AP Vocab List 6

Question 1

antagonist

Answer 1

opposition; hostility;
resistance

Question 2

arbitrary

Answer 2

subject to individual
judgment

Question 3

austere

Answer 3

severe; without frills

Question 4

expedite (expedient)

Answer 4

to make faster or
easier

Question 5

heresy

Answer 5

an opinion violently
opposed to establish
beliefs

Question 6

compromise

Answer 6

to settle by concession
or surrender

Question 7

condescend

Answer 7

to talk down to

Question 8

fallacious

Answer 8

false; untrue

Question 9

intangible

Answer 9

abstract; not capable
of being touched or
felt

Question 10

arrogant

Answer 10

acting superior to
others; snooty

Question 11

dubious

Answer 11

doubtful

Question 12

solicit

Answer 12

to ask for; to seek

Question 13

elusive

Answer 13

tough to catch; hard to
pin down

Question 14

facilitate

Answer 14

to make easier; to help

Question 15

static

Answer 15

stationary; not moving

Question 16

ironic

Answer 16

satiric; unexpected

Question 17

irrational

Answer 17

unreasonable;
unpredictable

Question 18

dogmatic

Answer 18

stubbornly
opinionated

Question 19

reversed

Answer 19

opposite or contrary to a previous or normal condition

Question 20

rigid

Answer 20

deficient in or devoid of flexibility

Question 20

reverential

Answer 20

expressing or having a quality of reverence (honor and respect)

Question 21

sardonic

Answer 21

disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking

Question 22

scholarly

Answer 22

of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons

Question 23

shallow

Answer 23

having little depth

Question 24

skeptical

Answer 24

relating to or characteristic of an attitude of doubt or a disposition to incredulity either in general or toward a particular object

Question 25

sobering

Answer 25

tending to make one thoughtful or somber

Question 26

specialized

Answer 26

designed, trained, or fitted for one particular purpose or occupation

Question 27

speculative

Answer 27

an act or instance involving, based on, or constituting intellectual speculation (questioning curiosity)