AP Lang & Comp Vocab List #3
- Ephemeral - short-lived; fleeting; transitory
- Relegate - to dismiss; to an inferior person
- Futile - hopeless; worthless; useless
- Condone - to forgive; to overlook
- Tranquility - calmness
- Dissent - disagreement
- Conciliate - to soothe; to end a dispute; to reconcile
- Incessant - unceasing; never ending
- Disparity - inequality; difference
- Disparage - to speak badly of; to belittle
- Conventional - ordinary; customary; normal; traditional
- Rigor - harshness or severity
- Auspicious - favorable; positive
- Universal - existing or present everywhere
- Fickle - unpredictable; capricious; whimsical
- Furtive - secretive
- Remorse - sadness; regret
- Repress - to hold down
- Gullible - overly trusting; willing to believe anything
- Respite - a rest; a pause; a break