AP Literature 1984 Vocabulary

Archaic

(adj.) Of or belonging to the early or formative phases of a culture or a period of artistic development.

Avaricious

(adj.) Greedy of gain ; excessively acquisitive especially in seeking to hoard riches.

Capitulate

(v.) To end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel.

Clandestine

(adj.) Marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy.

Contrive

(v.) To form or create in an artistic or ingenious manner.

Copious

(adj.) Full of thought, information, or matter.

Desultory

(adj.) Marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose.

Equivocation

(n.) An ambiguous or deliberately evasive statement.

Fatuous

(adj.) Stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way.

Iniquity

(n.) Immoral or grossly unfair behavior.

Inviolate

(adj.) Not violated or profaned.

Impregnable

(adj.) Not able to be conquered; impenetrable.

Impudence

(n.) Bold disrespect or rudeness.

Incongruous

(adj.) Not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible within itself.

Insidious

(adj.) Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects or malicious intent.

Inscrutable

(adj.) Not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood.

Inexorably

(adj.) Not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped; relentless.

Nebulous

(adj.) Hazy; vague; uncertain.

Odious

(adj.) Extremely unpleasant; repulsive.

Penitent

(adj.) Feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.

Prevaricate

(v.) To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead.

Prodigious

(adj.) Immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree.

Repudiate

(v.) To disown, reject, or deny the validity of.

Reconnoiter

(v.) To engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection.

Sanguine

(adj.) Marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic.

Saccharine

(adj.) Ingratiatingly or affectedly agreeable or friendly.

Sanctimonious

(adj.) Hypocritically pious or devout.

Tacit

(adj.) Expressed or carried on without words or speech.

Timorous

(adj.) Of a timid disposition ; afraid of something.

Wanton

(adj.) Reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals ; without any regard.