AP Lang Terms

Question 1

Define: Abhor

Answer 1

(v) to detest utterly, despise (abhorrence—n).

Question 2

Define: Acquiesce

Answer 2

(v) to submit or comply silently or without protest

Question 3

Define: Admonish

Answer 3

(v) to warn, caution, or reprimand firmly

Question 4

Define: Ameliorate

Answer 4

(v) to make something better or more satisfactory; improve.

Question 5

Define: Behoove

Answer 5

(v) to be necessary, proper, or worthwhile to, as for personal profit or advantage

Question 6

Define: Chastise

Answer 6

(v) to discipline or punish; scold severely

Question 7

Define: Debunk

Answer 7

(v) to expose a claim or assertion as being pretentious, false or exaggerated

Question 8

Define: Demoralize

Answer 8

(v) to deprive a person or persons of spirit, courage, discipline, etc; destroy the morale of

Question 9

Define: disseminate

Answer 9

(v) to scatter or spread widely; to disperse

Question 10

Define: Edify

Answer 10

(v) Instruct or improve someone morally or intellectually

Question 11

Define: Elucidiate

Answer 11

(v) to make clear; provide clarification

Question 12

Define: Emulate

Answer 12

(v) to match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.

Question 13

Define: Entrench

Answer 13

(v) to establish firmly or solidify

Question 14

Define: Eradicate/Obliterate

Answer 14

(v) to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; annihilate

Question 15

Define: Exacerbate

Answer 15

(v) to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of something, to aggravate

Question 16

Define: Expatiate

Answer 16

(v) to elaborate on a topic in detail.

Question 17

Define: Expedite

Answer 17

(v) to speed up the progress of; hasten

Question 18

Define: Extol

Answer 18

(v) to praise highly or enthusiastically

Question 19

Define: Facilitate

Answer 19

(v) to make easier or less difficult; to help forward an action, a process, etc.

Question 20

Define: Foster

Answer 20

(v) to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage.

Question 21

Define: Galvanize

Answer 21

(v) to shock or excite someone into taking sudden action.

Question 22

Define: Garner

Answer 22

(v) to obtain, acquire, or earn

Question 23

Define: Impede

Answer 23

(v) to delay in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; diner (impediment-n)

Question 24

Define: Implore

Answer 24

(v) beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.

Question 25

Define: Impute

Answer 25

(v) to credit to a source or cause.

Question 26

Define: Inundate

Answer 26

(v) to flood or overwhelm

Question 27

Define: Lampoon

Answer 27

(v) to publicly criticize someone or something by using ridicule or sarcasm

Question 28

Define: Objectify

Answer 28

(v) to treat a person as a thing, with no regard to their dignity (objectification—n).

Question 29

Define: Permeate

Answer 29

(v) to move into or through every part.

Question 30

Define: Polarize

Answer 30

(v) to divide into sharply opposing fractions, political groups.

Question 31

Define: Posits

Answer 31

(v) assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument

Question 32

Define: Relegate

Answer 32

(v) to move to a position of less authority/importance

Question 33

Define: Scrutinize

Answer 33

(v) to examine carefully (scrutiny—n)

Question 34

Define: Segue

Answer 34

(v) to transition from one thing to another smoothly and without interruption.

Question 35

Define: Subdue

Answer 35

(v) to conquer and bring into subjection; to overpower by force.

Question 36

Define: Substantiate

Answer 36

(v) to establish or confirm by proof or competent evidence.

Question 37

Define: Vacillate

Answer 37

(v) alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; to be indecisive

Question 38

Define: Vindicate

Answer 38

(v) to clear form an accusation or suspicion; to justify or defend (vindication—n)