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AP Lang Quarter 3 Vocab

  1. Sycophant: A person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage; a flatterer.

  2. Prudent: Acting with or showing care and thought for the future; wise and sensible.

  3. Acquiesce: To accept something reluctantly but without protest; to agree or comply silently or without objection.

  4. Sagacious: Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; wise, shrewd.

  5. Indolence: Avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness.

  6. Fortuitous: Happening by accident or chance rather than design; fortunate.

  7. Ameliorate: To make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better; improve.

  8. Preclude: To prevent from happening; to make impossible.

  9. Stringent: Rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe.

  10. Beguile: To charm or enchant someone, often in a deceptive way; to influence by trickery or flattery.

  11. Licentious: Lacking moral or ethical constraints; disregarding accepted rules, especially in moral conduct.

  12. Nebulous: Unclear, vague, or ill-defined; hazy.

  13. Impetus: The force or energy with which a body moves; a driving force.

  14. Magnanimous: Very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself.

  15. Fungible: Replaceable by another identical item; mutually interchangeable.

  16. Coalesce: To come together and form one mass or whole; to unite or merge.

  17. Caustic: Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way; capable of burning or corroding.

  18. Incongruous: Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something; out of place.

  19. Fastidious: Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail; difficult to please.

  20. Extol: To praise enthusiastically or highly; to glorify.

  21. Zeugma: A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses.

  22. Profligate: Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources; immoral or licentious.

  23. Jocund: Cheerful and lighthearted.

  24. Ostentatious: Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to attract attention.

  25. Sundry: Various kinds; several.

  26. Insipid: Lacking flavor or interest; dull, bland.

  27. Urbane: Suave, courteous, and refined in manner.

  28. Droll: Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement; whimsically humorous.

  29. Corroborate: To confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding); to strengthen with other evidence.

  30. Ignominious: Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame; humiliating.

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AP Lang Quarter 3 Vocab

  1. Sycophant: A person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage; a flatterer.

  2. Prudent: Acting with or showing care and thought for the future; wise and sensible.

  3. Acquiesce: To accept something reluctantly but without protest; to agree or comply silently or without objection.

  4. Sagacious: Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; wise, shrewd.

  5. Indolence: Avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness.

  6. Fortuitous: Happening by accident or chance rather than design; fortunate.

  7. Ameliorate: To make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better; improve.

  8. Preclude: To prevent from happening; to make impossible.

  9. Stringent: Rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe.

  10. Beguile: To charm or enchant someone, often in a deceptive way; to influence by trickery or flattery.

  11. Licentious: Lacking moral or ethical constraints; disregarding accepted rules, especially in moral conduct.

  12. Nebulous: Unclear, vague, or ill-defined; hazy.

  13. Impetus: The force or energy with which a body moves; a driving force.

  14. Magnanimous: Very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself.

  15. Fungible: Replaceable by another identical item; mutually interchangeable.

  16. Coalesce: To come together and form one mass or whole; to unite or merge.

  17. Caustic: Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way; capable of burning or corroding.

  18. Incongruous: Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something; out of place.

  19. Fastidious: Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail; difficult to please.

  20. Extol: To praise enthusiastically or highly; to glorify.

  21. Zeugma: A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses.

  22. Profligate: Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources; immoral or licentious.

  23. Jocund: Cheerful and lighthearted.

  24. Ostentatious: Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to attract attention.

  25. Sundry: Various kinds; several.

  26. Insipid: Lacking flavor or interest; dull, bland.

  27. Urbane: Suave, courteous, and refined in manner.

  28. Droll: Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement; whimsically humorous.

  29. Corroborate: To confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding); to strengthen with other evidence.

  30. Ignominious: Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame; humiliating.