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AP English Voc Per 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Spurious | not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit. |
| Lugubrious | mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner |
| Jackleg | 1) unskilled or untrained for one's work; amateur: a jackleg electrician; 2) unscrupulous or without the accepted standards of one's profession: a jackleg lawyer |
| hoi polloi | the common people; the masses (often preceded by the). |
| poetaster | an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse |
| kitsch | noun. something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste |
| obfuscate | verb (used with object). 1) to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy; 2) to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information; 3) to darken |
| Quidnunc | noun. a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip; a gossip or busybody |
| ebullient | overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited: |
| Intransigent | refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible |
| Panacea | 1) a remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all; 2) an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties: His economic philosophy is a good one, but he tries to use it as a panacea |
| rhetoric | The art or study of using language effectively and persuasively |
| foppish | excessively refined and fastidious in taste and manner |
| mellifluous | sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones; 2) flowing with honey; sweetened with or as if with honey |
| sagacious | having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd |
| tintinnabulation | . the ringing or sound of bells |
| epistaxis | nosebleed |
| schadenfreude | satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune |
| aberration | the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course; 2) the act of deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; 3) mental irregularity or disorder, esp. of a minor or temporary nature; lapse from a sound mental state |
| caterwaul | . to utter long wailing cries; 2) to quarrel like cats; 3) noun. the cry of a cat |
| lachrymose | .) suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful; 2) given to shedding tears readily; tearful |
| cadaverous | . adj. 1) of or like a corpse; 2) pallid, of corpse-like pallor; 3) haggard, thin, emaciated |
| stultify | . verb. 1) to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous; 2) to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, esp. by degrading or frustrating means: Menial work can stultify the mind |
| allusion | . noun. a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: an allusion to Shakespeare |
| cosset | . to treat as a pet; pamper coddle |
| hubris | . excessive pride or self-confidence |
| alacrity | . cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity |
| inexorable | . adj. 1) unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice; 2) not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties: an inexorable creditor |
| stolid | . not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive |
| perspicacious | . adj. having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment |
| vilify | . verb (with object) to speak ill of; defame; slander |
| somniferous | . adj. bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences: somniferous potion; somniferous reading |
| contumacious | stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient |
| Proclivity | . noun. natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness |
| abrogate | . verb (with object) to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal: to abrogate a law |
| apostrophe | . a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea: “O Death, where is thy sting?” |
| arrogate | . verb (used with object). to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right: to arrogate the right to make decisions |
| vociferous | . Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry |
| dapple | . 1) noun. a spot or mottled marking, usually occurring in clusters; 2) verb. to mark or become marked with spots |
| sebaceous | . adj. 1) pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling tallow or fat; fatty; greasy; 2) secreting a fatty substance |
| imprecate | . verb (used with object). to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person |
| soporific | . 1) adj. causing or tending to cause sleep; 2) adj. pertaining to or characterized by sleep or sleepiness; sleepy; drowsy; 3) noun. something that causes sleep, as a medicine or drug |
| flippant | . adj. frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism |
| convalescent | . noun. one who is gradually return to health and strength after illness |
| garble | . verb. 1) to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble: to garble instructions; 2) to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.); distort: to garble a quotation. |
| surreptitious | . adj. obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance |
| mercurial | . adj. changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature |
| anaphora | : noun. the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines. Example: We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growin |
| umbrage | . 1) offense; annoyance; displeasure: to feel umbrage at a social snub; to give umbrage to someone; to take umbrage at someone's rudeness; 2) leaves that afford shade, as the foliage of trees; 3) a shadowy appearance or semblance of something |
| ascertain | . verb. to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts |
| prevaricate | . verb. to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie (as a noun = prevarication) |
| tonsorial | . adj. of or pertaining to a barber or barbering: the tonsorial sho |
| sanguine | . adj. 1) cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations; 2) reddish; ruddy: a sanguine complexion; 3) bloody; full of or characterized by bloodshed; 4) blood-red; red |
| gourmand | . noun. 1) a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess; 2) a gourmet; an epicure |
| pukka | . . 1) Genuine; authentic; 2) superior, first-class |
| frenetic | . adj. frantic; frenzied |
| aegis | . 1) protection; support: under the imperial aegis; 2) sponsorship; auspices: a debate under the aegis of the League of Women Voters |
| aver | . verb. to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner |
| histronic | .adj. 1) deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech; 2) of or related to actors or acting |
| asyndeton | . noun. The omission of conjunctions between clauses, often resulting in a hurried rhythm or vehement effect "We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punch line |
| antonomasia | . 1) the identification of a person by an epithet that is not the person's name, as his lordship; 2) the use of the name of a person who was important, as Don Juan or Annie Oakley, to designate a person or group of persons having the same characteristic |
| bogart | to selfishly take or keep something |
| deleterious | . adj. 1) injurious to health; 2) harmful; injurious |
| susurrus | . : noun. a soft murmuring or rustling sound; whisper |
| scuzzy | . scuzzy: adj. (slang) dirty, grimy, sordid, or repulsive; disgusting |
| sordid | . sordid: adj. 1) morally ignoble or base; vile: sordid methods; 2) meanly selfish, self-seeking, or mercenary; 3) dirty or filthy; 4) squalid; wretchedly poor and run-down: sordid housing. |
| pavonine | . pavonine: adj. 1) of or like a peacock; 2) Resembling a peacock's tail in color, design, or iridescence |
| ephemeral | . ephemeral: adj. 1) lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood; 2) lasting but one day: an ephemeral flower |
| sycophant | sycophant: noun. a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite |
| puerile | .puerile: adj. 1) of or pertaining to a child or to childhood; 2) childishly foolish; immature or trivial: a puerile piece of writing |
| crepuscular | . crepuscular: adj. 1) of, pertaining to, or resembling twilight; dim; indistinct; 2) appearing or active in the twilight, as certain bats and insects |
| anticlimax | anticlimax: noun (definition applies to rhetoric): 1) an event, conclusion, statement, etc., that is far less important, powerful, or striking than expected; 2) A sudden descent in speaking or writing from the impressive or significant to the ludicrous or |
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