ap lang unit 2 week 1 vocab

germane

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

acquisitive

able to get or retain ideas or

information; eagerness to possess

and ability to acquire and keep

emulate

to imitate with the intent of equaling

or surpassing the model

insatiable

so great or demanding as not to be

satisfied

eschew

to avoid, shun, keep away from

hubris

excessive pride, self-importance, or

arrogance leads them to negative

consequences

metonymy

Figure of speech in which one word

or phrase is substituted for another

(with which it is closely associated)

pedestrian

layman’s terms

insidious

intended to entrap or trick;

proceeding in a gradual, subtle way,

but with harmful effects

synecdoche

Mentioning part of something for the

whole