AP Vocab. List #28

2025 AP. Lang Vocabulary List #28

adherent

a follower, supporter; attached, sticking to a leader, party, philosophy, or profession

advent

an arrival; a coming into place or view

cache

a hiding place; something hidden or stored

celestial

having to do with the sky or heavens

certitudes

things that are inevitable or certain, certainties

chide

to blame; scold

converge

to move toward one point, approach nearer together

dictum

a formal or authoritative statement; decree

effusion

a pouring forth; an unrestrained expression of feeling in talking or writing

exacting

demanding perfection; strict

excise

to remove by cutting

fetid

foul-smelling; putrid

harbor

to give shelter, refuge

impermeable

not able to be penetrated, unable to pass through

incipient

just beginning to exist; early stages of something

insolvent

without money

jettison

to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome, generally relates to aircraft

obtrude

to thrust out, to thrust forward

quandary

a state of perplexity or doubt

repentant

feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds

salubrious

promoting health or well-being

squander

to waste

tenet

an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true

validate

to confirm, support, corroborate

vista

a pleasing view, especially one seen through a long, narrow opening