AP Lit Vocabulary Week 1-3

aberration

deviation/abnormality

abstruse

difficult to understand

bombastic

pompous

capricious

fickle; changing on a whim

consternation

dismay

deference

respectful submission

deferential

yielding

elucidate

clarify

histrionic

excessively dramatic or emotional

ignominy

dishonor/humiliation

ignoiminous

dishonorable

provincial

unsophisticated or narrow minded

alacrity

eagerness

banal

common or pedestrian

censorious

harshly critical

denigrate

bellite

ephemeral

short-lived or fleeting

penury

cheapness

penurious

stingy

repugnant

offensive or disgusting

sanctimonious

hypocritical or pretending to be religious

tenuous

insignificant or flimsy

virulent

poisonous

cattywampus

In disarray or disorder; askew (informal)

lurid

garish

apropos

with reference to

feckless

weak, useless, and inept

furtive

sneaky

imperious

arrogant

innocuous

harmless

laconic

concise

magnanimity

generosity

magnanimous

generous

obdurate

stubborn

relegate

demote

satiate

fully satisfy

sycophant

flatterer/suck up

transient

lasting only a short time; quickly changing

curmudgeon

an old grouchy person

witicisms

witty remarks

furtive

sneaky

imperious

arrogant

innocuous

harmless

laconic

concise

magnanimity

generosity

obdurate

stubborn

relegate

demote

satiate

fully satisfy

sycophant

flatterer and suck up

transient

quickly changing and short lasting

altruistic

generous

bolster

support

clandestine

secretive

deprecate

belittle and disapprove of

indolent

lazy

neophyte

beginner

ostensible

apparently

polemical

controversial

serendipity

luck

venal

willing to accept bribes

contentious

quarrelsome

derivative

unoriginal

erudite

scholarly

illicit

illegal

jocular

cheerful

nebulous

vague

preclude

prevent

reticent

emotionally reserved

supplant

to take the place of

uncouth

crude

comely

appropriately attractive

aggrandize

to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor

avarice

greed

belie

give a false impression

byzantine

convoluted

churlish

vulgar

demonstrative

openly emotional

equanimity

calmness

impetuous

rash and passionate

prodigious

huge

quixotic

foolish

redolent

reminiscent

arcane

mysterious and known by a small population

credulity

the trait of trusting others too much

credulous

overly-trusting

diffident

shy

exacting

demanding

fastidious

meticulous

impudence

insolence

lurid

shockingly horrific

mercurial

fickle

prolific

productive and plentiful

sophistry

deceptive reasoning

ascetic

someone who lives a life of self denial and contemplation

benign

harmless

diaphanous

sheer and light

august

majestic and inspiring respect

immutability

unchangeable

sepulcher

a burial place or marker

somnambulist

sleepwalker