AP Lang

• perpetrator (n)


  person who commits (perpetrates) an evil, illegal, or criminal act
• acclamation (n)


  an enthusiastic expression of approval - often vocal
• vitriolic (adj)


  bitter and scathing
• prosaic (adj)


  straightforward; dull
• copious


  plentiful, abundant
• laudatory (adj)


  containing or expressing praise
• misnomer (n)


  an incorrect or unsuitable name for a person or thing
• abeyance (n)


  temporary inactivity or suspension; a break
• expendable (adj)


  not essential; not worth preserving; okay to get rid of or replace
• alacrity (n)


  cheerful readiness; liveliness
• conjecture (n)


  an opinion formed w/o sufficient evidence
• altruistic (adj)


  unselfish and concerned for the welfare of others
• recalcitrant (adj)


  resisting authority or control; hard to deal with or manage
• indolent (adj)


  habitually lazy
• haughty (adj)


  scornfully proud, arrogant
• reprove (v)


  to convey disapproval or find fault with
• comprised (v)


  consisted of, included
• sundry (adj)


  various or diverse
• exonerate (v)


  to clear from guilt or blame
• somnolent (adj)


  sleepy or drowsy
• predilection (n)


  preference, a partiality
• decimate (v)


  to destroy a great # or proportion of
• stature (n)


  a person's height or a person's esteem or status based on qualifications or achievements
• anathema (n)


  a person detested, loathed, or condemned to damnation
• gibe (v)


  to mock; jeer
• dolorous (adj)


  sad, mournful
• infidel (n)


  a person who holds no religious belief
• magnanimity (n)


  ability to rise above pettiness or meanness
• ineffable (adj)


  inexpressible
• pensive (adj)


  thinking deeply or seriously
• despotism (n)


  absolute rule; tyranny
• manifest (adj)


  evident; obvious; clear
• omnipotent (adj)


  all-powerful
• posterity (n)


  all succeeding generations
• abhor (v)


  to detest, hate, or find disgusting
• propriety (n)


  socially correct behavior
• qualm (n)


  misgiving
• polemical (adj)


  given to arguing, argumentative
• august (adj)


  imposing and magnificent
• cessation (n)


  stopping, either forever or for a long time