Vocab List 1: AP English Language and Composition

allocation

the act of setting apart for a purpose or specific plan; designate

ascetic

a person who dedicated his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons

beguile

to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude; to take away from by cheating or deceiving

crass

without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid

defray

to bear or pay all or part of (the costs, expenses, etc.)

dint

force; power; a dent

enjoin

to prescribe (a course of action) with authority or emphasis

envoy

a diplomatic agent; any accredited messenger or representative

interloper

to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license; to thrust oneself into the affairs of others

vicarious

performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another; taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute; felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others

admonish

to caution, advise, or counsel against something; to reprove or scold, especially in a mild and good-willed manner

akimbo

with hand on hip and elbow bent forward

lassitude

weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy

licentious

sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd; unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral

muse

to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject; any of a number of sister goddesses