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AP Lit. Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aberration | the act of departing from the right/normal/usual course |
| Aesthetic | pertaining to the sense of the beautiful |
| Ameliorate | to make or become better; improve |
| Arcane | known or understood by very few |
| Austere | severe in manner or appearance |
| Blithe | joyous, merry, or gay in disposition |
| Capricious | subject to an odd notion or unpredictable change |
| Chronic | constant |
| Condone | to disregard or overlook |
| Cursory | going rapidly over something without noticing details |
| Demeanor | conduct; behavior; department |
| Dialectical | of or characteristic of a dialect |
| Disparage | to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle |
| Ebb | a point of decline; backward or away; decline or decay |
| Embroil | to bring into discord or conflict |
| Erudite | characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly |
| Expedite | to speed up the progress of; hasten |
| Fetter | a chain or shackle placed on the feet; anything that confines or restrains |
| Furtive | taken, done, used etc. surreptitiously or by stealth |
| Harbinger | a person who goes ahead and makes known to approach of another; herald; omen; sign |
| Ignominy | disgrace; dishonor; public contempt |
| Implausible | not having the appearance of truth or credibility |
| Indefatigable | incapable of being tired out |
| Insouciance | lack of care or concern; indifference |
| Jargon | unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing |
| Levity | lightness of mind, character, or behavior |
| Mellifluous | sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding |
| Myriad | a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things |
| Officious | objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted help |
| Peccadillo | a small, relatively unimportant offense or sin |
| Philistine | a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values |
| Preclude | to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible |
| Promulgate | to make known by open declaration |
| Raconteur | a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly |
| Remonstrate | to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval |
| Resilient | springing back; rebounding |
| Sardonic | characterized by bitter or scornful derision |
| Solicitous | anxious or concerned |
| Stoic | a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining |
| Surfeit | excess; excessive amount |
| Tedious | long and tiresome |
| Truculent | fierce; cruel; savagely brutal |
| Unremitting | not slackening or abating; incessant |
| Verbose | using or expressed in more words than are needed |
| Vitriolic | very caustic; scathing |
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