AP Lit Vocab Set 4

disconsolate

(adj) unhappy

penury

(n) extreme poverty

vagrants

(n) person w/o a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging

celestial

(adj) heavenly

cherub

(n) beautiful or innocent-looking child

chamois

(n) goat-like animal living in the mountains

inmate

(n) person who dwells with others in the same house

reverential

(adj) showing or having great respect

smitten

(adj) very much in love

caprice

(n) an impulsive change of mind; spontaneously fickle

sublime

(adj) elevate to a high degree of moral/spiritual purity or excellence

rapture

(n) feeling of intense pleasure or joy

filial

(adj) relation of child to parents

sullen

(adj) gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed

exploded

(v) show (a belief or theory) to be false or unfounded

inclement

(n) the quality in weather of being unpleasant, especially with cold weather

cursory

(adj) in a superficial manner

avidity

(n) eagerness; keenness

callous

(adj) cruel disregard; unfeeling; ruthless