AP.Lit. Personal Vocab

The words from my personal vocab list during AP Lit.

1 gregarious

Sociable and liking company

2 jargon

Special words for a profession or group that are hard for normal people to understand

3 dissertation

An extended research project or essay written for a study program

4 avante~garde

New and unusual and experimental ideas

5 vacillate

Wavering in mind and opinion

6 Euphonious

Pleasing to hear

7 cajoling

Persuade by sustained coaxing and flattery

8 lexicographers

Someone who writes, compiles, or edits dictionaries

9 construe

Interpret something in a particular way

10 dishabille

Only partly or scantily clothed

11. Rhetoric

Persuasive writing or speaking by using figures of speech or other compositional techniques

12 gorgons

Medusa and her sisters, Stheno and Euryale

13 discursive

Moving from topic to topic without order, rambling

14 limbo

State of inbetween

15 parsing

Analyzing carefully

16 marquee

Giant canvas tent

17 staves

Vertical wooden post or plank

18 squiz

Quick, close look or glance

19 enigmatic

Mysterious and difficult to interpret or understand

20 rapturous

… great pleasure and enthusiasm

21 sordid

Bad, deserving of moral contempt

22 relinquish

Give up (something)

23 imputes

Attribute (actions, blame, possessions) to someone else

24 opulence

great wealth or luxuriousness

25 explicate

Analyze and develop an idea in detail

26 euphemism

A kinder way of saying something

27 assonance

The repetition of a vowel sound or diphthong

28 diphthong

A sound made by combining two letters in a single syllable

29 effusive

unrestrained, excessive, or gushy expression of feelings, gratitude, or approval

30 sepia

reddish~brown color

31 amassment

accumulation of wealth or other resources

32 scruples

Doubt and guilt about an action

33 postern

a back or side entrance

34 deposed

remove from office suddenly and forcefully

35 penury

extreme poverty; destitution

36 trite

Unoriginal, overused

37 constitute

be a part of a whole

38 invective

insulting, abusive, or highly critical language

49 laudatory

expressing praise and commendation

40 intransigent

unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something

41 erudite

having or showing great knowledge or learning