AP Lang Vocab List #1

a, ab, ad

Not

Gyn

Woman

Anthro

Human

In

Not/un

Andro

Male/masculine

Mis

Hate

Cred

Believe/trust

Nom

Name

De

Away from/down

Tele

Far/end

Anomaly (n)

Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected

Androgynous (adj)

A person, appearance, or style that combines masculine and feminine

Deleterious (adj)

Causing harm or damage

Declasse (adj)

Having fallen in social status

Ignominious (adj)

Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame

Incredulous (adj)

Unwilling or unable to believe something

Misanthrope (n)

A person who dislikes humankind and distrusts society

Misogynist (n)

A person, usually a man, who hates, dislikes, mistrusts, or holds deep prejudice against women

Nom de plume (n)

A pen name

Telekinetic (adj)

The ability to move objects at a distance by mental power or other non-physical means

Declarative

A sentence that tells something

Interrogative

Asks something

Imperative

Tells someone to do something

Exclamatory

Show strong feeling

Sentence/independent clause

Stand alone, contains subject, verb, predicate (action)

Adverb

Dependent clause

Simple Sentence

1 independent clause

Compound sentence

2+ independent clauses, joined using a fanboys or semicolon

Complex sentence

1 independent clause and 1+ dependent clause (s), joined by a comma

Compound-complex sentence

2+ independent clauses and 1+ dependent clause(s), joined by fanboys and commas