Winter 25 Ap Lang Vocab

Piteous

deserving or arousing pity

bereft

deprived of; made unhappy through a loss

Chide

(v.) to blame; scold

repine

to complain or fret; to feel discontent

recounted

told in detail; narrated

vanity

feelings of excessive pride; thing/act that is worthless

arduous

difficult to do, laborious, or strengeous

temporal

worldly, earthly, or secular

to solace

(n.) comfort, relief; (v.) to comfort, console; lessen grief or sorrow

insidious

proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

comports

agrees or harmonizes with

remonstrances

protest; complaints or obligations

inviolate

kept sacred or intact, not violated

supinely

passively; on the back with the face upward

to extenuate

to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses

invincible

unbeatable/unconquerable

censures

condemnations, blames, or strong criticisms, usually by a person or group in authority

complaisance

politeness/courtesy; willingness to please or be agreeable

to expunge

to erase, obliterate, destroy; bolt out/strike out

redress

to set right; compensation for a wrong action

Asunder

into pieces or parts, in different directions

vexation

feeling of distress or torment

contrivance

scheme, plan, invention, or something fabricated

taciturn

usually silent; uncommunicative or not liking to talk

salvation

redemption or spiritual rescue from sin

to abate

to make less in amount, force, or degree

relinquish

to give up, abandon, surrender, or let go