AP Vocab List 6 Flashcards
antagonist
opposition; hostility;
resistance
arbitrary
subject to individual
judgment
austere
severe; without frills
expedite (expedient)
to make faster or
easier
heresy
an opinion violently
opposed to establish
beliefs
compromise
to settle by concession
or surrender
condescend
to talk down to
fallacious
false; untrue
intangible
abstract; not capable
of being touched or
felt
arrogant
acting superior to
others; snooty
dubious
doubtful
solicit
to ask for; to seek
elusive
tough to catch; hard to
pin down
facilitate
to make easier; to help
static
stationary; not moving
ironic
satiric; unexpected
irrational
unreasonable;
unpredictable
dogmatic
stubbornly
opinionated
reversed
opposite or contrary to a previous or normal condition
rigid
deficient in or devoid of flexibility
reverential
expressing or having a quality of reverence (honor and respect)
sardonic
disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking
scholarly
of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons
shallow
having little depth
