AP Lang Vocab Quiz #10

Abysmal

Extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless

Fecund

Fertile; productive

Frenetic

Frantic; frenzied

Dubious

Full of doubt; uncertain

Acrimonious

Full of spite; bitter; nasty

Largesse

Generous giving of gifts (or the gifts themselves); generosity

Chagrin

Humiliation; embarrassed disappointment

Callow

Immature

Ineffable

Incapable of being expressed or described

Didactic

Intended to teach; morally instructive; pedantic

Indolent

Lazy

Hegemony

Leadership, especially of one nation over another

Fraternal

Like brothers

Vociferous

Loud; noisy

Fastidious

Meticulous; demanding; finicky

Sardonic

Mocking; scornful

Enigma

Mystery

Parochial

Narrow or confined in a point of view; provincial

Endemic

Native restricted to a particular region or era; indigenous

Pejorative

Negative; disparaging