AP Lang Synonyms

feign

simulate

pretend

simulate

affect

simulate

alliance

coalition

league

coalition

federation

coalition

combine

coalition

surpass

transcend

exceed

transcend

outstrip

transcend

insinuation

innuendo

hint

innuendo

intimiation

innuendo

offense

umbrage

irritation

umbrage

pique

umbrage

annoyance

umbrage

narrow-minded

provincial

parochial

provincial

insular

provincial

local

provincial

oily

unctuous

mealy-mouthed

unctuous

servile

unctuous

fawning

unctuous

sated

jaded

satiated

jaded

surfeited

jaded

cloyed

jaded

a special right

prerogative

a perquisite

prerogative

to mitigate

assuage

alleviate

assuage

to appease

assuage

slake

assuage

allay

assuage

gap

hiatus

break

hiatus

lacuna

hiatus

pause

hiatus

to intervene

intercede

mediate

intercede

plead

intercede

to call forth

elicit

evoke

elicit

extract

elicit

educe

elicit

banal

hackneyed

trite

hackneyed

commonplace

hackneyed

corny

hackneyed

gruesome

lurid

gory

lurid

grisly

lurid

baleful

lurid

ghastly

lurid

decline

decadence

decay

decadence

degeneration

decadence

to protest

expostulate

remonstrate

expostulate

complain

expostulate

fatigue

lassitude

lethargy

lassitude

torpor

lassitude

languor

lassitude

an inference

surmise

presumption

surmise

to infer

surmise

gather

surmise

reckless

precipitate

impetuous

precipitate

to provoke

precipitate

produce

precipitate

stern

stringent

rigorous

stringent

tough

stringent

urgent

stringent

imperative

stringent

a chiliad

millenium

a “golden age”

millenium

to urge

exhort

entreat

exhort

implore

exhort

adjure

exhort

supernatural

occult

esoteric

occult

abstruse

occult

concealed

occult

immature

callow

inexperienced

callow

green

callow

raw

callow

to pervade

permeate

suffuse

permeate

saturate

permeate

to rail

inveigh

harangue

inveigh

fulminate

inveigh

remonstrate

inveigh