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AP LIT VOCAB
| Definition | |
|---|---|
| Allay verb | diminish or put at rest |
| Capacious adj | having a lot of space inside |
| Didactic adj | intended to teach something |
| Diurnal adj | of or during the day |
| ignominious adj | deserving or causing public disgrace or shame |
| Mitigate verb | make less severe, serious, or painful |
| Palpitate verb | beat rapidly, strongly, or irregularly |
| Phlegmatic adj | having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition |
| Propitious adj | giving or indicating a good chance of success |
| Prostrate adj | lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward |
| Acquiesce verb | accepting without protest |
| Amity noun | friendly relationship |
| Arduous adj | involving or requiring strenuous effort |
| Gestalt noun | an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts |
| Inundate verb | overwhelm with things or people to be dealt with |
| Perjury noun | offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath |
| perspicuity noun | clearness especially in a statement, argument, or style |
| Preposterous adj | contrary to reason or common sense |
| Trepidation noun | feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen |
| Voluble adj | of a person, talking fluently,readily, or incessantly |