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AP Lang Vocab #10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Feign | to give false appearance of, to represent falsely; pretend to |
| Laconic | using few words; expressing much in few words; concise |
| Mien | air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling |
| Veracity | habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness |
| Wry | dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony; misdirected; abnormally twisted or bent to one side; crooked |
| Confound | to perplex or amaze, esp. by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse; to contradict or refute |
| Curate | a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar; any ecclesiastic entrusted with the cure of souls, as a parish priest, to act as a curator of; organize and oversee |
| Ethereal | light, airy, or tenuous, of or pertaining to the upper regions of space |
| Gambol | to leap about playfully; frolic |
| Mutability | liable or subject to change or alteration, fickle, constantly changing |
| Nascent | beginning to exist or develop |
| Nonplused | to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely |
| Pedantic | overly concerned with minute details or formalism, esp. in teaching |
| Quail | to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear |
| Rhetorical | used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect |