AP Vocab 61-90

capable of holding much; spacious or roomy

apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please

to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence

to provide food, service, etc., as for a party or wedding: to cater for a banquet

a general notion or idea; conception.

beginning; start; commencement.

capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable

a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct; an injunction as to moral conduct; maxim.

a container, device, etc., that receives or holds something

a person or thing that receives; receiver: the recipient of a prize.

pertaining to or of the nature of an axiom; self-evident; obvious, aphoristic.

most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like; serving to define, fix, or specify definitely

derived from or guided by experience or experiment; depending upon experience or observation alone, without using scientific method or theory, esp. as in medicine.

assumed by hypothesis; supposed

to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance; (of a thing, condition, or state of affairs) to require or imply as an antecedent condition

to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true causes; to remove unreasonable elements from

to refute by evidence or argument; to oppose by contrary proof; a refutation with proof

to reject as having no authority or binding force; to cast off or disown

the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity; a complex whole formed by combining

possible to prove the truth of: a verifiable account of the incident; verifiable sales data.

departing from the right, normal, or usual course; exceptional; abnormal

a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form

an oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct

natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous

out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming

of or pertaining to this world; common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.

freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices; bizarre

a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence

existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent

not customary or usual; rare