AP Vocabulary List 3

Choose the best synonym for mundane.

• unique

• abnormal

• monotonous

• imaginative

True or False

Having notoriety implies being widely know for negative reasons.

• True

• False

Choose the correct vocabulary word:

to set right, correct

• reprehensible

• rectify

• scrupulous

• predilection

Definition:

unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding

• obdurate

• servile

• mundane

• stoic

True or False:

Ostentatious and Extravagant are antonyms.

• True

• False

Is the word used correctly in the sentence:

The tired doctor performed a perfunctory examination of his patient, resulting in a complete misdiagnosis of the illness the patient had.

• Correct

• Incorrect

(especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.

• predilection

• stoic

• mundane

• pervasive

Predilection and Preference are synonyms.

• True

• False

The ________________ author published over fifty best sellers during his lifetime.

The criminal's ______________________ actions afforded her seven years in prison.