AP ENGLISH SEMESTER 1 EXAM VOCABULARY

Question 1

admonition

Answer 1

an act or action of admonishing; authoritative counsel or warning.

Question 2

antecedent

Answer 2

a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.

Question 3

apocryphal

Answer 3

Apocrypha are works, usually written works, that are of unknown authorship, or of doubtful authenticity, or spurious, or not considered to be within a particular canon. The word is properly treated as a plural, but in common usage is often singular.

Question 4

christened

Answer 4

give (a baby) a Christian name at baptism as a sign of admission to a Christian Church.

Question 5

compunction

Answer 5

a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad

Question 6

crinoline

Answer 6

A crinoline /krɪn.əl.ɪn/ is a stiffened or structured petticoat designed to hold out a woman’s skirt, popular at various times since the mid-19th century

Question 7

cynicism

Answer 7

an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism.

Question 8

derivation

Answer 8

the obtaining or developing of something from a source or origin.

Question 9

discursive

Answer 9

digressing from subject to subject

Question 10

dyspeptic

Answer 10

of or having indigestion or consequent irritability or depression.

Question 11

emitting

Answer 11

produce and discharge (something, especially gas or radiation

Question 12

emphatic

Answer 12

showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly.

Question 13

fallacious

Answer 13

based on a mistaken belief

Question 14

fervent

Answer 14

having or displaying a passionate intensity

Question 15

genial

Answer 15

friendly and cheerful.

Question 16

homiletic

Answer 16

of the nature of or characteristic of a homily

the art of preaching or writing sermons

Question 17

ineluctable

Answer 17

unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable.

Question 18

interpolation

Answer 18

to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.

Question 19

jeremiad

Answer 19

a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes

Question 20

magnanimity

Answer 20

the fact or condition of being magnanimous; generosity

Question 21

nomenclature

Answer 21

the devising or choosing of names for things, especially in a science or other discipline.

Question 22

ornithological

Answer 22

the scientific study of birds

Question 23

parochial

Answer 23

of or relating to a church parish.

having a limited or narrow outlook or scope

Question 24

prudent

Answer 24

acting with or showing care and thought for the future

Question 25

rebuttal

Answer 25

a refutation or contradiction.

Question 26

reciprocal

Answer 26

given, felt, or done in return

Question 27

sanguine

Answer 27

optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation

Question 28

sublime

Answer 28

of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe.

Question 29

succumb

Answer 29

fail to resist (pressure, temptation, or some other negative force).

Question 30

swath

Answer 30

a row or line of grass, grain, or other crop as it lies when mown or reaped

Question 31

undaunted

Answer 31

not intimidated or discouraged by difficulty, danger, or disappointment.

Question 32

unrequited

Answer 32

(of a feeling, especially love) not returned or rewarded.