BVHS AP CA III Vocab
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- abyss
- an immeasurably deep or seemingly bottomless gulf or pit. anything too deep for measurement
- accede
- to give one's consent; agree
- actuate
- to put into action
- adamant
- stubbornly unyielding; inflexible;
- alleviate
- to make more bearable; relieve lessen
- amoral
- neither moral nor immoral. lacking moral awareness
- anarchy
- the total absence of government and law. political disorder and violence. chaos
- anatomically
- with reference to the bodily structure of a plant or an animal or its parts
- anemia
- a condition in which there is a reduction in red blood cells, resulting in paleness, weakness, and fatigue
- anesthetic
- a substance that causes loss of sensation, with or without loss of consciousness
- anthropoid
- resembling a human being; any of the most highly developed apes, such as gorillas and chimpanzees
- anthropomorphism
- the attributing of human characteristics to inanimate objects, gods, animals, etc.
- anticipatory
- characterized by advance thought or action
- apathetic
- feeling or showing no emotion, interest, or concern; indifferent
- aphorism
- a short, concise statement of a general truth or opinion
- apolitical
- not interested or involved in politics. not having any political importance
- apotheosis
- raising a person to the rank of a god. a perfect example; glorified ideal
- apparent
- easily understood; evident; obvious. readily seen; visible
- appellation
- a descriptive name, title, or designation
- auspices
- support, guidance, or protection
- auspicious
- favorable; marked by success
- autocrat
- a ruler or any person with unlimited power or authority
- beset
- to attack from all sides; to trouble constantly; harass
- boorish
- rude or bad-mannered
- bowdlerize
- to edit or modify by taking out obscene or objectionable passages
- brook
- to put up with; tolerate
- brusque
- abrupt or rude in manner or speech; blunt
- captious
- quick to find fault; critical
- captivating
- attracting and holding charm, beauty, or excellence
- chauvinism
- prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own group, sex, or race; fanatical patriotism
- chimerical
- fantastically improbable; having a tendency for unrealistic fantasies
- clandestine
- kept or done in secret, often to hide an improper purpose
- cognate
- related by having the same origin, as certain words; a word related to one in another language
- collaboration
- working together, especially in an intellectual effort, cooperation with the enemy
- collusion
- a secret agreement or cooperation between two or more people for an illegal or deceitful purpose; conspiracy
- complementary
- completing; supplying mutual needs
- concession
- a giving in; yielding; an acknowledgment or admission
- conifer
- a cone-bearing tree or shrub, chiefly evergreen
- contemplative
- characterized by thoughtful observation and meditation
- defray
- to pay for (the cost or expenses)
- delusive
- misleading; deceptive; false
- denizen
- inhabitant; occupant; one who frequents a place
- devious
- untrustworthy; attempting to deceive; roundabout; wandering
- dire
- dreadful; horrible; urgent; desperate
- distill
- to extract the essential elements of; to separate by heating until evaporation and condensation take place
- doggerel
- poetry with little artistic worth that is often humorous, crude, or trivial
- dogma
- official doctrine of a church; any principle or doctrine
- draconian
- very harsh; severe
- elixir
- a remedy believed to cure all ailments; substance believed to maintain life forever
- emancipate
- to liberate from control; free
- empirical
- relying or based on observation and experiment; relying on practical experiencerather than on scientific theory
- entourage
- a group of associates or attendants
- erudite
- characterized by knowledge gained by study or research; learned; scholarly
- evanescent
- vanishing or likely to vanish like a vapor
- exemplify
- to show by example; to serve as an example of
- exotic
- foreign; strangely beautiful or fascinating
- explicate
- to explain clearly and thoroughly
- felicitous
- suitable; appropriate; showing an agreeably appropriate manner or style
- fervent
- having or showing intense emotion or enthusiasm
- fester
- to become infected and form pus. to become increasingly irritating
- flawed
- defective; not valid
- formative
- relating to development or growth
- fractious
- inclined to make trouble; irritable; cranky
- fragmentary
- consisting of small disconnected parts; incomplete
- gravitate
- to move by the force of gravity; to be attracted by a strong force
- gullible
- easily deceived or tricked
- heartening
- encouraging
- hector
- to threaten or bully
- humanitarian
- a person who is devoted to promoting human welfare; having concern for helping humanity
- hybrid
- the offspring of two plants or animals of different species, breeds, varieties; anything of mixed origin
- impetuous
