AP Vocabulary Set one
Your homework with these words is due next class (Wed/Thurs). Choose 15 words that you really want to learn and use in your writing. Write a
sentence (using each word for a total of 15 sentences – unless you want to use more than one word in a sentence) about the plays we have been
studying. You cannot have sentences like… “Hermia was ostentatious. Puck was Onerous.” Let me know why. Make sure I know that you
know how to use the word, because after all, I want you to use these words in your writing. It might help you to use dictionary.com to look up the
part of speech and see their sample sentences. You should already know some of these words…now use them.
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Ostentatious – pompous, self important, pretentious
Onerous – burdensome, oppressive
Abrogate – to abolish officially
Effeminate – having feminine traits
Femme fatale – fatal woman (leads men into disastrous or dangerous situations)
Emasculate – taking away manhood, deprive of vigor/strength
Misogyny – hatred of women
Misandry – hatred of males
Enervate – lacking energy
Exigent – critical, urgent
Frenetic – frenzied, hectic, frantic
Impecunious – excessively poor
Yonic – feminine symbol (womb like or concave)
Inimical – hostile, threatening
Invective – verbal attack
Malevolent – having intent to harm others
Malaise – vague feeling of discomfort
Modicum – small amount of something
Salient – relevant, prominent
Inconspicuous – not conspicuous, not noticeable/obvious
Pragmatic – dealing or concerned with facts, practical
Capricious – acting on a whim, erratic
Deleterious – injurious to health, harmful
Ephemeral – short lived, transitory
Sycophant – self-seeking, servile flatterer, fawning parasite
AP Vocabulary Set one
Your homework with these words is due next class (Wed/Thurs). Choose 15 words that you really want to learn and use in your writing. Write a
sentence (using each word for a total of 15 sentences – unless you want to use more than one word in a sentence) about the plays we have been
studying. You cannot have sentences like… “Hermia was ostentatious. Puck was Onerous.” Let me know why. Make sure I know that you
know how to use the word, because after all, I want you to use these words in your writing. It might help you to use dictionary.com to look up the
part of speech and see their sample sentences. You should already know some of these words…now use them.
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Ostentatious – pompous, self important, pretentious
Onerous – burdensome, oppressive
Abrogate – to abolish officially
Effeminate – having feminine traits
Femme fatale – fatal woman (leads men into disastrous or dangerous situations)
Emasculate – taking away manhood, deprive of vigor/strength
Misogyny – hatred of women
Misandry – hatred of males
Enervate – lacking energy
Exigent – critical, urgent
Frenetic – frenzied, hectic, frantic
Impecunious – excessively poor
Yonic – feminine symbol (womb like or concave)
Inimical – hostile, threatening
Invective – verbal attack
Malevolent – having intent to harm others
Malaise – vague feeling of discomfort
Modicum – small amount of something
Salient – relevant, prominent
Inconspicuous – not conspicuous, not noticeable/obvious
Pragmatic – dealing or concerned with facts, practical
Capricious – acting on a whim, erratic
Deleterious – injurious to health, harmful
Ephemeral – short lived, transitory
Sycophant – self-seeking, servile flatterer, fawning parasite