, prove, support
  
  

• Antonyms: disprove, invalidate, refute, challenge, contradict, deny

18. Taciturn (adjective)

• Definition: habitually silent or uncommunicative
  
  

• Synonyms: reserved, silent, mute, restrained, dumb, laconic, reticent
  
  

• Antonyms: talkative, loquacious, garrulous, garrulous, outspoken, chatty
  

19. Temporize (verb)

• Definition: to delay or avoid making a decision in order to gain time
  
  

• Synonyms: procrastinate, delay, stall, linger, dawdle, play
  
  

• Antonyms: hump, hurtle, resolve, scramble, dart, breeze

20. Tenable (adjective)

• Definition: capable of being maintained or defended against attack or criticism
  
  

• Synonyms: defensible, justifiable, reasonable, defendable, secured, protected
  
  

• Antonyms: indefensible, untenable, unjustifiable, vulnerable, liable, susceptible