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