AP English vocab list 7

Question 1

surfeit

Answer 1

n. overindulgence in food or drink; an excessive amount / v. to feed or supply in excess

Question 2

immutable

Answer 2

adj. unchanging over time or unable to be changed

Question 3

laconic

Answer 3

adj. using few words, terse or concise

Question 4

impede

Answer 4

v. to obstruct or delay progress

Question 5

hegemony

Answer 5

n. the predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others

Question 6

pristine

Answer 6

adj. original; unspoiled; pure

Question 7

levity

Answer 7

n. lightness; unseriousness

Question 8

panacea

Answer 8

n. something that cures everything

Question 9

insurgent

Answer 9

n. someone who revolts against the government

Question 10

duplicity

Answer 10

n. the act of being two-faced; double-dealing

Question 11

husbandry

Answer 11

n. thrifty management of resources; frugal

Question 12

precept

Answer 12

n. a rule to live by

Question 13

subversive

Answer 13

adj. intended or serving to undermine the authority of an establishment or system; disruptive

Question 14

reprisal

Answer 14

n. military action undertaken in revenge for another

Question 15

exigency

Answer 15

n. an emergency; an urgency

Question 16

remonstrate

Answer 16

v. to argue against; to protest; to raise objections

Question 17

solicitous

Answer 17

adj. eager and attentive; anxiously caring or attentive

Question 18

propriety

Answer 18

n. protocol; properness; good manners; decorum

Question 19

irrevocable

Answer 19

adj. irreversible

Question 20

impervious

Answer 20

adj. not allowing anything to pass through; impenetrable

Question 21

provincial

Answer 21

adj. limited in outlook to one’s own small corner of the world; narrow-minded

Question 22

obsequious

Answer 22

adj. fawning; subservient; sucking up to; excessively flattering

Question 23

paucity

Answer 23

n. scarcity; lack; sparseness; deficiency

Question 24

imminent

Answer 24

adj. just about to happen; impending

Question 25

abnegate

Answer 25

v. to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce