AP English Literature & Composition
Master Vocabulary List 
www.mshogue.com/AP/vocab list 06_07.pdf
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Study ten words per week to be quizzed on each Friday. Quizzes will be as follows: I will
pronounce a word and you will spell it correctly, define it, and use it in a sentence with
contextual clues that help define it further. I suggest you know the part of speech; if the word
functions equally as two parts of speech (a noun and a verb, for example) know the meanings
for each. When you write your sentences, you may use various forms of the word: adjective,
adverb, or any verb tense, provided you use the form correctly. The quizzes are worth 20 points
each. You may use this master list as your definition guide and to keep track of which words to
study. You do not have to hand this list in. This list will be used both semesters; don’t lose it!
Where do these words come from? This is a great question. They come from come from
old AP tests, from the passages and the questions.
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allocation
ascetic
beguile
crass
defray
dint
enjoin
envoy
interloper
vicarious
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admonish
akimbo
lassitude
licentious
muse (noun and verb)
pecuniary
plight
presumptuous
subversive
vacuous
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avocation
capricious
disparity
efficacy
epistle
hospice
impetus
moribund
reticent
vacillate
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akin
corroborate
inexorable
insipid
nefarious
physiognomy
retinue
suppliant
tedium
torrid
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affront
blasé
cajole
choleric
encumber
feckless
impasse
indolent
lugubrious
ribald
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adulation
censure
dissemble
dissimulation
droll
expectorate
palpate
peremptory
pusillanimous
surfeit
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allay
capacious
diurnal
extricate
ignominious
mitigate
palpitate
phlegmatic
propitious
prostrate
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acquiesce
amity
arduous
gestalt
inundate
perjury
perspicuity
preposterous
trepidation
voluble
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admonish
aplomb
barrage
cognizant
collusion
hegemony
nebulous
paradigm
unctuous
urbane
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91. ambulatory
92. brazen
93. din
94. ennui
95. exonerate
96. inscrutable
97. prognosticate
98. schism
99. sedition
100. wizened
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austere
corpulent
derisive
effeminate
jocund
manifest
ostentatious
sanguine
strident
vehement
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elegiac
fecund
fortuitous
infirmity
malady
nuance
profligate
remonstrance
scintillate
vitiate
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analogous
brigand
emissary
felicity
incendiary
magnanimous
plight
repartee
ubiquitous
venerable
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countenance
deposition
discursive
disdain
epigram
feign
laconic
mien
veracity
wry
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confound
curate (noun and verb)
ethereal
gambol
mutability
nascent
nonplused
pedantic
quail (verb)
rhetorical
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fatuous
febrile
furtive
incredulous
interminable
obliquely
pernicious
sardonic
ultimatum
writhe
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astute
beseech
capitulate
deprecating
glean
obfuscate
pathos
primeval
salubrious
solicitous
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albeit
bereft
gratis
intercession
lineaments
presage
prodigal
prolixity
sinecure
visage
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accordant
accouterments
deportment
exposition
impugn
impute
parapet
pertinacity
temperance
viands
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brevity
copious
gout
habiliments
irksome
ponderous
scrupulous
sundry
timorous
transcendent
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amorous
benign
dissolute
ebullient
entourage
extol
languid
meet (not in the rendezvous sense)
resolute
turgid
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chastening
corporeal
derive
dubious
equivocal
errant
goad
languor
resplendent
ruminate
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assail
beget
bellicose
delusion
discourse
garrison
recourse
tumultuous
vexation
vigilant
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auspicious
cavil
conducive
emulate
fungible
garrulous
imperious
morose
proprietary
zeal
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241. pathos
242. logos
243. explicate
244. hubris
245. conceit
246. juxtiposition
247. satire
248. redolent
249. principle
250.denoument