AP English vocab list 2

Question 1

dubious

Answer 1

adj. full of doubt; uncertain

Question 2

auspicious

Answer 2

adj. favorable; promising; pointing to a good result

Question 3

incantation

Answer 3

n. a chant; the repetition of statements or phrases

Question 4

assiduous

Answer 4

adj. hard-working; showing great care and perseverance

Question 5

sagacious

Answer 5

adj. discerning; shrewd; wise

Question 6

putative

Answer 6

adj. commonly accepted; supposed as truth

Question 7

obfuscate

Answer 7

v. to darken; to confuse or make difficult to understand

Question 8

desultory

Answer 8

adj. without a plan or purpose; disconnected; random

Question 9

opaque

Answer 9

adj. impossible to see through; impossible to understand

Question 10

unctuous

Answer 10

adj. oily, both literally and figuratively; excessively flattering

Question 11

mendacious

Answer 11

adj. lying; untruthful

Question 12

disparage

Answer 12

v. to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way

Question 13

inexorable

Answer 13

adj. relentless; inevitable; unavoidable; impossible to stop or prevent

Question 14

esoteric

Answer 14

adj. hard to understand; understood by only a select few

Question 15

tenuous

Answer 15

adj. flimsy; extremely thin; very weak or slight

Question 16

polemic

Answer 16

n. a powerful argument, often made to attack or refute a controversial issue

Question 17

obdurate

Answer 17

adj. stubborn and insensitive

Question 18

discreet

Answer 18

adj. marked by, exercising, or showing prudence and wise self-restraint in speech and behavior; free from ostentation or pretension; modest

Question 19

ardent

Answer 19

adj. passionate; enthusiastic

Question 20

hermetic

Answer 20

adj. impervious to external influences

Question 21

acquiesce

Answer 21

v. to comply passively; to accept; to assent

Question 22

extol

Answer 22

v. to praise highly; to laud

Question 23

ineffable

Answer 23

adj. incapable of being expressed or described

Question 24

rudimentary

Answer 24

adj. basic; crude; unformed

Question 25

obtuse

Answer 25

adj. lacking quickness of perception or intellect; characterized by a lack of intelligence or sensitivity; slow to understand