AP Lang Cumulative Vocabulary (Unit 3)

Mainly vocab from passages

Conciliatory (adj.)

to make less hostile

Vigor (n.)

good health

Levy (v./n.)

to impose/tax or fee

Sparse (adj.)

thinly dispersed

Adynaton (n.)

figure of speech that goes to extreme lengths to insinuate something is impossible

Imitable (adj.)

able to be imitated or copied

Inimitable (adj.)

not able to copied

Gregarious (adj.)

sociable

Egregious (adj.)

really bad or shocking

Placid (adj.)

calm or peaceful

Simple Sentence (term)

sentence with one subject and a verb

Antiquated (adj.)

old-fashioned/outdated

Largess (n.)

generous

Rigor (n.)

exhaustive

Penury/Destitution (n.)

poverty

Vociferous/Stentorian (adj.)

outspoken

Anachronistic (adj.)

belonging to a different time period

Kindred (n./adj.)

similar in kind; related

Posterity (n.)

succession

Excoriate (v.)

rip flesh off someone (literally); censure

Lambast (v.)

criticize harshly

Folksy (adj.)

informal; familiar

Minute (adj.)

small

Teem (v.)

be fiiled with

Prevail (v.)

exist at a particular time

Measured (adj.)

having a slow, regular rhythm

Innate (adj.)

natural

Constitute (v.)

be a part of a whole

Unvarnished (adj.)

unpolished

Indignant (adj.)

feeling or showing anger

Seldom (adv.)

rarely

Ribald (v.)

making sexual jokes

Despot (n.)

ruler that holds absolute power

Shun (v.)

avoid or reject

Onerous (adj.)

burdensome

Censure (v.)

criticize harshly

Diabolical (adj.)

disgracefully bad or unpleasant

Immutable (adj.)

unable to be changed

Felicity (n.)

intense happiness

Ornamented (adj.)

making something look more attractive with decorations

Affront (v.)

to offend

Polysyndenton (device)

repetition of conjunctions

Encomium (n.)

written work of praise

Fetter (n.)

chain or shackle

Henceforth (adv.)

From that time on

Adulation (n.)

praise

Incontestable (adj.)

cannot be argued with

Antient/Antecedent (adj.)

preceding in time

Vice (n.)

evil behavior

Resource (n.)

an action adopted to aid in certain situations

Derive (v.)

obtain something from a source

Prose (n.)

ordinary language; opposite of poetry

Coarse (adj.)

crude

Eminent (adj.)

famous and respected within a certain profession

Scorn (n./v.)

feeling that someone is worthless; feeling contempt for someone

Odious (adj.)

annoying

Reproach (n./v.)

critique

Folly (n.)

foolishness

Porter (n.)

person employed to carry luggage and other loads

Enmity (n.)

intense hostility

Intrinsic (adj.)

inherent

Extrinsic (adj.)

coming from outside

Alacrity (n.)

cheerful readiness

Malicious (n.)

desire to cause harm to someone

Concerting (v.)/ Disconcerting (adj.)

arrange by mutual agreement/unsettling

Elysian (adj.)

heavenly

Epigram/Epigrammatist (n.)

a short witty poem/someone who writes an epigram

Solace (n.)

comfort in a time of distress

Vanity (n.)

excessive admiration of one’s appearance

Tranquil (adj.)

free from disturbance

Exasperated (adj.)

frustrated or irritated

Perplexed (adj.)

feeling completely baffled

Contrive (v.)

create intentionally

Exhort (v.)

give urgent advice

Superfluous (adj.)

unnecessary

Faculty (n.)

an inherent power

Resignation (n.)

act of giving up a position

Virtue (n.)

quality that is morally good

Eminent (adj.)

famous and respected within a particular sphere

Inexhaustible (adj.)

unable to be used up

Proposition (n.)

suggested plan of action

Inarticulate (adj.)

unable to express oneself clearly

Perjury (n.)

offense of lying under oath

Notorious (adj.)

famous for a bad quality

Prostitute (v.)

spread everywhere

Vile (adj.)

extremely unpleasant

Repartee (n.)

conversation with quick witty remarks

Discourse (n.)

discussion or debate

Disposed (v./adj,)

inclined or willing

Disposition (n.)

tendency

Trivial (adj.)

of little value or importance

Zealot (n.)

a person that is fanatical and uncompromising about their ideals

Pragmatism (n.)

an approach that is realistic and strategic

Wistful (adj.)

full of yearning

Contemptuous (adj.)

full of hatred

Sumptuous (adj.)

extremely costly

Prepossessing (adj.)

attractive appearance

Inscrutability (n.)

confusing

Melodious (adj.)

having a pleasant tune

Obstinate (adj.)

stubborn