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