4/3/23 ap lit vocab

audacity

audacity

n. boldness, reckless daring

erudite

adj. scholarly; deeply learned

sacrosanct

adj. sacred; held to be inviolable

tenacious

adj. persistent; stubborn

petulant

adj. rude; cranky; ill

whimsical

adj. capricious; erratic; oddly out of the ordinary; subject to change

contrite

adj. admitting guilt; especially feeling remorseful

moribund

adj. approaching death

callow

adj. immature

metamorphosis

n. a magical change in form ; a striking or sudden change

odious

adj. arousing hatred or repugnance

chimera

n. an illusion; a foolish fancy

decadent

adj. decaying or decayed, especially in terms of morals

egregious

adj. extremely bad of offensive

verbose

adj. using too many words

deduce

v. to conclude from evidence; to infer

exalt

v. to raise high; to glorify

disdain

v. or n. to reject with contempt or scorn; n. feeling or expression of contempt or scorn

sloth

n. laziness; sluggishness

peremptory

adj. final; categorical; dictatorial

circuitious

adj. roundabout; not following a direct path

gesticulate

v to make gestures especially when speaking or in place of speaking

ebullient

adj. boiling; bubbling with excitement; exuberant

conjecture

v. to guess; to deduce or infer on slight evidence

parsimonious

adj. stingy

placid

adj/ calm serene

anomaly

n. a deviation from the norm; an odd or peculiar occurrence

sedition

n. treason

salient

adj. sticking out; conspicous

docile

adj. easily taught; obedient

mitigate

v. to moderate the effect of something

approbation

n. approval

Hyperbole

n. an exaggeration used as a figure of speech

surreptitious

adj. sneaky

doggerel

n. comic, trivial, words badly written or expressed

intractable

adj. uncontrollable

penchant

n a strong taste or liking for something ; a predilection

prodigal

adj. wastefully extravagent

vacillate

v. to be indecisive

promulgate

v. to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare something

supplant

v. to displace, to substitute for another

circumscribe

v. to draw a line around; to set the limits; to define

vapid

adj. without liveliness; dull; spiritless

inert

adj. inactive; sluggish; not reacting chemically

insidious

adj. treacherous;

reparation

n paying back; making amends; compensation ;

turpitude

n. shameful wickedness

fulsome

adj. offensively flattering; insincere

hone

v. to sharpen

inveterate

adj. habitual; firm in habit; deeply rooted