AP Vocabulary Slides 1-125 Fit

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Efficacy

Producing the desired result; effectiveness

Protract

Extend in time or space.

Usurp

Seize or take over by force.

Upbraid

Criticize severely; scold

Brevity

Briefness; Conciseness; Succinct

Conviction

An opinion that is strongly held.

Fallacious

False; misleading

Sententious

Short and to the point; concise; brevity

Tirade

Long and bitter speech; diatribe

Belie

Give an impression that is the opposite of the way things really are; misrepresent

Aloof

Detached; apart; indifferent

Assiduous

Persistent; hard-working; diligent; attentive to detail

Lugubrious

Mournful

Truculent

Savage; Cruel

Loathe

Hate

Repudiate

Disown; reject

Despot

tyrant

Compliant

Following someone else’s demands; conforming; obeying

Stymie

block; get in the way of; hamper

Capitulate

Surrender; yield

Diatribe

a bitterly critical speech; tirade

Digress

Move away from the main topic when writing or speaking; go off on a tangent

Contend

a struggle or fight; argue a position or a point

Austere

severe; plain; without luxuries

Opulence

luxury; wealth; riches

Censure

criticize

Germane

relevant; fitting

Exalt

raise in rank; elevate; praise

Pecuniary

having to do with money

Fickle

lacking loyalty; unpredictably; changeable; erratic

Dissolution

separation into parts; the process of dissolving

Zenith

highest point; apex

Adamant

refusing to change; stubborn; unyielding

Arcane

secret; mysterious

Baleful

harmful; menacing

Inscrutable

difficult to understand or interpret

Impass

a stalemate; a situation from which you can’t escape

Spurious

fake, false, misleading, fallacious

Ameliorate

make an unpleasant situation better; improve

Amity

friendship

Arbitrary

selected by random choice and without a solid effort.

Impassive

Without feeling; expressionless

Ascetic

Person who rejects physical comfort and luxury for self-discipline

Asperity

roughness; harshness; irritability

Bolster

support; reinforce

Blight

decay; disease; widespread death

Capricious

unpredictable

Chasten

Punish, discipline, castigate

Consummate

Complete or make whole

Composure

Calmness; the state of being in control of oneself

Cordial

Friendly; welcoming; gracious

Decadence

Moral decay or decline

Defame

say things harmful to a person’s reputation; malign; vilify

Deference

The act of yielding to someone else out of respect for.

Deplore

Express regret or disapproval; complain; criticize

Divergence

The act of splitting off in different directions

Despondent

Feeling hopeless or depressed

Discerning

Insightful; perspective

Distended

Swollen; extended

Eccentric

Different than most, especially in personality or behavior

Enervate

Sap the strength; weaken

Effervescence

The quality of being bubbly and full of life

Expunge

erase

Extemporaneous

Done without planning; improvised

Flippancy

Treating a serious situation with arrogant humor or disrespect

Fledgling

Beginner

Furtive

Sneaky; secretive

Garrulous

Very talkative; loquacious

Gullible

Easily deceived

Hedge

Avoid giving a clear answer thereby escaping responsibility or blame

Extraneous

unnecessary; irrelevant

Homogeneous

the same throughout; consistent; uniform

Inadvertent

Unintentional

Immutable

unable to change

Incessant

Continuous; endless

Indict

Charge with a crime; accuse

Indigent

Very poor; destitute

Insolvent

Unable to pay the bills; bankrupt

Intractable

Stubborn; immovable; adamant

Jargon

specialized language used by a particular group

Jaunty

Lively; Perky

Laud

Praise; worship; extol

Levity

Lightness; playfulness; jocularity

Lucid

easy to understand; transparent; clear-thinking

Ludicrous

absurd; ridiculous

Magnate

person of great power

Abstruse

hard to understand

Averse

feeling repelled; wanting to avoid

Doleful

extremely sad

Amorphous

without form or shape

Assail

attack with words or force

Belligerent

having a strong tendency to argue and fight

Caustic

burning with chemicals or sarcasm

Circumscribe

define limits; draw a line around; confine; restrict

Dogmatic

Sticking to long held beliefs, even when faced with contrary evidence; closed-minded

Coalesce

unite; grow together

Circumspect

cautious

Dilatory

causing lateness; stalling

Eloquence

powerfully effective speech

Deprecate

Disapprove; belittle