Revision Examination Tests
“Come all for this greatness”
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AP Eng. Lang: Semester 1 Vocab Review-Fall 2024-2025
abrade
ans:>to scrape; to wear away
adroit
ans:>skillful; highly competent
amass
ans:>to gather together
arcane
ans:>understood by only a few
archetypal
ans:>the model or best example of something; quintessential
banal
ans:>commonplace, pedestrian
,debase
ans:>to reduce in dignity or quality
decadent
ans:>excessive to the point of decay/decline
despotic
ans:>ruling with absolute power; tyrannical
disposed
ans:>being inclined toward an action, behavior
euphemism
ans:>a word or phrase that's used to make an unpleasant idea sound better
euphonious
ans:>pleasant sounding
evince
ans:>to show or demonstrate clearly
garrulous
ans:>excessively talkative
genial
ans:>good-natured
, hackneyed
ans:>overused, unoriginal
impel
ans:>to force or urge someone to do something
labyrinthian
ans:>complicated; intricate; puzzling
obtuse
ans:>slow to understand
opaque
ans:>unclear; mysterious
oscillate
ans:>to move back and forth
ostensibly
ans:>appearing to be true, but not necessarily so
pariah
ans:>a social outcast