AP Lang Quarter 3 Vocab
Sycophant: A person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage; a flatterer.
Prudent: Acting with or showing care and thought for the future; wise and sensible.
Acquiesce: To accept something reluctantly but without protest; to agree or comply silently or without objection.
Sagacious: Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; wise, shrewd.
Indolence: Avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness.
Fortuitous: Happening by accident or chance rather than design; fortunate.
Ameliorate: To make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better; improve.
Preclude: To prevent from happening; to make impossible.
Stringent: Rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe.
Beguile: To charm or enchant someone, often in a deceptive way; to influence by trickery or flattery.
Licentious: Lacking moral or ethical constraints; disregarding accepted rules, especially in moral conduct.
Nebulous: Unclear, vague, or ill-defined; hazy.
Impetus: The force or energy with which a body moves; a driving force.
Magnanimous: Very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself.
Fungible: Replaceable by another identical item; mutually interchangeable.
Coalesce: To come together and form one mass or whole; to unite or merge.
Caustic: Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way; capable of burning or corroding.
Incongruous: Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something; out of place.
Fastidious: Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail; difficult to please.
Extol: To praise enthusiastically or highly; to glorify.
Zeugma: A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses.
Profligate: Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources; immoral or licentious.
Jocund: Cheerful and lighthearted.
Ostentatious: Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to attract attention.
Sundry: Various kinds; several.
Insipid: Lacking flavor or interest; dull, bland.
Urbane: Suave, courteous, and refined in manner.
Droll: Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement; whimsically humorous.
Corroborate: To confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding); to strengthen with other evidence.
Ignominious: Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame; humiliating.
Sycophant: A person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage; a flatterer.
Prudent: Acting with or showing care and thought for the future; wise and sensible.
Acquiesce: To accept something reluctantly but without protest; to agree or comply silently or without objection.
Sagacious: Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; wise, shrewd.
Indolence: Avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness.
Fortuitous: Happening by accident or chance rather than design; fortunate.
Ameliorate: To make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better; improve.
Preclude: To prevent from happening; to make impossible.
Stringent: Rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe.
Beguile: To charm or enchant someone, often in a deceptive way; to influence by trickery or flattery.
Licentious: Lacking moral or ethical constraints; disregarding accepted rules, especially in moral conduct.
Nebulous: Unclear, vague, or ill-defined; hazy.
Impetus: The force or energy with which a body moves; a driving force.
Magnanimous: Very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself.
Fungible: Replaceable by another identical item; mutually interchangeable.
Coalesce: To come together and form one mass or whole; to unite or merge.
Caustic: Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way; capable of burning or corroding.
Incongruous: Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something; out of place.
Fastidious: Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail; difficult to please.
Extol: To praise enthusiastically or highly; to glorify.
Zeugma: A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses.
Profligate: Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources; immoral or licentious.
Jocund: Cheerful and lighthearted.
Ostentatious: Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to attract attention.
Sundry: Various kinds; several.
Insipid: Lacking flavor or interest; dull, bland.
Urbane: Suave, courteous, and refined in manner.
Droll: Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement; whimsically humorous.
Corroborate: To confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding); to strengthen with other evidence.
Ignominious: Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame; humiliating.