AP English 3 SAT Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acumen | keen sight |
| adamant | unyielding, absolutely firm |
| anomaly | deviation from the usual, out of the ordinary |
| antipathy (adj: apathetic) | dislike of, hatred for |
| apathy (adj: apathetic) | lack of feeling, absence of emotion |
| assiduous (noun: assiduity) | constant, persistent |
| autonomous (noun: autonomy) | self-governing, independent of outside control |
| banal (noun: banality) | trite, commonplace, uninspired |
| candor (adj: candid) | frankness, outspokenness |
| caprice (adj: capricious) | a whim, an unmotivated decision |
| castigate (noun: castigation) | severely criticize |
| chicanery | trickery, subterfuge |
| depraved (noun: depravity) | incorrigibly evil |
| discursive (noun: discursiveness) | rambling, digressive |
| dissonance (adj: dissonant) | discord, unharmonious effects |
| dour | sour, sullen, gloomy |
| ebullient (noun: ebullience) | full of enthusiasm, bubbling with energy |
| ecstatic (noun: ecstasy) | overpowered by delight |
| enervate (noun: enervation) | deprive of nervous energy, weaken |
| engender | cause, produce |
| ephemeral (noun: ephemera) | short-lived, fleeting |
| esoteric | hidden, secret |
| expiate | atone for, make amends |
| fiasco | complete, utter failure |
| flaccid (noun: flaccidity) | flabby, weak |
| laconic (noun: laconism) | brief, terse |
| latent (noun: latency) | unrevealed, unused |
| lethargic (noun: lethargy) | sluggish, drowsily lazy |
| lugubrious (noun: lugubriousness) | ridiculously sorrowful, mournful |
| moribund (noun: moribundity) | dying, ending |
| myopic (noun: myopia) | near-sighted |
| obstreperous (noun: add -ness) | boisterous, unruly |
| parsimonious (noun: parismony) | excessively frugal, penny pinching |
| perfidious (noun: perfidy) | traitorous, treacherous |
| perfunctory (noun: perfunctoriness) | mechanical, indifferent |
| perspicuity | clearness, lucidity |
| polemic | controversy, argumentative debate |
| procrastinate | postpone, put off |
| prototype (adj: prototypic) | model, pattern |
| regressive | going backwards |
| sagacity (adj:sagacious) | wisdom |
| sententious (noun: -ness) | full of old sayings, maxims, proverbs |
| tacit (noun: tacitness) | unexpressed but understood |
| tenuous (noun: tenuousness) | thin, unsubstantial, flimsy |
| turgid (noun: turgidity) | swollen, bombastic |
| ubiquitous (noun: -ness) | everywhere at the same time |
| unctuous (noun: -ness) | oily, overly suave |
| vapid (noun: vapidity) | empty, dull |
| coluptuous (noun: -ness) | sensual, pleasure loving and giving |
| wry (noun: wryness) | indirect, twisted |
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