AP Lit Final Summative Vocab Assessment

root: bell

war

root: cad/cas

to fall

root: gest

to bear, to carry

root: hib/hab

to have, to hold

root: joc

joke

root: lega

to appoint, to send on a mission, to charge with

root: mon

to warn

root: onus/oner

burden

root: rap

to snatch; greedy, devouring

root: tort/torq

to twist

root: cand

white, pure; to glow, to burn

root: jur

to swear, to vow; law

root: mort

death

root: omin

sign, warning

root: pher/phor

to carry, to bring

root: pos/pon

to put, to place

root: sequi/sec

to follow

root: trit

sign; warning

root: verd/virid

green

root: vid/vis

to see or to look

antebellum

occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War

decadent

characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline

cadence

a modulation or inflection of the voice

gesticulation

a gesture, especially a dramatic one, used instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words

gestate

carry a fetus in the womb from conception to birth

rehabilitation

the action of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness

jocose

playful or humorous

jocular

fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful

jovial

cheerful and friendly

jocund

cheerful and lighthearted

delegate

a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference

onus

used to refer to something that is one's duty or responsibility

onerous

(of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome

exonerate

(especially of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, especially after due consideration of the case

ornery

bad-tempered and combative

rapacious

aggressively greedy or grasping

surreptitious

kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of

rapture

a feeling of intense pleasure or joy OR (according to some millenarian teaching) transport (a believer) from earth to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ

incendiary

(of a device or attack) designed to cause fires

candor

the quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness

incandescent

full of strong emotion; passionate Or emitting light as a result of being heated

objurgate

rebuke severely; scold

adjure

urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something

jurisdiction

the official power to make legal decisions and judgments

jurisprudence

the theory or philosophy of law

perjury

the offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation

immortalize

confer enduring fame upon

moribund

(of a person) at the point of death

morbid

characterized by an unusual interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease

mortuary

a funeral home or morgue

paraphernalia

miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity

posit

assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument OR put in position; place

presuppose

(of an action, process, or argument) require as a precondition of possibility or coherence

superimposed

placed or laid over something else, typically so that both things are still evident

exponent

a person who believes in and promotes the truth or benefits of an idea or theory

predispose

make someone liable or inclined to a specified attitude, action, or condition

obsequious

obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

segue

an uninterrupted transition from one piece of music or film scene to another

non sequitur

a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement

contrite

feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt

trite

(of a remark, opinion, or idea) overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness.

attrition

the action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure

verdant

(of countryside) green with grass or other rich vegetation

viridity

the quality or state of being green; greenness; verdancy

provident

making or indicative of timely preparation for the future

livid

furiously angry