AP Language (List #1 Definitions)

Abdicate (v.)

to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), esp.

in a voluntary, public, or formal manner

Abrogate (v.)

to put aside, put an end to

Absecond (v.)

to depart in a sudden and secret manner, esp. to avoid

capture and legal prosecution

Abstemious (adj.)

sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet

Abstruse (adj.)

hard to understand; recondite; esoteric

Beatitude (n.)

supreme blessedness; exalted happiness

Cogent (adj.)

to the point; relevant; pertinent

Concur (v.)

to accord in opinion; agree

Contemptuous (adj.)

showing or expressing disdain or scorn

Convene (v.)

to come together or assemble, usually for some public

purpose

Discord (n.)

lack of harmony between persons or things

Rectitude (n.)

rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue

Turpitude (n.)

vile, shameful, or base character; depravity

Verisimilitude (n.)

something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of

truth

Vicissitude (n.)

a change or variation occurring in the course of something

ab, abs

away

co, cor, con

with

tude

state of