Vocab for AP Lit WMAA

This vocab is what's on the AP Literature exam at WMAA

Akin

adj. of similar nature or character

Admonish

v. to criticize or warn gently but seriously

Avocation

n. a hobby or minor occupation

Burgeoned

v. begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish

Callous

adj. showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

Capricious

adj. given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

Chimerical

adj. hoped for but illusory or impossible to achieve; absurd wildly fantastic or impossible

Ephemeral

adj. lasting for a very short period of time

Ignominious

adj. deserving or causing public disgrace or shame

Inexorable

adj. impossible to stop or prevent

Fastidious

adj. Excessively attentive to detail or cleanliness; meticulous and precise in one's work or habits.

Geniality

adj. Friendly and cheerful disposition; warmth and kindness in interactions with others.

Predilection

n. a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something

Proliferate

v. increase rapidly in number; multiply

Surrogate

n. a substitute, especially a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office

Sultry

adj. suggesting or expressing a passionate or strongly sexual nature or attraction

Tumult

n. a loud, confused noise; confusion or disorder

Viviparous

adj. pertaining to reproduction, creation of an offspring