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Vocab List 14-16
AP lit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| countenance | 1)face or its expression (n) 2)to tolerate or improve; consent to; give permission (v) |
| deposition | the act of putting something aside, whether you're putting aside a ruler, or putting aside legal testimony to be used later in trial (n) |
| discursive | rambling from topic to topic in speech or writing; changes in subject that are hard to follow; strays form the main point (adj) |
| epigram | short, clever remark; an inscription; famous quotations; witty saying (n) |
| feign | pretend or to imitate; make a pretense of; make believe with the intent to deceive (n) |
| interpolate | 1)alter; falsify; inserting words into text to falsify (v) 2)estimate the value of (v) |
| laconic | brief; style of speaking or writing that uses only a few words, often to express complex thoughts and ideas; to the point (adj) |
| mien | a person's appearance, manner, or demeanor (n) |
| veracity | unwillingness to tell lies; truthfulness (n) |
| wry | 1)sarcastic sense of humor; mocking (adj) 2)bent to one side (adj) |
| confound | 1)to mistake one thing for another; be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly (v) 2)"to damn" (v) |
| curate | 1)a person authorized to conduct religious worship; minister (n) 2)to care for or manage an exhibit, such as an art museum (v) |
| ethereal | characterized by lightness and insubstantial-ability; as impalpable or intangible as air; of heaven or the spirit; of or containing or dissolved in ether (adj) |
| gambol | 1)to play boisterously; frisk; cavort; rollick; romp (v) 2)gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; recreation (n) |
| mutability | the quality of being changeable; alter-ability; changeability (n) |
| nascent | being born or beginning; emerging; coming into existence (adj) |
| nonplused | filled with bewilderment; perplexed; puzzled (adj) |
| pedantic | academic; scholarly; marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects (adj) |
| quail | to draw back, s with fear or pain; flinch; cringe; recoil (v) |
| rhetorical | oratorical; poetic; given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought (adj) |
| effusive | extravagantly demonstrative; uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; demonstrative; lively (adj) |
| fatuous | devoid of intelligence; mindless; foolish (adj) |
| febrile | of or relating to or characterized by fever; feverish (adj) |
| incredulous | not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving; distrustful (adj) |
| interminable | tiresomely long; seemingly without end; endless; eternal (adj) |
| obliquely | to, toward or at one side; at an oblique angle; sideways; aslant (adv) |
| pernicious | exceedingly harmful; working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; deadly (adj) |
| sardonic | disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; sarcastic (adj) |
| ultimatum | a final peremptory demand; a final demand or threat (n) |
| writhe | to move in a twisting or contorted motion (especially when struggling); squirm; twist (v) |
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