AP Lang Vocab 2

allay

to put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest; calm; quiet

capacious

capable of holding much; spacious or roomy

diurnal

of or pertaining to a day or each day; daily

extricate

to free or release from entanglement; disengage

ignominious

marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating

mitigate

to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate

palpitate

to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, diesease, etc. 

phlegmatic

not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apethetic; sluggish

propitious

presenting favorable conditions; favorable

prostrate

lying face down

acquisce

to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent

amity

friendship; peaceful harmony

arduous

requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult

gestalt

a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole

inundate

to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge