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Pop Culture Vocab
To study for my AP Language test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pretense | (n.) a claim made or implied, especially one not supported by fact |
| irreverent | (adj.) lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| ornate | (adj.) marked by elaborate rhetoric or florid style ~OR~ elaborately or excessively decorated |
| sordid | (adj.) marked by baseness or grossness ~OR~ dirty & filthy |
| gaud | (n.) ornament, trinket |
| aggregation | (n.) a group, body, or mass composed of many distinct parts or individuals |
| depict | (v.) to represent by or as if by a picture |
| adherent | (n.) one who follows something (adj.) able to or tending to stick or follow |
| budding | (adj.) being in an early stage of development |
| consign | (v.) to give over to another's care |
| amiable | (adj.) friendly, sociable, and congenial; generally agreeable |
| sadistic | (adj.) taking pleasure in the infliction of pain, punishment, or humiliation on others |
| grotesque | (adj.) absurd; distorted |
| aesthetic | (adj.) pleasing in appearance |
| arbitrary | (adj.) existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| wistful | (adj.) full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| bildungsroman | (n.) a novel about the moral and psychological growth of the main character |
| reverberate | (v.) reflect; repel; echo; to become driven back |
| purloin | (v.) to appropriate wrongfully and often by a breach of trust |
| unabashed | (adj.) undisguised; unapologetic; unashamed |
| counterintuitive | (adj.) contrary to what one would intuitively expect |
| ostracise, ostracize | (v.) to exclude from a group by common consent |
| ruff | (n.) a large round collar of pleated muslin or linen worn by men and women of the late 16th and early 17th centuries ~OR~ a fringe or frill of long hairs or feathers growing around or on the neck of an animal ~OR~ the act of trumping |
| bailiwick | (n.) the sphere in which one has superior knowledge or authority; a special domain |
| vagary | (n.) an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| mendacity | (n.) lie |
| elegant | (adj.) of a high grade or quality ~OR~ graceful |
| resonate | (v.) to produce or show sound vibrations; to echo or resound |
| vet | (v.) to evaluate for possible approval or acceptance |
| proprietary | (n.) one that possesses, owns, or holds exclusive right to something (adj.) of, relating to, or characteristic of an owner or title holder |
| inhospitable | (adj.) not showing hospitality; not friendly or receptive |
| turgid | (adj.) excessively embellished in style or language ~OR~ being in a state of distension; swollen |
| alchemy | (n.) a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| subvert | (v.) to overturn or overthrow from the foundation; to corrupt |
| subsume | (v.) to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive; encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| stalwart | (adj.) marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| auteur | (n.) a film director who sees themselves as the primary creative force |
| dearth | (n.) an inadequate supply; lack |
| microcosm | (n.) a little world, especially the human race or human nature seen as an epitome |
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Popular English Vocabulary sets