Ap Lang and composition Vocab quiz words

bandoneon

an accordian like instrument that is popular in Argentina and Uruguay

Concierge

a care taker of an apartment complex or small hotel, whos primary job is to assist guests by arranging tours, making restruant reservations etc…

Debutant

A person making a first apperance in a career or fashionable society.

Diatribe

A forceful or bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

Idiosyncrasies

a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual; a distinctive or peculiar feature or characteristic of a place or thing.

Insurgent

A rebel or revolutionary

Notion

a conception or belief about something.

Pragmatist

A person guided more by practical considerations than by ideal; an advocate of the approach that evaluates theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application.

Turnpike

A road ( such as an expressway) for the use of which tolls are collected.

Ardent

Enthusiastic or confident

Egoistic

having an enhanced favorable view of oneself; featuring an inflated opinion of one’s personal importance.

Coiled

Something that takes the shape of a coil or a ring

Exultant

Filled with or expressing great joy

Sadistic

 getting pleasure from inflicting pain, punishment, or humiliation on others

Spectroscopic:

relating to or involving spectroscopy [Spectroscopy: the investigation and measurement of spectra produced by matter interacting with or emitting electromagnetic radiation]

Unstrung

weakened or nervously unhinged, as a person or a person's nerves: unnerved: discomposed

Unrequited

concerning a feeling, especially of love, not returned or rewarded

Deprecate

to express disapproval of; disparage or belittle something 

Haze

to initiate newcomers through a process of humiliation, harassment, or disagreeable circumstances 

Swoon

to faint from extreme motion

Transmogrify

 to transform in a surprising or magical manner

Fervently

done in a manner that is very enthusiastic or passionate

Imperceptibly

done in a way that is so slight, gradual, or subtle as to not be perceived. 

Invariably

Always

Commence

start