AP Language SAT and Tone Vocabulary

Week 1 Vocabulary  Abstruse (adj) - obscured, profound  Accolade (n) - award of merit  Meager (adj)- small amount  Elusive (adj)- elude, evasive, hard to grasp  Magnanimous (adj) – generous  Bitter (adj)- harsh or corrosive  Laudatory (adj) - full of or giving praise

Week 2 Vocabulary  Concise (adj) - brief  Condone (v) - overlook, forgive  Contend/Contentious (v/adj) - assert/ quarrelsome  Concur (v) – agree  Contrite (adj) – penitent, remorseful  Elegiac (adj) – mournful, sorrowful  Disgusted (adj) – repulsive, distasteful

Week 3 Vocabulary  Acquiesce (v) – accept, yield  Admonish (v) – warn, reprove  Adroit (adj) – skillful  Adversary/Adverse (n/adj) - opponent/unfavorable  Emulate (v) – to copy, imitate  Condescending (adj) – arrogant, superior  Compassionate (adj) - empathetic

Week 4 Vocabulary  Enervate (v) – to weaken (mind or body)  Engender (v) – to produce, bring about  Impassive (adj) – without feeling  Impede/Impediment (v/n) – to hinder/ hindrance  Meticulous (adj) - careful  Determined (adj) – motivated; fix  Colloquial (adj) – informal speech; conversational

Week 5 Vocabulary  Misconstrue (v) – to misinterpret  Miserly (adj) - stingy  Cordially (adv) - friendly  Morose (adj) – ill-humored, sullen  Mitigate (v) – to lessen  Scholarly (adj) – qualities of learned, academic  Objective (adj) – without bias

Week 6 Vocabulary  Mundane (adj) – worldly, average, normal  Lucid (adj) – bright, clear, easily understood  Affable (adj) – friendly  Exacerbate (v) – to worsen  Sanguine (adj) – cheerful, optimistic, bloody  Pedantic (adj) – vain display of learning, detailed  Didactic (adj) – instructive, educating

Week 7 Vocabulary  Copious (adj) - plentiful  Credulous/Credulity (adj/n) – gullible/ state of gullibility  Emaciated (adj) – thin, wasted from hunger  Inane (adj) – silly, senseless  Enmity (n) - hatred  Effusive (adj) – gushy, unrestrained  Disdainful (adj) – scornful, contemptuous

Week 8 Vocabulary  Ephemeral (adj) – short-lived, fleeting  Slatternly (adv) – slovenly, (messy/dirty)  Skepticism/Skeptic (n) – doubting, disbelieving  Enigma (n) – puzzle, mystery  Embryonic (adj) – beginning  Patronizing (adj) – offensively condescending  Ridiculing (adj) – derisive, mocking

Week 9 Vocabulary  Advocate (v/n) – to recommend/lawyer  Mar/Marred (v/adj) – damage, deface/ spoiled  Zealous/Zeal (adj/n) – ardent, fervent/fervor  Cryptic (adj) – obscure, mysterious  Aloof (adj) – reserved, removed, detached  Disparaging (adj) – insulting, derogative  Astonished (adj) – amazed, surprised

Week 10 Vocabulary  Altruism/Altruistic (n/adj) – selfless concern for others  Ambivalence (n) – uncertain, mixed emotions  Cursory (adj) – hasty, not thorough  Daunt/Daunted (v/adj) – intimidate/intimidated  Equivocal/Equivocate (adj/v) – ambiguous, doubtful/ to lie  Apprehensive (adj) – uneasy, fearful  Nostalgic (adj) – longing, yearning for the past

Week 11 Vocabulary  Erratic (adj) - unpredictable  Incessant (adj) – ceaseless, continuous  Incidental (adj) - minor  Incisive (adj) – keen, cutting, biting  Novelty/Novel (n/adj) – unusual/new, original  Resigned (adj) – acceptance of despair  Bombastic (adj) – arrogant and pompous

Week 12 Vocabulary  Nullify (v) – to make void, useless  Ameliorate (v) – to make better, improve  Amorphous (adj) - shapeless  Animosity (n) – open enmity, active hatred  Debilitate (v) – to weaken, enfeeble, enervate  Cynical (adj) – distrust of human nature  Mournful (adj) – sorrowful

Week 13 Vocabulary  Deference/ defer/ deferential (n/v/adj.) – respectful regard/ to delay  Erudite (adj) – learned, scholarly  Esoteric (adj) – known by select few, private  Eulogy/Elegy (n) – speech of high praise (deceased)  Euphemism (n) – less offensive expression  Sarcastic (adj) – mocking, scornful humor  Romantic (adj) – fanciful, impractical

Week 14 Vocabulary  Incongruous (adj) – incompatible, unsuitable  Obscure (adj) - unclear, indistinct, hidden  Obdurate (adj) – stubborn, obstinate  Apathy (n) – lack of feeling  Ominous (adj) – foreboding, portentous  Sardonic (adj) – bitterly sarcastic, mocking  Hostile (adj) – showing enmity

Week 15 Vocabulary  Indict (v) – accuse of a crime, charge  Depravity/Depraved (n/adj) – corruption, immoral perversion/ immoral  Incontrovertible (adj) – indisputable  Incorrigible (adj) – impervious to correction  Antithesis (n) – exact opposite  Reverent (adj) – showing profound respect  Pretentious (adj) – creating an appearance

Week 16 Vocabulary  Nexus – bond, link, connected series, means of connection, tie; core, center of matter.  Gregarious – sociable; tending to move in groups  Feasible – possible, capable, logical  Mercenary – motivated by money or material gain; greedy; professional soldier  Wary – cautious, watchful

Week 17 Vocabulary  Stymie – impasse, quandary, block, frustrate  Pristine – uncorrupted, pure, original  Eclectic – from a variety of sources or styles  Invidious – offensive; tending to cause ill- will or animosity  Dogmatic – stubborn, overly positive, arrogant in asserting a principle

Week 18 Vocabulary  Watershed – crucially important or divisive factor, time, or event (esp. history – i.e. treaty)  Reticent – shy, reserved, taciturn, restrained  Intransigent – uncompromising; refusing to moderate a position (esp. politics)  Aberration/aberrant – deviation from the normal, proper or expected  Parity – equality in amount, status, or value

Week 19 Vocabulary  Glower – to stare angrily or sullenly  Jurisprudence – philosophy of law; body or system of laws  Prudent – wise, circumspect  Soporific – sleep inducing, drowsy  Parochial - restricted, provincial, narrow scope

Week 20 Vocabulary  Solace – comfort, consolation  Gingerly – cautiously, timidly, carefully  Sully – to stain, soil, taint, defile  Sacrosanct – sacred, inviolable  Subvert – ruin, destroy completely, corrupt, overthrow