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AP Lang Vocab List #4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Something unusual, different from the norm; Something unusual, different from the norm; something or someone regarded as atypical and therefore able to be discounted or ignored


a)

Notorious

b)

Tactful

c)

Aberration

d)

Benevolent

2.

Having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep

a)

Dormant

b)

Evanescent

c)

Brusque

d)

Mollify

3.

Short, rude

a)

Brusque

b)

Venerable

c)

Spurious

d)

Evanescent

4.

Hateful, unpleasant; deeply malevolent

a)

Benevolent

b)

Tactful

c)

Spurious

d)

Rancorous

5.

to respond to (a gesture or action) by making a corresponding one


a)

Pretentious

b)

Reciprocate

c)

Ostentatious

d)

Rancorous

6.

intended to attract notice, attention, admiration, and envy; tawdry or vulgar


a)

Boisterous

b)

Capitulate

c)

Ostentatious

d)

Reciprocate

7.

Respected because of age; profoundly honored


a)

Venerable

b)

Tactful

c)

Dormant

d)

Brusque

8.

Out of the context of time, out of date

a)

Aberration

b)

Anachronistic

c)

Evanescent

d)

Pretentious

9.

Considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others


a)

Venerable

b)

Ostentatious

c)

Surreptitious

d)

Tactful

10.

Well-meaning, helpful

a)

Benevolent

b)

Brusque

c)

Rancorous

d)

Tactful

11.

To calm or soothe

a)

Anachronistic

b)

Capitulate

c)

Mollify

d)

Spurious

12.

Enthusiastic, loud

a)

Brusque

b)

Proliferate

c)

Brusque

d)

Boisterous

13.

 false, untrue; intended to deceive

a)

Rancorous

b)

Spurious

c)

Eloquence

d)

Corroborate

14.

To surrender, often after negotiation of terms; to cease resisting


a)

Capitulate

b)

Dormant

c)

Corroborate

d)

Pretentious

15.

Thinking yourself better than others; making usually unjustified or excessive claims


a)

Benevolent

b)

Notorious

c)

Eloquence

d)

Pretentious

16.

Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous


a)

Ostentatious

b)

Notorious

c)

Evanescent

d)

Spurious

17.

 fluent or persuasive in reading or writing


a)

Reciprocate

b)

Rancorous

c)

Mollify

d)

Eloquence

18.

to confirm or give support to (a statement, theory or finding)

a)

Evanescent

b)

Aberration

c)

Corroborate

d)

Rancorous

19.

Not lasting long; tending to vanish like vapor

a)

Evanescent

b)

Tactful

c)

Aberration

d)

Anachronistic

20.

To grow or increase rapidly


a)

Pretentious

b)

Proliferate

c)

Tactful

d)

Boisterous