AP English vocab list 1

Question 1

flag

Answer 1

v. to decline in strength or vigor

Question 2

alacrity

Answer 2

n. cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

Question 3

capitulate

Answer 3

v. to surrender; to give up or give in

Question 4

ingenuous

Answer 4

adj. frank; without deception; simple

Question 5

culpable

Answer 5

adj. deserving blame; guilty

Question 6

insular

Answer 6

adj. like an island; isolated

Question 7

austere

Answer 7

adj. unadorned; stern; forbidding

Question 8

transient

Answer 8

adj. not staying for a long; temporary

Question 9

acrimonious

Answer 9

adj. full of spite; bitter; nasty

Question 10

acumen

Answer 10

n. keenness of judgment; mental sharpness

Question 11

burgeon

Answer 11

v. to expand; to flourish

Question 12

profligate

Answer 12

adj. extravagantly wasteful and usually wildly immoral

Question 13

impetuous

Answer 13

adj. impulsive; extremely impatient

Question 14

hiatus

Answer 14

n. a break or interruption, often from work

Question 15

incorrigible

Answer 15

adj. incapable of being reformed

Question 16

fauna

Answer 16

n. animals

Question 17

pejorative

Answer 17

adj. negative; disparaging

Question 18

spurious

Answer 18

adj. false; fake; counterfeit

Question 19

adulterate

Answer 19

v. to contaminate; to make impure

Question 20

propensity

Answer 20

n. a natural inclination or tendency

Question 21

despot

Answer 21

n. an absolute ruler; an autocrat

Question 22

indignant

Answer 22

adj. angry; insulted

Question 23

heed

Answer 23

v. to pay attention to

Question 24

lugubrious

Answer 24

adj. exaggeratedly mournful

Question 25

gravity

Answer 25

n. seriousness