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Unit 13 Vocab

AP Lit 2024

TermDefinition
Abstruse Extremely difficult to understand
Captious excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse, or show up
Contrite regretful for some misdeed or sin; plagued by a sense of guilt; thoroughly penitent
Decorous well behaved, dignified, socially proper
Efficacy the power to produce a desired result
Engender to bring into existence, give rise to, produce; to come into existence, assume from
Facade the front or face of a building; a surface appearance (as opposed to what may lie behind)
Ghoulish revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead
Mesmerize to hypnotize, entrance; to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch
Opprobrium disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach
Affront an open or intentional insult; a slight; to insult to one's face; to face in defiance, confront
Canard a false rumor, fabricated story
Cognizant aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction
Cynosure the center of attraction, attention, or interest; something that serves to guide or direct
Deign to think it appropriate or suitable to one's dignity to do something; to condescend
Desiccated thoroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality; arid and uninteresting
Ethereal light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earth bound)
Incongruous not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible
Machination a crafty, scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end
Putative generally regarded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred
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