Ap Lit Test 3

Avarice

(n.) An extreme desire for wealth or money; greed.

Blighted

(adj.) Damaged, destroyed, or harmed.

Blight

(n.) A disease or condition that causes damage or destruction; (v.) to damage or ruin something.

Constraint

(n.) A restriction or limitation that prevents someone from doing something.

Depravity

(n.) Extremely immoral or evil behavior.

Fecund

(adj.) Able to produce a lot; fertile or fruitful.

Megalomania

(n.) An obsession with power, wealth, or having great importance.

Obstreperous

(adj.) Noisy, rowdy, and difficult to control.

Predominance

(n.) The state of having the most power, influence, or importance.

Quandary

(n.) A difficult situation where it is hard to decide what to do.

Surfeited

(adj.) Having had too much of something; overly full or satisfied.

Surfeit

(v.) To give someone too much of something, causing them to want no more.

Astral

(adj.) Related to the stars.

Astronomer

(n.) A scientist who studies stars, planets, and other objects in space.

Inter

(v.) To bury a dead person or animal.

Lunacy

(n.) Extremely foolish or irrational behavior; historically, a term for insanity.

Lunatic

(n.) An outdated and often offensive term for a person considered mentally ill.

Sublunary

(adj.) Relating to the earthly world rather than the heavens.

Terrace

(n.) A raised, flat area of land; (v.) to make flat levels on a slope.

Terrarium

(n.) A container used to grow plants or keep small animals.

Terrestrial

(adj.) Relating to Earth or land; (n.) a living thing that inhabits Earth.

Territorial

(adj.) Relating to an area an animal or person considers its own and may defend.

Amoral

(adj.) Lacking a sense of right and wrong.

Antipathy

(n.) A strong feeling of dislike toward someone or something.

Derogatory

(adj.) Showing disrespect or insulting someone.

Disconsolate

(adj.) Extremely sad and difficult to comfort.

Illusory

(adj.) False or misleading; based on an illusion.

Irrelevant

(adj.) Not related to the topic or situation.

Malcontent

(n.) A dissatisfied person; (adj.) unhappy or discontented.

Nonentity

(n.) A person or thing considered unimportant or insignificant.

Oblivious

(adj.) Unaware of or not noticing something.

Opprobrium

(n.) Harsh criticism, shame, or public disgrace.