AP English 3 Vocab 61-90
Precept
A commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct; procedural rules; an injunction as to moral conduct; warrant; law
Receptacle
A container, device, etc that receives or holds something
Anomaly
A deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form; odd, peculiar; an inconsistency
Concept
A general notion or idea; functioning as a prototype or model
Paragon
A model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence; someone of exceptional merit; to compare, to surpass
Recipient
A person or thing that receives
Verifiable
Able to ve proven true by evidence
Ecentricity
An oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct; deviating form the recognized or customary character, practice, etc
Captious
Apt to notice an dmake much of trivial falts or defects; faulfinding; difficult ot please; proceeding from faultfinding disposition; designed to ensnare or perplex in argument
Hypothetical
Assumed by hypothesis; supposed; conditional
Inception
Beginning; start; commencement; act of instilling an idea into another's mind
Perceptible
Capable of being recognized; appreciable
Capacious
Capable of holding much; spacious or roomy
Synthesis
Combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single/unified entity; a complex hole formed by combining
Mundane
Common, ordinary, banal, unimaginative; of or relating to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly
Aberrant
Departing from the right, normal, or usual course; abnormal
Empirical
Derived from or guided by experience or experiment; provable by experiment
Ubiquitous
Existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent
Definitive
Most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study or the like; serving to define, fix, or specify; providing a solution or final answer
Endemic
Natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place
Unwonted
Not customary or usual; rare
Incongruous
Out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming; not harmonious in character; inconsistent
Axiomatic
Pertaining to or of the nature of an axiom, self evident; obvious
Outlandish
Strange or odd in appearance, dress, etc; remote from civilized; foreign
Rebuttal
The refute by evidence or argument; the opposition by contrary proof
Captivate
To attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant; to capture
Presuppose
To propose or assume beforehand; to require as an antecedent condition
Cater
To provide food/service/etc for party or wedding; to provide or supply what is desired, or gives pleasure
Repudiate
To reject as having no authority or binding force; to cast off or disown
Reationalize
To remove unreasonable elements from; to treat or explain in a rational manner