AP language website vocab 75-93

Question 1

benevolent

Answer 1

well meaning and kindly

Question 2

tranquility

Answer 2

the quality or state of being tranquil ; calm

Question 3

impede

Answer 3

delay or prevent by obstructed them

Question 4

recurrence

Answer 4

the fact of occurring again

Question 5

humility

Answer 5

humbleness

Question 6

minuteness

Answer 6

very small in size

Question 7

earnestly

Answer 7

with sincere and intense conviction

Question 8

sansculottism

Answer 8

a radical or violent extremist in politics

Question 9

sustain

Answer 9

strengthen or support physically or mentally

Question 10

affront

Answer 10

an action or remark that causes outrage or offense

Question 11

prodigious

Answer 11

remarkably or impressively great in extent size or degree

Question 12

expenditure

Answer 12

the action of spending funds

Question 13

distinction

Answer 13

a difference or contrast between similar things or people

Question 14

profound

Answer 14

very great or intense

Question 15

discernment

Answer 15

the ability to judge well

Question 16

semblance

Answer 16

similarity

Question 17

convictions

Answer 17

a formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense

Question 18

apprehension

Answer 18

anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen