AP Lang Vocab Test 2

Lacking concern, emotion

Apathetic

Fictitious, false, wrong

Apocryphal

Based on factors that appear random

Arbitrary

The process or act of resolving a dispute

Arbitration

Of or relating to trees

Arboreal

Obscure, secret, know only by a few

Arcane

Of or relating to an earlier period in time, outdated

Archaic

The most typical of representative example of something

Archetypal

Hard-working, diligent

Assiduous

To ease, pacify

Assuage

Excessive greed

Avarice

A gift or blessing

Boon

Short, abrupt, dismissive

Brusque

To polish, shine

Burnish

Tremendous noise, disharmonious sound

Cacophony

Honesty, frankness

Candor

Shrewd, careful

Canny

Very spacious

Capacious

To surrender

Capitulate

Subject to whim, fickle

Capricious

To annoy, pester

Carp

Bitter, biting, acidic

Caustic

Related to the intellect

Cerebral

Marked off, bounded

Circumscribed

Cautious

Circumspect

To get around

Circumvent

Able to perceive things that normal people cannot

Clairvoyant