AP Lang Vocab List 5

Disdain

Disdain

The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect; __________

Discursive

Digressing from subject to subject; __________

Discretion

The quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information; __________

Discordant

Disagreeing or incongruous; __________

Ameliorate

To make something bad or unsatisfactory better; __________

Antecedent

A thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another; __________

Arcane

Understood by few; mysterious or secret; __________

Auspicious

Conducive to success; favorable; __________

Bereft

Deprived of or lacking something, especially a nonmaterial asset; __________

Burnish

To polish something, especially metal, by rubbing; __________

Capitulate

To cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender; __________

Chastise

To rebuke or reprimand severely; __________

Clandestine

Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit; __________

Coerce

To persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats; __________

Complicity

The state of being involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing; __________

Condone

To accept and allow (behavior that is considered morally wrong or offensive) to continue; __________

Contentious

Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial; __________

Coup

A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government; __________

Cupidity

Greed for money or possessions; __________

Discomfit

To make someone feel uneasy or embarrassed; __________