AP Lang List 2 - Number 2

Acquired

Developed or learned; not naturally occuring

Apprehension

Anxiety or fear about the future

Contemporary

Current, modern; from the same time

Egregious

Conspicuously bad or offensive

Endure

To put up with; to survive a hardship

Facetious

Playfully humorous

Farce

An absurdly ridiculous situation

Frenetic

Wildly excited or active

Garrulous

Given to excessive, rambling talk

Gratuitous

Given freely; unearned; unwarranted

Impression

A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience

Insipid

Uninteresting; unchallenging

Listless

lacking energy; lazy

Misconception

An incorrect understanding or interpretation

Pander

Cater to lower tastes and desires of others or exploit their weaknesses

Paucity

Fewness; an extreme lack of

Ponderous

Having great weight; massive

Premonition

A feeling about the future

Propriety

Appropriateness of behavior

Ruse

A crafty trick

Sedentary

Not migratory; settled

Slander

False charges and malicious statements or reports about someone

Sonorous

Having or producing sound

Soporific

Causing sleep or sleepiness; boring

Specious

Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false

Spontaneous

Unplanned; naturally occurring

Squalor

A filthy condition or quality

Stupor

A state of reduced or suspended sensibillity

Superfluously

Extra; unnecessary