AP Literature Final

Garrulous

Talkative

Germane

Relevant, pertinent

Gossamer

Thin, delicate fabric

Gratuitous

Given free of charge

Gregarious

Sociable, fond of company

Harmonious

Concordant in sound

Harangue

Lengthy and aggressive speech

Heedless

Showing a reckless lack of care or attention

Homage

Special honor or respect shown publicly

Hubris

arrogance, insolent pride

Iconoclast

one who challenges accepted beliefs

Illusory

Deceptive, false, impressive, illusion

Imbide

to drink

Imperturbable

calm, not easily excited, impassive

Imponderable

difficult to estimate

Incarnate

Personified

Indigenous

Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place

Indolent

Lazy, slothful; indolence

Ineffable

inexpressible, unspeakable

Inocuous

harmless

Euphoric

Enjoying an exaggerated feeling of well-being

Exonerate

To free from blame

Expatiate

To dwell upon at great length; to go into great detail

Expunge

To wipeout, erase, or delete

Exalt

To hold in very high regard; think or speak highly of

Extrapolate

To make a future estimate based on past data

Facet

Literally: one of many polished "faces" of a gem

Figuratively: aspect, phase, and angle

Fallacious

Unsound, misleading, erroneous, mistaken

Fallacy

Fatuous

foolish; silly; idiotic

Feckless

Untrustworthy because of incompetence, feebleness, or irresponsibility

Ferret

To rummage around to find something

Fetid

Stinky/smelly

Flagellate

To whip or flog

Flamboyant

Outstandingly showy or striking

Flippant

Frivolous or disrespectful, not to be taken seriously

Fortuitous

By chance

Fractious

Peevish and irritable

Frailty

Liability to be broken or destroyed, the condition of being weak and delicate

Fulminate

To send forth denunciation and condemnation

Fulsome

Offensively excessive

Futile

pointless

Foray

Sudden raid, to take plunder

Edifying

uplifting

Efface

to erase/remove

Elucidak

to make something clear

Emote

to act emotionally/express emotions

Empirical

based on observation and experience (as opposed to theory)

Emulate

to imitate

Endemic

characteristics of a particular place, nation, etc.

Encumber

to weigh down or burden

Ennui

boredom

Enunciate

Express or state clearly

Enamor

feelings of adoration

Ephemeral

Short-lived; not long lasting

Epicure

someone who appreciates good food and drink

Errant

misbehaving or wandering aimlessly

Ersatz

Synthetic, artificial, substitute; not the genuine article

Eschew

to shun or avoid

Esoteric

Obscure, far out, beyond the grasp of most people

Ethereal

Light, delicate, airy

Euphemism

An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

- saying someone passed away instead of that they died

Euphonious

Pleasant sounding

Decry

to call attention to defects

Deferential

acting respectfully

Defunct

No longer in use; inactive

Denigrate

To defame; to speak disparagingly of

Derogatory

Disparaging/belittling

Destitute

Without the basic necessities of life; poverty

Dexterous

Skillful and clever (especially in manual skills)

Diaphanous

Sheer, almost transparent

Diatribe

Bitter attack in words

Didactic

Instructive, intended to teach

Digress

to go off the subject

Dilettante

someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

Disingenuous

Insincere

Disheveled

In complete disarray/disorderly

Dissolute

Having no morals

Droll

Oddly amusing

Dogmatic

arrogant and stubborn about one's beliefs

Doleful

Mournful and sorrowful

Draconian

Extremely harsh or severe

Duplicity

Deceitfulness, double-dealing, bad-faith

Ebullient

High spirited

Clamorous

Loud-spoken; demanding

Coercion

Practice of persuading someone by force or threats

Cognizant

Aware of

Complaisant

Agreeable and obliging

Congenital

Present at birth or by nature

Consummate

To accomplish; to bring to completion

Contentious

Quarrelsome (people); controversial (issue)

Contrite

Penitent; suffering from a sense of guilt; repenting

Corporeal

Physical; material

Cosset

To pamper, coddle, or treat like a pet

Credulous

Gullible, believing anything

Crestfallen

Disappointed, dejected

Cursory

Hasty, superficial, done without attention to details