AP Lang. Unit 1 Vocab

integrity

total honesty and sincerity

Affable

being pleasant and at ease in talking to others

Facetious

joking or jesting often inappropriately; not serious

assiduous

showing great care, attention, and effort

quandary

state of perplexity or doubt

transient

passing especially quickly into and out of existence

colloquial

ordinary or familiar type of conversation

jargon

dictation used by a group which practices a similar profession or activity

denotation

the literal, explicit meaning of a word, without its connotation

connotation

the associates suggested by a word; implied meaning rather than literal meaning