AP Vocab. List #21

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2025 AP. Lang Vocabulary List #21

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aggregate

a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together.

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archipelago

a chain of islands.

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boon

a blessing; benefit; something very helpful.

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buffoon

a clown; a coarse, stupid person.

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chicanery

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).

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contaminant

something that causes impurity; something that defiles or pollutes.

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corrugated

bent into folds.

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deleterious

harmful, injurious.

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disputatious

inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate.

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emend

to correct or revise a written text.

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fetter

(n.) a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural anything that confines or restrains; (v.) to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent.

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giddy

having or causing a whirling sensation.

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heterogeneity

state of being dissimilar, composition from unlike elements.

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indomitable

unconquerable, refusing to yield.

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irresolute

lacking decisiveness of character.

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metaphorically

symbolically; figuratively.

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panacea

hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.

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peruse

examine or consider with attention and in detail.

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prodigy

an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person.

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rebuff

a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval), an instance of driving away or warding off.

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resilient

recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like.

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scapegoat

a person or thing carrying the blame for others.

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spurious

plausible but false.

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tractable

easily managed (controlled or taught or molded).

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vivacious

lively, sprightly, full of energy.