AP Lit Vocabulary Set 3

cavort

play boisterously

credence

the mental attitude that something is believable

decry

express strong disapproval of

dissemble

behave unnaturally or affectedly

distraught

deeply agitated especially from emotion

eulogy

a formal expression of praise for someone who has died

evince

give expression to

exhume

dig up for reburial or for medical investigation

feckless

generally incompetency and ineffectual

murky

cloudy, dirty, and difficult to see thriugh

nefarious

extremely wicked

piquant

having an agreeably pungent taste

primordial

having existed from the beginning

propinquity

the property of being close together

substantive

having a firm basis in reality and therefore important

unwonted

out of the ordinary

utopian

pertaining to or resembling an ideally perfect state

verbiage

overabundance of words

verdant

characterized by abundance of vegetation and green foliage

viscous

having a relatively high resistance to flow