AP Language and Composition: Vocab List #3

Oracular

delivering a opinion like a inspiring truth

Abstruse

difficult to understand

Bourgeois

characterized by materialistic pursuits/concerns

Chimerical

fantastic visionary; impossible to achieve

Dauntless

incapable of being intimidated

Evanescent

tending to vanish

Facile

easily done

Ignoble

low-grade of quality

Incontrovertible

something that is not able to be questioned

Inimical

harmful, antagonistic, or opposed

Acerbity

sharp pointed comment

Cache

a secret store of valuables or money

Collusion

secret agreement or cooperation, especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose

Dictum

a rule, or a statement that expresses a truth universally acknowledged

Oligarchy

A political system governed by a few people.

Acquiesce

agree or express agreement

Beguile

to charm in deceitful way

Petrify

to freeze

Repudiate

to reject with disapproval

Mendacious

telling lies, esp. habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful