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AP Lit. Vocab 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abnegate | to renounce, to deny oneself |
| Affinity | a natural attraction, liking, a preference |
| Analogous | corresponding in certain ways, similar in process or design |
| Ardent | strongly emotional, passionate |
| Authoritarian | absolute and unquestioned authority |
| Bombastic | flamboyant, overwrought, pompous speech |
| Carping | to complain and criticize constantly, to nag |
| Circumlocution | using far too many words to express an idea |
| Connoisseur | an astute judge in matters of art and taste |
| Cynic | one who believes all human action has selfish motivations |
| Denunciation | an official and formal condemnation, an accusation of evil deed |
| Diatribe | a bitter, often abusive denunciation (lengthy) |
| Disparity | condition of something being completely distinct or different in characteristics of quality |
| Ebullient | positive excitement, filled with enthusiasm |
| Emulate | to strive to equal or better, especially through imitation |
| Esoteric | meant for and understood only by a small and particular group |
| Explicit | clearly expressed or defined |
| Fitful | irregular, intermittent |
| Galvanize | to stimulate or shock, as with an electric current; to arouse awareness or action, provoke; to coat iron or steel with rust-proof zinc |
| Hedonism | a way of life devoted to the pursuit of pleasure |
| Immaterial | lacking bodily material or form; of no importance or weight |
| Imply | to express indirectly, suggest |
| Indigent | impoverished, needy |
| Insular | typical or suggestive of the isolated life of an island, narrow-minded |
| Judicious | having or exercising sound judgement |
| Listless | lacking energy, spirit, or enthusiasm; lethargic |
| Mendacious | prone to, or marked by, lying or deceit: untruthful |
| Nebulouss | misty, cloudy, hazy; indefinite in form or limits |
| Opportunist | one who takes advantage of circumstances for self-serving purposes |
| Pedantic | marked by a narrow, ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: bookish, scholastic (negative connotation) |
| Phlegmatic | having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition |
| Precocious | having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual (of a child) |
| Propensity | an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way |
| Rancor | an angry feeling of hatred or dislike for someone who has treated you unfairly |
| Remorse | a feeling of being sorry for doing something bad or wrong in the past: a feeling of guilt |
| Respite | a short period of time when you are able to stop doing something that is difficult or unpleasant or when something difficult or unpleasant stops or is delayed |
| Saturnine | slow and gloomy (of a person or their manner) |
| Soporific | tending to induce drowsiness or sleep |
| Stringent | rigorously exacting, strict |
| Surmise | to conjecture, guess, conclude |
| Temerity | audacity |
| Turbulence | violent agitation |
| Unscathed | not injured or harmed |
| Verisimilitude | the quality or state of appearing to be true; likely |
| Vociferous | producing an outcry (literally and figuratively) |
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