Mrs. Becker
AP Lang and Comp
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Vocabulary List #10
You will have a quiz on these words (spelling/sentence completion) on 2/14 
1. elicit: (verb)
To bring or draw out (something latent; to call forth, draw out, provoke
2. stockade: (noun)
A defensive barrier made of strong posts or timbers; fenced or enclosed area, especially used for
protection
3. immunity: (noun)
(Immunology) inherited, acquired, or induced resistance to infection by a specific pathogen;
(Law) exemption from normal legal duties, penalties, or liabilities
4. vicissitude: (noun)
A change or variation; one of sudden or unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one’s
life, activities or surroundings
5. dissonance: (noun)
A harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds; lack of agreement, consistency. or harmony
6. enormity: (noun)
Excessive wickedness or outrageousness; great size
7. mendacious: (adjective)
Lying, untruthful; false or untrue
8. disheartened: (adjective)
To shake or destroy the courage or resolution of; dispirit
9. scathing: (adjective)
To harm or injure, especially by fire; to criticize or denounce severely
10. wry: (adjective)
Dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony; temporarily twisted in an expression of distaste
11. snub: (verb)
To ignore, or behave coldly toward
12. contingent: (noun)
An event or condition that is likely to occur, but not inevitable
13. septuagenarian: (noun)
A person who is 70 years old, or between the ages of 70 and 80
14. repertoire: (noun)
The range or number of skills or special accomplishments of a particular person or group
15. unseasoned: (adjective)
Lacking experience and the knowledge gained from it; inexperienced
16. relic: (noun)
Something that has survived the passage of time; an object kept for its association with the past
17. theological: (adjective)
Of or relating to theology or to specialized religious study
18. venerable: (adjective)
Commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position; worthy of reverence
19. loathe: (verb)
To dislike someone/something greatly; abhor
20. debonair: (adjective)
Suave, affable; carefree and jaunty
21. proficient: (adjective)
Having or marked by an advanced degree of competence, as in art, vocation, profession, or
branch of learning
22. enunciate: (verb)
To pronounce, articulate clearly