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AP Lang Vocab #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pecuniary | of or involving money; involving a money penalty or fine |
| Plight | to pledge or promise |
| Presumptuous | too bold or forward; showing overconfidence; arrogance |
| Subversive | tending or seeking to overthrow or destroy |
| Vacuous | having or showing lack of intelligence, interest, or thought; empty of matter |
| Avocation | something one does in addition to regular work and usually for pleasure; hobby |
| Capricious | tending to change abruptly and without apparent reason |
| Disparity | inequality or difference as in rank, amount, or quality; unlikeness |
| Efficacy | power to produce effects of intended results |
| Epistle | a letter esp. a long formal instructive letter; written communication |
| Hospice | a place of shelter for travelers, esp. such a shelter maintained by monks |
| Impetus | the force with which a body moves against resistance ;anything that stimulates activity |
| Moribund | dying; coming to an end; having little or no vital force left |
| Reticent | habitually silent or uncommunicative; disinclined to speak readily |
| Vacillate | to sway to and fro; fluctuate or oscillate |