AP Lang MCQ Vocab 2

Ambivalent (adj)

Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain

Arbitrary (adj)

Determined by impulse rather than reason

Capricious (adj)

Impulsive and unpredictable

Tenuous (adj)

Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak

Assiduous (adj)

Hard working

Maverick (n)

One who is independent and resists adherence to a group

Obdurate (adj)

Stubborn; inflexible

Proliferate (v)

To grow or increase rapidly

Consensus (n)

General agreement

Dogmatic (adj)

Stubbornly adhering to unproven beliefs

Inherent (adj)

inborn; built in

Inveterate (adj)

Long established; deep rooted; habitual

Omnipotent (adj)

All powerful

Proximity (n)

Closeness

Elusive (adj)

Difficult to capture, as in something actually fleeting

Emigrate (v)

To leave one country or region and settle in another

Transient (adj)

Passing away with time; passing from one place to another

Facetious (adj)

Playfully humorous

Vitality (n)

Energy; power to survive

Impinge (v)

Hinder; interfere with

Virtuoso (n)

A tremendously skilled artist

Equanimity (n)

The quality of being calm and even tempered; composure

Dilettante (n)

One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge

Propriety (n)

Appropriateness of behavior

Eclectic (adj)

Made up of a variety of sources or styles

Aesthetic (adj)

Having to do with the appreciation of beauty

Subdue (v)

To restrain; to hold back

Incumbent (adj)

Imposed as a duty; obligatory

Affable (adj)

Easy going; friendly

Perception (n)

Awareness; insight