All AP Lang WOW Words (Updated weekly)

Pre

before in time, place, rank, etc.

Predilection

a partiality or preference in favor of something

connotations: formal, positive, fancy, sophisticated

Presage

an indication or warning of a future consequence; to indicate or warn in advance

connotations: formal, mystical, negative

Predisposition

an inclination or susceptibility to something in advance

connotations: negative, formal

Preponderance

greater in weight, power, or importance

connotations: formal, legal, scientific, factual

Precocious

marked by unusual early development or maturity

connotations: formal, creative

Ant, Ante

before

Antiquated

old and outdated or obsolete

connotations: negative, formal

Antiquity

ancient times, especially those before the Middle Ages; the quality of being old or ancient

connotations: historical, formal, positive

Antebellum

referring to the period before the American Civil War

connotations: Southern, historical, formal

Anterior

placed before or in front; prior in time

connotations: scientific, medical, factual, objective

Antedate

to precede in time; to give a date earlier than the actual one

connotations: formal, scientific, factual

Prae and Ante

root definitions: before

Sapere

wise

Pondus

weight

Cox

mature

Quus

old

Bellum

war

Data

day, date

Diligere

prefer

Ob

against

obfuscate

v. to make so confused as to be difficult to understand

connotations: formal, legal, academic?

obstinate

adj. stubbornly adhering to an opinion, attitude or course of action

connotations: negative

obstreperous

adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant

connotations: formal, negative

obdurate

adj. hardened against influence or feeling

connotations: formal, cold

Ant, Anti

opposite, opposed to

antagonism

n. hostility; the quality of being an opposing force

connotations: dramatic

antidote

n. something that relieves or counteracts

connotations: medical, scientific

antipathy

n. a strong dislike or aversion

connotations: intense

antithesis

n. direct contrast, opposition

connotations: formal, literary, intense

fuscus

dark

stinare

persist

strepere

to roar

durare

harden

agon

struggle

pathos

emotion

tithenai

to put