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AP Vocabulary List 3

AP Vocabulary List 3. Banal (adj) Tediously unoriginal or ordinary Belie (v) Fail to give a true idea of; show to be untrue Bellicose (adj) Aggressive and ready to fight Benign (adj) Good-natured; kindly; favorable; beneficial Blithe (adj) Cheerfully or thoughtlessly indifferent.

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AP Vocabulary List 3

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  1. AP Vocabulary List 3

  2. Banal (adj) • Tediously unoriginal or ordinary • Belie (v) • Fail to give a true idea of; show to be untrue • Bellicose (adj) • Aggressive and ready to fight • Benign (adj) • Good-natured; kindly; favorable; beneficial • Blithe (adj) • Cheerfully or thoughtlessly indifferent • Bolster (v) • Support or strengthen • Bombast (n) • Grandiose but empty language • Brazen (adj) • Bold and shameless • Brusque (adj) • Abrupt or offhand in manner or speech • Bucolic (adj) • Relating to rural or pastoral life

  3. Cacophony (n) • A harsh discordant mixture of sounds • Cajole (v) • Persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery • Callous (adj) • Insensitive and cruel • Callow (adj) • Inexperienced and immature • Capricious (adj) • Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood • Catharsis (n) • The release of pent-up emotions, for example through drama • Caustic (adj) • Able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action; scathing; biting • Cavalier (adj) • Showing a lack of proper concern • Censure (v) • To express strong disapproval of • Circumscribe (v) • Restrict; limit; define logically, draw a line around

  4. AP vocabulary list 4

  5. Demagogue • A political leader who appeals to popular desires and prejudices • Denigrate • Criticize unfairly; disparage • Duplicity • Hypocritical cunning or deception • Didactic • Intended for instruction; morally instructive • Derisive • Mocking; jeering • Devoid • Entirely lacking in • Diaphanous • Light, delicate, and translucent • Dichotomy • A separation or contrast between two things • Diffident • Lacking in self-confidence • Dilettante • A person who dabbles in a subject merely for enjoyment but without serious study

  6. Diminutive • Extremely or unusually small • Discern • Recognize or find out; distinguish with difficulty by sight or other senses • Disseminate • To scatter about; spread widely • Docile • Ready to accept control or instruction; submissive • Dogmatic • Asserted without proof; stating opinion positively or arrogantly • Dubious • Hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon • Ebullient • Cheerful and full of energy • Edify • Instruct or improve morally or intellectually • Efface • To rub out; erase • Ephemeral • Lasting or living for a very short time

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