AP Language & Composition Lesson 7 Vocabulary

frivolous

• Serious and meaningful.
• Valuable and important.
• Solemn and respectful.
• Not serious or lacking in value.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

taciturn

• Reserved or silent
• Expressive and outgoing
• Talkative or chatty
• Loud and boisterous

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

infamous

• Famous for a good quality or deed.
• Unknown and unremarkable.
• Celebrated for a positive contribution.
• Well known for a bad quality or deed.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

redundant

• important or critical
• unnecessary or superfluous
• redundant but necessary
• essential or vital

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

authoritarian

• A governing style that centralizes power and limits individual freedoms.
• A system that promotes complete individual freedoms.
• A governing style that distributes power equally among all citizens.
• A political system that encourages open debate and dissent.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

exhaustive

• Exhaustive means thorough and complete.
• Exhaustive is a synonym for limited.
• Exhaustive refers to a type of vehicle.
• Exhaustive means to exhaust resources.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

profuse

• abundant or excessive
• minimal or slight
• moderate or average
• scarce or limited

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

expedient

• A synonym for difficult and challenging.
• Convenient and practical, often at the expense of ethics.
• Always beneficial for society.
• Ethical and moral in nature.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

fastidious

• Casual and relaxed in approach.
• Careless or indifferent to detail.
• Meticulous or demanding in attention to detail.
• Unconcerned about precision or accuracy.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

prosaic

• Innovative and creative
• Exciting and vibrant
• Commonplace or dull
• Unique and rare

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4