ap lang vocab test:

Unit 4 - Chapter 16: 

-buoyant: capable of floating

-enervate: to exhaust ; tired; drained

-incorrigible: incurable

-inexorable: unyielding; without change

-irrefutable: indisputable ; undeniable

-marred: damaged; ruined ; tarnished

-parochial: limited

-partisan: one-side; biased 

-pique: a sense of injury ; out of spite; out of resentment

-satirical: criticizing through ridicule ; using humor to mock


Unit 4 - Chapter 17

-cajole: to plead with; persuade; beg

-capitulate: to yield; allow 

-egregious: obviously bad; blatant

-premonition: a warning in advance; a visualization of something

-prestigious: highly valued; expensive

-reverent: worshipful; respectful

-stupor: a drowsy state; in a daze

-sycophant: a flatterer

-urbane:refined 

-zany: absurdly funny


Unit 4 - Chapter 18:

-aberration: a state or condition markedly different from the norm.

-composure: calmness of mind or manner

-congenital: referring to condition present at birth

-elusive: hard to find or remember

-extol: to praise highly

-formidable: very challenging ; demanding

-inscrutable: difficult to interpret or understand ; puzzling

-precocious: exceptionally early in development or occurrence.

-trepidation:a feeling of alarm or dread

-virulent: very lethal ; deadly


Unit 4 - Chapter 19:

-accommodate: to hold

-clairvoyant: seeing beyond the seneses

-contiguous: adjoining; near, next to, or touching

-debilitate: to weaken

-obliterate: to wipe out

-officious: interfering

-preclude: to rule out 

-spurn: to reject

-stealthy: secretive

-taciturn: reluctant to talk


Unit 4 - Chapter 20:

-cordial: gracious ; kind; welcoming 

-Indoctrinate: to instinct ; lead to a certain belief

-defame : to slander

-submissive: unresisting; unwilling to put up a fight

-discordant : not in harmony

-sullen: depressed ; dejected ; disspointed ; gloomy ; glum

-grueling : stressful

-thwart : to block 

-indict : to accuse;

-wanton: mindless