- acting impulsively with little thought; rash; impulsive and passsionate
- implement
- to put into effect; carry out
- implicate
- to involve or connect in an incriminating way
- imponderable
- that cannot be weighed, measured, or evaluated with certainty
- incapacitate
- to take away the strength or ability of; disable
- incendiary
- causing or capable of causing fire; one who willfully starts fires
- inception
- the beginning of something
- incipient
- just beginning to exist or appear
- infraction
- a violation of law or rule
- inter
- to put (a corpse) in a tomb or gave; bury
- intercession
- a plea that is made on behalf of another
- introspective
- inclined to examine one's own thoughts and feelings
- invest
- to put money to use to obtain profit; to give a quality to; to devote time or effort for future benefit
- irascible
- easily angered; irritable
- Machiavellian
- characterized by trickery and self-interest as a means of achieving one's goals or keeping power
- maleficient
- harmful; evil; hurtful
- martinet
- a strict disciplinarian
- mendacity
- the quality of being untruthful; untruthfulness; given to deception or falsehood
- mercurial
- having rapid and unpredictable changes in mood
- misanthrope
- a person who hates or distrusts people
- mobilize
- to assmeble and organize for action, use, or war
- monotheism
- the doctrine or belief that there is only one God
- muse
- a source of inspiration; the spirit that inspires a poet or artist
- nefarious
- extremely wicked; villainous; evil
- oxymoron
- a figure of speech that combines contradictory words
- pantheon
- a public building in which the famous people of a country are commemorated; a temple dedicated to all gods
- paradigm
- a list of all forms of a word, to serve as an example for other words; an example that serves as a model
- parameter
- limit or boundary; guideline
- paramount
- ranking above all others in importance, concern, influence; supreme
- parlance
- a way or manner of speaking
- pastoral
- an artistic work that portrays rural life; charmingly simple and serene
- perpetual
- lasting for an indefinitely long time; continuing without interruption
- perspicuity
- the quality of being easy to understand; clearness
- philanthropy
- active effort to improve the human condition; love of humanity
- plait
- to braid
- plausible
- seemingly true, honest, or trustworthy; credible; believable
- pliant
- easily bent; pliable; adaptable; easily influenced
- pragmatic
- concerned with facts or actual events; practical
- precedent
- an action, statement, or occurence that may serve as an example for similar future instances
- profusion
- an abundance; a plentiful outpouring or quantity; extravagance
- protaganist
- the main character in a novel, drama, or other work of literature
- qualm
- feeling of doubt or uneasiness, especially about the rightness of an action
- recede
- to move back or away; to retreat or withdraw
- recuperate
- to get well again; recover
- refractory
- difficult to control; stubbornly disobedient
- rendering
- a representation or interpretation, as in art or music
- replica
- a copy or reproduction of a work of art; any close copy or reproduction
- repudiate
- to reject the validity of; to reject as untrue or unjust; to refuse to have any dealings with
- sardonic
- scornfully or bitterly mocking, sarcastic
- saturnine
- having a gloomy, sullen, or sluggish temperament
- scintillate
- to sparkle or shine; to be animated, brilliant, and witty
- silhouette
- the outline of a figure filled in with solid color, usually black; a profile
- skepticism
- a questioning or doubting attitude
- smug
- showing or feeling offensive self-satisfaction
- solidify
- to make solid, compact, or hard; to make or become strong or united
- somber
- dark and gloomy; dismal; sad
- specious
- seeming true or correct but actually false; deceptively attractive
- speculate
- to meditate on a subject; to wonder
- spurious
- not genuine; false;
- stentorian
- extremely loud
- stylized
- to design according to a particular syle rather than according to nature
- sumptuous
- excessively costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent
- supine
- inactive; passive
- surreptitious
- done, made, or gotten in a secret/stealthy way; acting in a stealthy way
- susceptible
- easily affected or influenced; impressionable; sensitive
- sybarite
- a person who is fond of pleasure and luxury
- tawdry
- cheap and tastelessly showy
- theocracy
- a government ruled or subject to religious authority; a country ruled in this way
- theological
- relating to the study of the nature of God and religious truth
- tribulation
- Great misery or suffering; distress
- vanguard
- the part of the army that goes ahead of the main force; the leading position in a trend or movement; forefront
- vernacular
- the common, everyday language spoken by a people; the standard native language of a country or place
- zealous
- filled with intense desire or enthusiasm