AP Lang Vocab 2

Affront

Affront

An action or remark that causes outrage or offense.

Alcove

A small recess opening off a larger room.

Blanch

To grow pale from shock, fear, or a similar emotion.

Champion

To support, defend, or fight for a cause.

Compress

To press or squeeze together.

Convivial

Friendly, lively, and enjoyable atmosphere.

Dilation

The action of enlarging or expanding something.

Elegiac

Expressing sorrow or lamentation.

Exculpate

To clear from a charge of guilt or fault.

Fiasco

A complete failure or disaster.

Heedless

Showing a reckless lack of care or attention.

Incisive

Intelligently analytical and clear-thinking.

Instigation

The action or process of provoking or inciting.

Interloper

A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong.

Labyrinthine

Complicated and confusing, like a labyrinth.

Molt

To shed old feathers, hair, or skin to make way for new growth.

Pariah

An outcast or someone who is despised and avoided.

Philanderer

A person who readily or frequently enters into casual sexual relationships with women.

Predisposed

Inclined or susceptible to a specified condition or mood.

Quench

To satisfy one's thirst by drinking.

Reprobate

An unprincipled person.

Salutary

Producing good effects; beneficial.

Tenacious

Tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely.

Tenuous

Very weak or slight.

Unfrock

To depose from a position of authority.