AP Lit Vocab

plaintive

melancholy

Portentous

relating to, of

Semblance

Outward appearance

Penury

Extreme stingy frugality

Desolate

Devoid of inhabitants

ascetic

cold in appearance or manner

sullen

repressed

peremptory

putting and end to an action

soporific

tending to sleep

ludicrous

amusing through exaggeration

facade

false appearance

approbation

praise

interminable

having or seeming to have no end

calumny

misrepresentation meant to harm others

acquiesce

to accept

propitious

being a good omen

venerate

regard with respect

phlegmatic

producing cold humor

enigma

something hard to understand

deprecate

express disapproval of

noxious

destructive to living beings

assiduous

showing great care

solicitous

meticulously careful

fastidious

having complex nutritional requirements

insipid

lacking taste or savor

inveterate

confirmed in a habit

enervate

lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor

trepidation

tremulous motion

evince

display clearly

engender

originate

capricious

impulsive

countenance

look or expression

conjecture

inference formed without proof

inexorable

not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped

sardonic

skeptically humorous

impetuous

impulsive energy

equivocal

uncertain nature

transitory

brief duration

ephemeral

lasting a very short time

obscure

dark, dim

sanguine

eager hopefulness

prodigal

wasteful expenditure

discern

recognize as separate or distinct

profligate

wildly extravagant

languid

drooping from exhaustion

sententious

excessive moralizing

disposition

prevailing mood

apoplexy

a state of intense uncontrollable anger

insuperable

incapable of being overcome

indefatigable

incapable of being fatigued

capacious

spacious

fervent

intense, ardent

ascertain

verify

innocuous

harmless

dauntless

brave

picayune

of little value

querulous

hard to please

puerile

immature

indemnity

payment

effluence

outflow

irascible

irritable

imbibe

consume

dross

trash

physiognomy

outward appearance of the entire body

confabulation

conversation

noisome

offensive

conciliate

to calm

automaton

a robot

misconstrue

to misjudge

propinquity

proximity

asperity

bitterness

tyro

beginner

panegyric

a eulogy

assuage

to ease

invidious

hateful

effrontery

Shameless boldness

disquieting

unsettling

rapt

immersed

sapient

wise

mien

manner

capitulate

to surrender

preclude

to prevent

disputatious

argumentative

salient

significant

facile

hasty

maladroit

clumsy

fait accompli

An accomplished and irreversible

deed

pedantry

extreme exactness

ineffable

unspeakable

salubrious

hygienic

misanthropy

hatred for mankind

eclectic

diversified

cursory

careless

dissimulate

To pretend

immutable

eternal

ameliorate

to make better

palliate

mitigate

fetter

hinder

arrogate

to confiscate

predilection

a passion