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AP Lit Vocab 4.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Schadenfruede | satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune |
| Status Quo | the existing state or condition |
| Refute | to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge |
| Thwart | to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose |
| Penitent | feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment |
| Indomitable | that cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, will, or courage; unconquerable |
| Untoward | unfavorable or unfortunate; improper |
| Gumption | initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself. |
| Sycophant | a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite. |
| Nascent | beginning to exist or develop: the nascent republic. |