AP Vocab 2.2

Question 1

quell

Answer 1

to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.

Question 2

querulous

Answer 2

full of complaints; complaining.
2
characterized by or uttered in complaint; peevish: a querulous tone; constant querulous reminders of things to be done.

Question 3

quiescent

Answer 3

being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.

Question 4

quixotic

Answer 4

( sometimes initial capital letter ) resembling or befitting Don Quixote.
2.
extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
3.
impulsive and often rashly unpredictable.
Also, quix·ot·i·cal.

Question 5

rampant

Answer 5

violent in action or spirit; raging; furious: a rampant leopard.

Question 6

rancid

Answer 6

having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils: rancid butter.

Question 7

rancor

Answer 7

bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.

Question 8

rapacious

Answer 8

given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.

Question 9

raucous

Answer 9

1.

harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.

Question 10

ravage

Answer 10

to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.

Question 11

raze

Answer 11

to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.

Question 12

reactionary

Answer 12

of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.

Question 13

rebuff

Answer 13

a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
2.
a peremptory refusal of a request, offer, etc.; snub.

Question 14

recalcitrant

Answer 14

resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.

Question 15

recession

Answer 15

the act of receding or withdrawing.
2.
a receding part of a wall, building, etc.

Question 16

reciprocal

Answer 16

given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.

Question 17

recluse

Answer 17

a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.

Question 18

reconcile

Answer 18

to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.

Question 19

recondite

Answer 19

1.

dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter: a recondite treatise.

Question 20

recrimination

Answer 20

the act of recriminating, or countercharging: Hope gave way to recrimination with both sides claiming the moral high ground.

Question 21

rectify

Answer 21

to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.

Question 22

rectitude

Answer 22

rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue: the rectitude of her motives.

Question 23

recuperate

Answer 23

to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.

Question 24

recurrent

Answer 24

that recurs; occurring or appearing again, especially repeatedly or periodically.

Question 25

redolent

Answer 25

having a pleasant odor; fragrant.