Rackstraw 1
AP Language and Composition SAT Vocabulary, Roots, Schemes/Tropes and Tone Words
The lists below are the SAT words, Greek roots, schemes/tropes and tone words we will be studying FIRST
SEMESTER. Please do not lose this list. ONE hard copy will be provided for you; if you misplace this list, it is your
responsibility to go to school wires and print a new one. Please remember to use the Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary
website for help!
UNIT 1
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Approbation (n)
Elicit (v)
Innuendo (n)
Meritorious (adj)
Simulate (v)
2. Assuage (v)
6. Expostulate (v)
10. Intercede (v)
14. Petulant (adj)
18. Transcend (v)
3. Coalition (n)
7. Hackneyed (adj)
11. Jaded (adj)
15. Prerogative (n)
19. Umbrage (n)
4. Decadence (n)
8. Hiatus (n)
12. Lurid (adj)
16. Provincial (adj)
20. Unctuous (adj)
ROOTS 1-15: acer, acid, acri-----bio; loose sentence, periodic sentence, hypotactic sentence,
paratactic sentence, chiasmus, and ALL 8 items under “Structures of Balance.”
TONE WORDS: abstract, absurd, affected, ambiguous, and analytical
UNIT 2
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Ameliorate (v)
Drivel (v)
Infringe (v)
Inveigh (v)
Permeate (v)
2. Aplomb (n)
6. Epitome (n)
10. Ingratiate (v)
14. Lassitude (n)
18. Precipitate (v)
3. Bombastic (adj)
7. Ex Officio (adj/adv)
11. Interloper (n)
15. Millennium (n)
19. Stringent (adj)
4. Callow (adj)
8. Exhort (v)
12. Intrinsic (adj)
16. Occult (n)
20. Surmise (v)
ROOTS 16-30: brev-----cosm; loose sentence, periodic sentence, hypotactic sentence, paratactic
sentence, chiasmus, and ALL 8 items under “Structures of Balance,” natural word order, split
order, juxtaposition, and ALL 4 terms under “Changes in Word Order.”
TONE WORDS: anecdotal, angry, archaic, austere, and banal
UNIT 3
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Abominate (v)
Circuitous (adj)
Expiate (v)
Noncommittal (adj)
Seditious (adj)
2. Acculturation (n)
6. Commiserate (v)
10. Ferment (v)
14. Peculate (v)
18. Tenuous (adj)
3. Adventitious (adj)
7. Enjoin (v)
11. Inadvertent (adj)
15. Proclivity (n)
19. Vitriolic (adj)
4. Ascribe (v)
8. Expedite (v)
12. Nominal (adj)
16. Sangfroid (n)
20. Wheedle (v)
ROOTS 31-45: crat, cracy-----dynam ; natural word order, split order, juxtaposition; ALL 4 terms
under “Changes in Word Order,” ALL 3 terms under “Interruption,” and ALL 3 terms under
“Omission.”
TONE WORDS: baroque, bizarre, bland, bombastic, and breezy
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UNIT 4
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Affable (adj)
Contraband (n)
Inscrutable (adj)
Querulous (adj)
Reverberate (v)
2. Aggrandize (v)
6. Erudite (adj)
10. Insular (adj)
14. Remonstrate (v)
18. Scurrilous (adj)
3. Amorphous (adj)
7. Gossamer (n/adj)
11. Irrevocable (adj)
15. Repudiate (v)
19. Sedulous (adj)
4. Aura (n)
8. Infer (v)
12. Propensity (n)
16. Resilient (adj)
20. Sleazy (adj)
ROOTS 46-60: endo----grad, gress ; ALL 3 terms under “Interruption,” ALL 3 terms under
“Omission,” antimetabole, polysyndeton, and ALL 12 terms under “Repetition/Sound.”
TONE WORDS: childish, cinematic, classical, colloquial, and comic
UNIT 5
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Amnesty (n)
Caveat (n)
Flout (v)
Scathing (adj)
Straitlaced (adj)
2. Autonomy (n)
6. Equitable (adj)
10. Fractious (adj)
14. Scourge (n/v)
18. Transient (adj)
3. Axiomatic (adj)
7. Extricate (v)
11. Precept (n)
15. Sepulchral (adj)
19. Unwieldly (adj)
4. Blazon (v)
8. Filch (v)
12. Salutary (adj)
16. Soporific (adj)
20. Vapid (adj)
ROOTS 61-75: graph, gram---levi ; antimetabole, polysyndeton, and ALL 12 terms under
“Repetition/Sound.”
TONE WORDS: concise, confessional, contemptuous, convincing, and convoluted
UNIT 6
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Anomalous (adj)
Cajole (v)
Disabuse (v)
Immutable (adj)
Surreptitious (adj)
2. Aspersion (n)
6. Castigate (v)
10. Ennui (n)
14. Insurgent (n/adj)
18. Transgress (v)
3. Bizarre (adj)
7. Contrive (v)
11. Fetter (n/v)
15. Megalomania (n)
19. Transmute (v)
4. Brusque (adj)
8. Demagogue (n)
12. Heinous (adj)
16. Sinecure (n)
20. Vicarious (adj)
ROOTS 76-90: liber, liver---mega; levi ; antimetabole, polysyndeton, and ALL 12 terms under
“Repetition/Sound”, ALL 5 terms under “Other.”
TONE WORDS: crepuscular, cynical, decadent, depressing, and detached
UNIT 7
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Austere (adj)
Crass (adj)
Grandiose (adj)
Pillage (v)
Reprove (v)
2. Beneficent (adj)
3. Cadaverous (adj)
4. Concoct (v)
6. Debase (v)
7. Desecrate (v)
8. Disconcert (v)
10. Inconsequential (adj)
11. Infraction (n)
12. Mitigate (v)
14. Prate (v)
15. Punctilious (adj)
16. Redoubtable (adj)
18. Restitution (n)
19. Stalwart (adj/n)
20. Vulnerable (adj)
ROOTS: 91-105:mem---numer ; ALL Terms from the entire Schemes section!!! 
TONE WORDS: discursive, dreamlike, earthy, effeminate, and elegiac