AP LANG: chapter 2 vocab flashcards

Unit 2: Chapter 6 

• Appall: to shock in a terrible way or disturbing way

• Cognizant: conscious of

• Commiserate: To express sorrow or comfort someon

• Expedient: self-interested, selfish, you’re only looking out for yourself

• Hindrance: a barrier or something you have to get around

• Kindle: to inspire or start it up to a spark

• Lavish: overly luxurious

• Ludicrous: ridiculous or absurd

• Negligent: Thoughtless or careless ; low effort

• Scrutinize: to inspect or check something carefully 

Unit 2: Chapter 7

-clamor: loud noise

-contract: to become smaller

-duplicity: deceit ; lying

-equivocal: vague

-irresolute: unable to decide

-rescind: to cancel 

-stagnant: motionless

-uniform: alike

-untenable: unable to be defended ; not real

-vilify: to speak evil of 

Unit 2 : Chapter 8

-affable: good natured 

-apocryphal: fictitious

-desultory: random, opposite of thorough and organized

-garbled: distorted, unclear, mixed up

-irascible: bad-tempered, irritable, angered

-loquacious: talking too much, chatty, yapper

-obtuse: stupid, dense

-opaque: difficult to understand, complex

-paucity: lack of, shortage, scarcity

-recapitulate: to sum up, repeat, reiterate

Unit 2: Chapter 9

-accolade: an expression of approval

-Assuage: to make less severe

-cacophony: unpleasant noise

-censure: disapproval

-diatribe: a verbal attack

-edifice: a structure

-gravity: seriousness

-infraction: a violation

-profane: lacking reverence

-somber: very serious

Unit 2: CHapter 10

-blasphemy: an insult to something holy

-enmity: hostility

-erroneous: wrong

-garner: to gather

-heretic: a rebel

-incite: to urge on

-languish: to do poorly 

-peruse: to inspect

-recluse:a hermit

-renounce: to give up