AP Language SAT Vocabulary And Tone Words

AP Language SAT Vocabulary and Tone Words WEEK 1 WEEK 6 Abstruse obscured, profound Mundane worldly, average, normal Accolade award of merit Lucid bright, clear, easily understood Meager small amount Affable friendly Elusive elude, evasive, hard to grasp Exacerbate to worsen Magnanimous generous Sanguine cheerful, optimistic Bitter harsh or corrosive Pedantic vain display of learning, Laudatory full of or giving praise detailed Didactic instructive, educating WEEK 2 Concise brief WEEK 7 Condone overlook, forgive Copious plentiful Contend/Contentious assert/quarrelsome Credulous/ gullible/state of gullibility Concur agree Credulity Contrite penitent; remorseful Emaciated thin, wasted from hunger Elegiac mournful and sorrowful Inane silly, senseless Disgusted repulsive, distasteful Enmity hatred Effusive gushy, unrestrained WEEK 3 Disdainful scornful, contemptuous Acquiesce accept, yield Admonish warn, reprove WEEK 8 Adroit skillful Ephemeral short lived, fleeting Adversary/adverse opponent/unfavorable Slatternly slovenly Emulate imitate Skepticism/ doubting, disbelieving Condescending arrogant, superior Skeptic Compassionate empathetic Enigma puzzle, mystery Embryonic beginning WEEK 4 Patronizing offensively condescending Enervate to weaken (mind or body) Ridicule derision, mocking Engender to produce, bring about Impassive without feeling WEEK 9 Impede/Impediment to hinder/hindrance Advocate recommend/lawyer Meticulous careful Mar/Marred damage, deface, spoil Determined motivated ; fix conclusively Zealous/Zeal ardent, fervent/fervor Colloquial informal speech, Cryptic obscure, mysterious conversational Aloof reserved, removed, detached Disparaging insulting, derogative WEEK 5 Astonished amazed, surprised Misconstrue to misinterpret Miserly stingy Cordially friendly Morose ill-humored, sullen Mitigate to lessen Scholarly qualities of the learned/academic Objective without bias WEEK 10 WEEK 14 Altruism/Altruistic selfless concern for others Incongruous incompatible, unsuitable Ambivalence uncertain, mixed emotions Obscure unclear, indistinct, hidden Cursory hasty, not thorough Obdurate stubborn, obstinate Daunt/Daunted intimidate/intimidated Apathy lack of feeling Equivocal/Equivocate ambiguous, doubtful/ To lie Ominous foreboding, portentous Apprehensive uneasy, fearful Sardonic bitterly sarcastic, mocking Nostalgic longing, yearning for past Hostile showing enmity

WEEK 11 WEEK 15 Erratic unpredictable Indict accuse of a crime, charge Incessant ceaseless, continuous Depravity/ corruption, immoral Incidental minor Depraved perversion/immoral Incisive keen, cutting, biting Incontrovertibl indisputable Novelty/Novel unusual/new, original e impervious to correction Resigned acceptance of despair Incorrigible exact opposite Bombastic arrogant and pompous Antithesis showing profound respect Reverent creating an appearance WEEK 12 Pretentious Nullify make void, useless Ameliorate to make better, improve Amorphous shapeless Animosity open enmity, active hatred Debilitate weaken, enfeeble, enervate Cynical distrust of human nature Mournful sorrowful

WEEK 13 Deference/defer respectful regard/to delay Erudite learned, scholarly Esoteric known by select few, Eulogy/Elegy private speech of high praise Euphemism (deceased) Sarcastic less offensive expression Romantic mocking, scornful humor fanciful, impractical