AP Lang Vocab

Ardent

passionate; zealous

Indubitably

unquestionable

Empirical

based on observation/ experience rather than theory or logic

Didactic

used to teach or moralize

Circumlocution

Used of too many words when fewer would do

Platitude

A remark or saying (often one moral in content) used too often to be interesting or thoughtful

Inexorable

impossible to stop or prevent

Epoch

A period of time in history/ person's life, usually marked by events or characteristics

Exhort

strongly encourage or urge someone to do something

Sanguine

happy; optimistic

Repudiate

To deny the truth or refuse to accept or be associated with

Ubiquitous

present or found everywhere

Verisimilitude

The appearance of being real or the truth

Facile

Appealing neat and comprehensive but ignoring complexities; superficial

Incendiary

Tending to excite or inflame

Colloquial

(language) informal, not literary; familiar

Posit

To put forward as basis of argument; to assume as fact

Pithy

(language) concise and forcefully expressive

Banal

Lacking in originality

Acrimonious

Bitter or angry

Monolithic

Large and intractably indivisible and uniform

Inculcate

To instill an idea or attitude through persistent instruction

Anathema

Something or someone that one vehemently dislikes

Insipid

Bland