SPRING VOCAB

AP lang Spring Vocab

1. Waif-(N) An abandoned person or an orphan 

2. Urchin-(N) Mischievous child

3. Subterfuge-(N) Deception

4. Evocative-(Adj) Causing a response

5. Capricious-(Adj) Whimsical

6. Nexus-(N) Connection 

7. Astute-(Adj) 1-Perceptive 2-Shrewd

8. Serendipity-(N) Good luck

9. Sagacity-(N) Wisdom

10. Parlance-(N) Language

11. Culmination-(N)Full completion of something

12. Endue-(V)Put in to

13. Sintiant-(Adj) Having consciousness or feeling

14. Asthetic-(Adj)(V)Having to do with beauty

15. Solessism-(N)1-Grammatical error 2-Awkward mistake

16. Commiserate-(V)Express sympathy for and with somebody

17. Stimey-(V) To confuse and defeat

18. Stigma-(N) Shameful mark or a blemish

19. Chased-(Adj) Sexually pure

20. Zellous-(Adj)Enthousiastic

21. Paradox-(N)Apparent contradiction that is never the less true

22. Oxymoron-N) A 2-word paradox 

23. Idiom-(N) Pattern of speech 

24. Exigence (Exam Word)-(N)Urgent cause

25. Indelible-(Adj) Can not be erased 

26. Meritocracy-(N) Society that rewards achievemnt 

27. Mogul-(N) Rich and powerful person 

28. Parlay-(V) To maneuver to an advantage

29. Addluence-(N) Wealth

30. Egalitarian-(Adj) Promoting equality

31. Bohemian-(Adj or N) Artsy and rebellious 

32. Bourgeois-(Adj) Conforming middle-class and conservative 

33. Semantics-(N) Study of meaning in language 

34. Circumscibed-(Adj) Limited or as though someone has drawn a circle or put a fence around them 

35. In Extremis-(Adj) In great difficulty 

36. Venerable-(Adj) Respectable but more respectable than respectable very respectable 

37. Predilection-Tendency or preference 

38. Sedentary-(Adj) Unmoving or seated

39. Concomitant-(Adj) Occurring with 

40. Deprecate-(V) To criticize 

41. Axiomatic-(Adj)- A standard rule (Self-evident)