AP English Lang Vocab

Assuage

Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense/satisfy (an appetite or desire)

Coalition

An alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states

Elicit

evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one’s own actions or questions

Expostulate

Express strong disapproval or disagreement

Hiatus

An interruption in time or continuity: period when something (such as a program or activity) is suspended or interrupted

Innuendo

An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one

Lurid

Very vivid in color, especially so as to create unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect

Meritorious

Deserving praise, reward, esteem; praiseworthy

Petulant

(Of a person or their manner) childishly sulking or bad tempered

Provincial

Of or concerning a province of a country or empire / of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded