SHS AP Lang Vocab 1-4

antipathy

a dislike, distaste, or enmity

ascetic

one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury

decorum

appropriate conduct, correct and proper behavior

edifice

a very large building

eulogy

praise or tribute

foliage

leaves of a plant, leafage

grievous

characterized by severe suffering or sorrow, serious or grave

ignominy

disgraceful or dishonorable conduct

inclement

stormy, severe

inopportune

inconvinient, poorly timed

labyrinthine

like a maze, very convoluted and intricate

lurid

sensational, gruesome and causing shock or horror

pallor

extreme paleness usually relating to the face

placid

peaceful, calm

portent

a sign or forewarning

potenate

a monarch, very powerful ruler, sovereign

propriety

correct conduct

quaint

unusual in character or appearance

witticism

a clever and witty remark

zenith

the highest point overhead, peak

benign

not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial

estrange

to alienate, to seperate

furrow

to make wrinkles or grooves

inviolable

secure from violation or from being profaned

jocular

jesting or joking

languid

slow, sluggish, listless, weak

ominous

threatening

ponderous

very heavy, unwieldy from weight

solace

to comfort or to cheer

superfluous

beyond what is needed or required, an overflow

abate

to reduce in intensity or amount

abyss

bottomless hole, a vast expanse or depth

expiate

to atone or to make amends for a sin or crime

import

relative importance, significance

incongruity

nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility

indefatigable

tireless, incapable of being fatuiged

inextricable

not able to be disentangled

infamous

having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad

piety

devotion and reverence to God

scintillating

sparking, shining, or flashing

calamity

a serious event causing distress or misfortune

depravity

moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act

erudite

scholarly

esoteric

understood only by a small group or a select few

ethereal

heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible

evanescent

fleeting; impermanent

exigent

urgent, requiring immediate attention

palliate

to ease pain, guilt or intensity

plaintitive

mournful and expressing sorrow

propinquity

nearness, kinship