Beloved Vocabulary AP Literature and Composition

carmine

N. a strong to vivid red color. A crimson pigment derived from cochineal Adj. a vivid-red or purplish-red

clabber

N. sour, curdled milk Tr.V. to curdle

coffle

N. a file of animals, prisoners, or slaves, chained together in transit

copse

N. a thicket of small trees or shrubs

crotchety

Adj. capriciously stubborn or eccentric. perverse

exhume

Tr.V. to remove from a grave. to bring to light, esp. after a period of obscurity

heady

Adj. tending to make dizzy; intoxicating. headstrong; obstinate.

indolent

Adj. disinclined to exert oneself, habitually lazy. conductive to inactivity or laziness; languorous. causing little or no pain.

mote

N. a very small particle, a speck

offal

N. waste parts, esp. of a butchered animal. refuse, rubbish

palsy

N. paralysis Tr.V. to paralyze

perfunctorily

Adv. done or acting routinely and with little interest or care

plait

N. a braid Tr.V. to pleat, to make by braiding or pleating

rheum

N. a watery or thin mucous discharge from the eyes or nose

rive

Tr.V. to rend or tear apart Intr. V. to be or become split

sough

V. to make a soft murmuring or rustling sound. N. a soft murmuring or rustling sound

tallow

N. a mixture of the whitish, tasteless solid or hard fat obtained from the parts of the bodies of cattle, sheep, or horses, and used in edibles or to make candles, leather dressing, soap, and lubricants. Tr.V. to smear or cover with tallow; to fatten (animals) with the purpose of obtaining tallow

undulate

Tr.V. to cause or move in a smooth wavelike motion; to give a wavelike appearance or form to. Intr.V. to move in waves or with a wavelike or sinuous motion; ripple. to have a wavelike appearance or form. Adj. having a wavy outline or appearance

unshriven

Adj (past participle). not having confessed sins and been absolved

upbraid

Tr.V. to reprove sharply, reproach