AP Lang Vocab 2

Pecuniary

of or involving money; involving a money penalty or fine

Plight

To pledge or promise

Presumptuous

too bold or forward; showing overconfidence; arrogance

Subversive

tending or seeking to overthrow or destroy

Vacuous

having or showing lack of intelligence, interest, or thought; empty of matter

Avocation

something one does in addition to regular work and usually for pleasure; hobby

Capricious

tending to change abruptly and without apparent reason

Disparity

inequality or difference as in rank, amount, or quality; unlikeness

Efficacy

power to produce effects of intended results

Epistle

a letter esp. a long formal instructive letter; written communication

Hospice

a place of shelter for travelers, esp. such a shelter maintained by monks

Impetus

the force with which a body moves against resistance; anything that stimulates activity

Moribund

dying; coming to an end; having little or no vital force left

Reticent

habitually silent or uncommunicative; disinclined to speak readily

Vacillate

to sway to and fro; fluctuate or oscillate