AP English Language and Composition Vocabulary Guide List 26
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Dubious | 1. doubtful and uncertain (unsure, undecided) |
| Dubious | 2. questionable |
| Dubious | 3. untrustworthy |
| Quandary | 1. a perplexed state, not knowing what to do |
| Futile | 1. pointless (fruitless) |
| Futile | 2. ineffective (unsuccessful, useless) |
| Cryptic | 1. unable to be understood (puzzling, mysterious, enigmatic) |
| Cryptic | 2. short (abrupt) |
| Cryptic | 3. secret |
| Cryptic | 4. coded |
| Insipid | 1. without challenge and distinctiveness (uninteresting, boring) |
| Insipid | 2. without taste (bland) |
| Torpor | 1. a sluggish, lazy, dull state (apathy) |
| Torpor | 2. state of inactivity |
| Slanderous | 1. insulting or maligning someone with words |
| Hypocrisy | 1. insincerity and duplicity, fake |
| Hypocrisy | 2. the pretense of having moral qualities that do not exist |
| Spurious | 1. false or fake (inauthentic, bogus, counterfeit) |
| Fabricated | 1. created false or untrue |
| Fabricated | 2. created (manufactured) |
| Disingenuous | 1. not genuine (insincere) |
| Disingenuous | 2. deceitful, devious, and lacking truth |
| Ruse | 1. a trick, scam, or con |
| Stratagem | 1. a ruse, scam, or con |
| Pernicious | 1. damaging, destructive, harmful, and even deadly |
| Pernicious | 2. evil |
| Ingrate | 1. an unappreciative or ungrateful person |
| Notorious | 1. infamous and known to be dishonorable; tarnished in reputation |
| Notorious | 2. (colloquial use) negatively known for |
| Toxic | 1. poisonous, deadly, or contaminated |
| Incorrigible | 1. persistent and unable to be changed |
| Incorrigible | 2. beyond reform and to the point of irredeemable |
| Incorrigible | 3. unruly, out of control |
| Incorrigible | 4. not easily influenced or persuaded |
| Audacious | 1. excessively bold (daring, brave) |
| Audacious | 2. brazen (reckless) |
| Audacious | 3. uninhibited (unrestrained) |
| Avarice | 1. excessive greed for riches |
| Anathema | 1. a cursed, loathed, detested person |
| Anathema | 2. a curse |
| Anathema | 3. a detestable object, subject, or thing |
| Obdurate | 1. stubborn (unyielding) |
| Obfuscate | 1. deliberately make something difficult to understand (confuse) |
| Callow | 1. immature or inexperienced (juvenile, adolescent) |
| Malefactor | 1. a wrongdoer or criminal |
| Malefactor | 2. a person who harms another |
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