Lang Vocab (Cummulative)

Vocab words for AP lang for quiz

Aesthetic

Relating with beauty

Affable

Friendly

Alienated

Removed or disassociated from a group

Amenable

Responsive / Agreeable

Anaphora

Repetition of words before phrases for emphasis.

Example: “It was fair. It was clean. It was justified”

Antecedent

Noun that is referred to by the pronoun.

Antimetabole

repetition of words in inverted order to make stronger contrast:

Example: “Fair is foul, and foul is fair”

Apology

defense of an idea

Apposition

non-essential clause that only contains a noun.

Example: Ragoon, a bumbling baboon, hates chemistry.

Arbiter

judge who settles dispute

Archetype

perfect example, epitome of

Assertion

declaration & statement

Assiduous

hard-working

Astute

clever, shrewd

Asyndeton

leave out conjunctions for rhythm effects.

Ex. I play the violin, play the guitar, play the piano

Austere

strict, without decoration

Brusque

rudely abrupt

Candor

frankness (being open, direct, and honest)

Capricious

Unpredictable

Caustic

Bitingly sarcastic or biting

Chiasmus

Inversion in 2nd of 2 parallel phrases. It is similar to what an Antimetabole is, but it only applies to structure, not the same diction.

Ex. An Antimetabole is a Chiasmus, but a Chiasmus is not an Antimetabole.

Clandestine

Secretive

Cogent

reasonable/convincing

Coherent

logically makes sense

conception

the ability to understand/form an idea, to ‘conceptualize’

Convoluted

confusing/complex

Copious

a lot of

Cumulative (loose) sentence

independent followed by many useless dependents (natural speech)

Declarative Sentence

makes a statement

decorous

decorated, proper, good tasting

Deductive

reasoning from general to specific

Despotic

exercising absolute power

Didactic

intended to instruct

Dilettante

one with amateur / superficial knowledge in the field

Discourse

conversation

Disparage

to belittle

Dogged

stubbornly persevering

Dogmatic

holding to unproven beliefs

Ebullience

intense enthusiasm

Eclectic

made up of a variety of styles

Effusive

Not restrained by emotion, gushing

Egregious

bad, offensive

Elegiac

mournful

Eloquence

speaking in clean and persuasive manner

Enmity

mutual hate

Epigram

a small, clever poem about a though or idea, similar to the size of a proverb.

Equanimity

being calm and even tempered.

Equivocate

not making a definitive statement.

Exculpate

to vindicate from guilt or blame

Facile

easy

Fastidious

very attentive and difficult to please.

Flagrant

purposefully shocking and noticeable.

Florid

flowery or flowery speech

Fluid

easy flowing

Fractious

argumentative and non-compromising

Frenetic

vividly excited and active

Gratuitous

given for free

hackneyed

worn out through overuse

heinous

detestable

Hortatory

strongly encouraging

Hypophora

Asking a question and then answering it

Imperative scentence

Sentence that commands

Imperious

arrogantly domineering, bossy

Impinge

interfere with

Implication

suggesting something

Incorrigible

cannot be reformed or changed

Indolent

lazy

Induction

reasoning from specific to general, generalizing

Insipid

Not interesting or challenging

Insolent

insulting in manner and/or speech

Intrepid

fearless, brave

Intuition

sharp insight

Inversion

where verb comes before the noun is a sentence

Inveterate

deep-rooted, long foundation

Lament

mourn

Laudatory

praise worthy

Listless

lacking energy

Lucid

clear, understandable

Malfeasance

Wrongdoing

Maverick

An independent person who doesn’t stick to one group

Mediocrity

being average

Metonymy

Hollywood (not always) is garbage

Mollify

to calm or smooth

Nascent

emerging

Nominalization

using a verb for an adjective or noun.

Notorious

infamous

Novel

new

Obdurate

stubborn

Obstinate

doesn’t budge on an idea.

Ostentatious

show-offy