AP Lit Vocab

Deride

To make fun of or scoff at; ridicule

Parsimonious

Excessively frugal or stingy; unwilling to spend money.

Stoic

Unmoved by Joy or grief and willing to submit without complain to unavoidable neccessity

Commiserate

To feel or express pity for another

Blithe

Lightheartedly joyful or cheerful

Poignant

Deeply affecting (moving) the emotions; keenly distressing

Elucidate

To clarify by illustration, expiation, or interpretation

philistine

A person who is guided by materialism and is usually disdainful of intellectual or artistic vaules

Timorous

Full or fear

Duplicity

Deception by pretending

Peruse

To examine or study scrutinize

berate

To scold harshly; upbraid; censure

Nettle

To irritate, annoy, or provoke

Decourous

Behaving in a respectful, correct manner.

Reticent

Disposed to be silent or not to speak freely reserved

Recalcitrant

Resisting authority or control irevellious; refractory

Pragmate

Emphasizing practicality and realistic consequences.

Oedipal

Having emotions, usually unconscious, involving the desire of a child, especially a male child, to possess the parent of the opposite sex while excluding the parent of the same sex.

Meet

Suitable; fitting; proper

Syntax

Formation of sentences and phrases from words.

Extemporaneous

Not planned ahead of time; impromptu; spontaneous

Regale

To give lavish pleasure to; delight; amuse

Dally

To act playfully; to waste time.

Inimical

adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful

Misogynistic

Having or showing a hatred and distrust of women

equanimity

Composure (Dignifed calmness)

Sordid

Dirty or filthy; morally shameful

Obsequious

Humbly or overly attentive; as to a person in authority; fawing; sycophantic

Complicit

Associated with or participating in a questionable act or a crime

Sardonic

Characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering

Ambiualent

Having simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings towards an object, person, or action.

Agrarian

Of or relating to rural or agricultural matters; pastoral

Anachronism

Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time.

Conciliatory

Intended to placate or reconcile; assuaging

Undulant

Resembling waves in occurrence, appearance, or motion

Glib

Readily fluent often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincercly so

Embroil

To involve (a person, oneself, etc.) in trouble, conflict, or argument.

Homage

Respect or revernce paid or rendered

Redress

To set right; remedy or repair

Variegated

Varied in appearance or color, marked with patches or spots of different colors.

Congenial

Agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character.

Trifle

Something of little importance or value.

Bereft

Derived of; lacking

Wont

Accustomed; used

Disapprobation

disapproval

Felicitous

Aptly expressed, possessing the ability to express in a suitable, fitting manner

Proclivity

A natural propensity or inclination; predisposition

Pendant

One who shows off one’s learning or scholarship ostentatiously

Insidious

Working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner

Ennui

A feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest.

Acerbic

Harsh or serve, as of temper or expression.

Titllation

A tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling).