APLit Vocab 1

1. Abase

(v.) to humiliate, degrade

2. Abhor

(v.) to hate, detest

3. Banal

(adj.) dull, commonplace

4. Bequeath

(v.) to pass on, give

5. Blight

(n.)1. a plague, disease 2. something that destroys hope

6. Cajole

(v.) to urge, coax

7. Capricious

(adj.) subject to whim, fickle

8. Debunk

(v.) to expose the falseness of something

9. Decry

(v.) to criticize openly

10. Ebullient

(adj.) extremely lively, enthusiastic