last AP vocab

Question 1

aberration

Answer 1

unusual and unwelcome oddity

Question 2

anachronism

Answer 2

something out of place in time or sequence (a knight wearing an apple watch in the medieval era)

Question 3

archetype

Answer 3

a perfect example; an original pattern or model (the hero, damsel in distress etc.)

Question 4

assiduous

Answer 4

hardworking

Question 5

auspicious

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favorable; promising

Question 6

inauspicious

Answer 6

unfavorable

Question 7

austere

Answer 7

without decoration; strict, simple, plain

Question 8

bellicose

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demonstrating aggression, including a fight, hostile

Question 9

capricious

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changeable

Question 10

cloistered

Answer 10

kept away from outside world, sheltered

Question 11

coherent

Answer 11

logically connected

Question 12

convoluted

Answer 12

extremely complex and difficult to follow

Question 13

copious

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plentiful; having a large quantity (a storm producing a copious amount of rain)

Question 14

cynic

Answer 14

one who believes the worst in things/people

Question 15

daunting

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intimidating, seeming difficult to deal with

Question 16

undaunted

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undiscouraged

Question 17

deference

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humble submission; great respect

Question 18

didactic

Answer 18

intended to teach

Question 19

dubious

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doubtful, uncertain, of unlikely authenticity

Question 20

egregious

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extraordinarily bad, shocking, outrageous

Question 21

extol

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to praise

Question 22

effusive

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emotionally unrestrained; gushy, overally emotional

Question 23

equanimity

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the quality of being calm and even tempered; composure

Question 24

hegemony

Answer 24

political dominance by a country or party

Question 25

heuristic

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process enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves, mental shortcuts that help people make quick decisions, rule of thumb

Question 26

iconoclaust

Answer 26

a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions

Question 27

impinge

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to hinder or interfere with, negative connotation

Question 28

incorrigible

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unable to be reformed

Question 29

incumbent

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imposed as a duty; obligatory

Question 30

indolent

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lazy

Question 31

haphazard

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lacking in any obvious principle or organization, lacking planning, order, or direction

Question 32

maxim, epigram, adage, proverb, aphorism, saying, axiom

Answer 32

a concise, general truth

Question 33

meritocracy

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the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability

Question 34

nascent

Answer 34

coming into existence; emerging, beginning to grow and develop

Question 35

oligarchy

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a small group of people having control over a country, organization or institution

Question 36

paucity

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too little of a thing; scarcity

Question 37

pedestrian

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lacking excitement, dull

Question 38

propitious

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presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious

Question 39

prosaic

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unimaginative; dull

Question 40

pugnacious

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combative; belligerent

Question 41

redact

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to select or adapt (as by obscuring or removing sensitive information) for publication or release broadly

Question 42

resonate/resonance

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to affect or appeal to someone in a personal way

Question 43

quandary

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a state of uncertainty or perplexity

Question 44

sardonic

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disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh, bitter, or caustic, scornful

Question 45

spurious

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not genuine, inaccurate

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stoic

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indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive, being calm and almost without any emotion

Question 47

tepid

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lukewarm; showing little enthusiasm (the applause was tepid)

Question 48

truncated

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shortened; cut off

Question 49

ubiquitous

Answer 49

found everywhere

Question 50

vitriolic/vitriol

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cruel and bitter criticism

Question 51

colloquial

Answer 51

used in ordinary conversation with common people (ain't, bloody, etc.)

Question 52

jargon

Answer 52

words used by a profession or specialized group (in lacrosse the 8, cutting, etc.)

Question 53

slang

Answer 53

words that are informal and specific to a generation

Question 54

dialect

Answer 54

speech pattern of a specific place or region

Question 55

idioms

Answer 55

a phrase that, when taken as a whole, has a meaning you wouldn't be able to deduce from the meanings of the individual words (it's raining cats and dogs, piece of cake, break a leg)

Question 56

euphemism

Answer 56

a mild or indirect way of making something sound better (they passed away)