AP Lang Vocab week 7/8

Egregious

out of the group, outstandingly bad

Antipathy

feeling against someone or something, dislike

Empathy

feeling the same thing as someone else

Diffident

lack of faith in oneself, lack of confidence

Fidelity

loyalty, faithfulness

Infidelity

unfaithfulness

Perfidious

treacherous, untrustworthy

Elucidate

to make clear, clarify

Lucid

clear, readily understood

Pellucid

very clear, transparent

Translucent

permitting the passage of light

Acrid

unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor

Acrimonious

full of spite, bitter, nasty

Acuity

keenness of perception

Acumen

mental sharpness

Acute

a sharp angle, very keen

Exacerbate

to sharpen or aggravate a conflict, inflame

Affluent

to flow in abundance, wealthy

Confluence

to flow together, convergence

Superfluous

to flow above, hence exceeding what is necessary

Complacent

to be so calm as to be self-satisfied, smug

Implacable

incapable of being calmed, relentless

Placate

to calm the anger of