AP Language & Composition Lesson #3 Vocabulary

prodigal

• wastefully extravagant
• frugally cautious
• carefully planned
• moderately generous

assess

• evaluate
• disregard
• interpret
• analyze

deter

• to encourage or support
• to ignore or overlook
• to clarify or explain
• to discourage or prevent

complacent

• overconfident
• self-satisfied
• dissatisfied
• humble

contempt

• Respect or honor.
• Disdain or scorn.
• Indifference or neutrality.
• Approval or admiration.

eloquent

• Eloquentness
• articulate

• Eloquently
• Eloquence

virtue

• Virtue is a type of fruit.
• Virtue is a behavior showing high moral standards.
• Virtue is a physical strength.
• Virtue is a form of entertainment.

vital

• trivial
• unimportant
• essential
• optional

guile

• Honesty and transparency.
• Simplicity and straightforwardness.
• Trustworthiness and integrity.
• Cunning or deceitfulness.

biased

• completely neutral and unbiased
• favoring all perspectives equally
• supporting only the majority opinion
• favoring one side or perspective unfairly