AP Vocabulary
9/7/11
Admonish
• verb
• Rebuke, reprimand
• The teacher admonished the students, trying
to get them to behave.
Dilatory
• Adjective
• Tending to waste time or move slowly
• His dilatory actions indicated that he was not
prepared for the work.
Elicit
• Verb
• Provoke a reaction; reaction in response to
stimulus
• The teacher tried to elicit the best answer.
Feign
• Verb
• Pretend something
• Ferris Bueler feigned illness to get out of going
to school.
Grandeur
• Noun
• Splendor, magnificence
• The grandeur of the mountains was awe
inspiring.
Maligned
• Verb
• Criticize somebody spitefully
• The politician maligned his opponent during a
recent debate.
Inexorable
• Adjective
• Unstoppable; without end
• The child’s crying seemed inexorable.
Petulant
• Adjective
• Sulky, ill-tempered
• The petulant child threw a temper tantrum in
the middle of the store.
Reconciled
• Verb
• Resigned; prepared to accept
• She was reconciled to the idea that her family
needed to move.
Cadence
• Noun
• Rhythm or beat
• The cadence of the sentence was established
by the parallel structure.
Transient
• Adjective
• Fleeting; temporary
• The feeling of peace was transient,
disappearing as the traffic roared by.
Veracity
• Noun
• Truthfulness
• The veracity of the suspect’s alibi has yet to be
proved.