APLIT Vocab List 10

felicity

(noun) great happiness or bliss; a talent for speaking or writing in an effective, pleasing way

incendiary

(adjective) designed to cause fires; tending to stir up conflict or provoke strong emotion; (noun) a person who stirs up conflict or sets fires

magnanimous

(adjective) generous, forgiving, or noble in spirit, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful

morose

(adjective) sullen, gloomy, or ill-tempered

repartee

(noun) quick, witty conversation or verbal exchanges

countenance

(noun) a person's face or facial expression; (verb) to approve of or tolerate something

deposition

(noun) the removal of someone from office; a formal, sworn testimony; the process of depositing material (as in geology)

discursive

(adjective) moving from topic to topic; rambling; based on reasoned argument rather than intuition

epigram

(noun) a short, clever, and often witty saying or poem

feign

(verb) to pretend or fake a feeling, state, or injury

interpolate

(verb) to insert something into a text or conversation; to estimate a value between two known values (math)

laconic

(adjective) using very few words; terse or concise

mien

(noun) a person's appearance, manner, or expression, especially as it reflects character or mood

veracity

(noun) truthfulness; accuracy; conformity to facts

wry

(adjective) dryly humorous, often with irony; twisted or bent in expression

confound

(verb) cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting against their expectation; mix up (something) with something else so that the individual elements become difficult to distinguish

curate

(verb) to select, organize, and present items (such as in a collection or exhibit); (noun) a clergy member in certain Christian churches

gambol

(verb) to skip, leap, or frolic playfully; (noun) a playful skipping or frolicking movement

egregious

(adjective) outstandingly bad; shockingly noticeable in a negative way

epitome

(noun) a perfect example of something; a summary or condensed representation