AP Lang Vocab Quiz

frivolous

not serious; trivial; silly

taciturn

quiet; saying little

vacillate

to waiver between choices

redundant

repetitive; unnecessary; superfluous

engender

to create; to produce

exhaustive

thorough; complete

profuse

flowing freely; generous; excessive

expedient

useful for effecting a desired result

fastidious

not easy to please; overly critical

prosaic

uninspired; dull; banal

reticent

quiet; uncommunicative; taciturn

languid

slow; tired; drooping; weak

astute

perceptive; clever

authentic

real; genuine

brevity

briefness

relevant

pertinent; important to know

incoherent

impossible to understand; chaotic

mitigate

to make milder; to make less severe

didactic

instructive

augment

to add; to increase; to make bigger