AP Vocab Unit 2

Aegis

Protection, backing, or support of a particular person or organization.

Apprise

To inform or give notice to someone about something.

Bibulous

Fond of or given to drinking alcoholic beverages; highly absorbent.

Claque

A group of people hired to applaud a performer or speaker; a group of sycophants.

Deracinate

To tear up by the roots, or to isolate someone from their native culture or environment.

Eleemosynary

Relating to or dependent on charity or alms.

Indigenous

Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.

Lachrymose

Tearful, given to weeping, or causing tears.

Lexicon

The vocabulary of a person, language, or specific branch of knowledge.

Melee

A confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle involving a crowd of people.

Microcosm

A community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the features of something much larger.

Minuscule

Extremely small or tiny.

Obfuscate

To render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.

Paternalism

The policy or practice of managing people in a fatherly manner, limiting their freedom or responsibility.

Polarize

To cause division into two sharply contrasting groups or sets of opinions.

Purview

The scope of influence, responsibility, or concerns of a person or organization.

Sanguine

Optimistic or positive, especially in a difficult situation.

Solecism

A grammatical mistake in speech or writing, or a breach of good manners and etiquette.

Vassal

A person or state holding land under feudal law, or a subordinate dependent on a higher power.

Verisimilitude

The appearance of being true or real.