AP Lang - SAT Vocab Unit 4

vocabubulary 4

astute

keenly perceptive or discerning; sagacious OR shrewd; cunning

asylum

institution for care of mentally ill OR involiable refuge; sanctuary

audacious

extremely bold or daring OR extremely original

auspicious

promising success; opportune; favored by fortune

austere

severe in manner or appearance OR rigorously self-disciplined

belated

coming or being after the customary

benevolent

characterized by or expressing goodwill OR charitable

benign

not malignant; having no harmful effect

bereft

deprived

bourgeois

middle-class; determined by concern for respectability and material wealth

brittle

having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength

brusque

abrupt in manner; blunt; rough

allusion

a passing or casual reference; the making of a casual/indirect reference

7-Eleven is my El Dorado.

allusion