AP Lang: 9-28 Vocab

ACQUIESCE

To consent without protest; to comply passively

AMIABLE

Friendly; agreeable; good natured; sociable

CANTANKEROUS

Disagreeable; quarrelsome; ill tempered; crabby

CAPITULATE

To surrender, to give in; to stop resisting; to give up

COPIOUS

Plentiful; having or giving ample supply; abundant

DELUSION

False belief or opinion, sometimes as a symptom of a mental illness

DILIGENT

Careful and persevering in carrying out tasks; showing care and perseverance

EFFACE

To erase; wipe out; rub out

EQUIVOCAL

open to multiple interpretations; ambiguous

ERADICATE

to get rid of something entirely

ERRONEOUS

Mistaken; incorrect; containing a mistake

EXTRANEOUS

Not essential; irrelevant; coming from outside

FRUGAL

Costing little; careful in use of resources or money

FUTILE

Having no effective result; pointless; unsuccessful

HIATUS

Gap; interruption; pause; break; intermission

INADVERTENT

Without attention; unintentional; showing lack of care; not realizing

INNATE

Existing from birth; not learned

JOCULAR

Characterized by joking and good humor; a tendency to make fun; humorous

JUDICIOUS

Showing good judgment; proceeding from good judgment; sensible;

NOTORIETY

The situation of being known for something unfavorable; having a bad reputation

ORACLE

Source of wisdom; person who communicates wisdom or divine revelation from god

OSMOSIS

Diffusion of fluid through a semi permeable membrane; gradual process of absorption

PERFUNCTORY

Done with little interest or care; acting with indifference; with minimal attention

PORTENT

a sign, warning, omen that something important or bad is going to happen

PROSAIC

lacking imagination; dull; not poetic

PROTRACT

To draw out; prolong; lengthen; extend

REDOLENT

smelling strongly, reminiscent, suggestive

RETRIBUTION

punishment that is deserved; vengeance; revenge

SEDULOUS

Persevering; constant effort or application;

STRIDENT

Loud or harsh (voice, shout, sound); urgent; clamorous; calling attention (usually with a negative connotation)