group 3 vocab ap li

AP Lit Vocab

dissonance

dissonance

disagreement or incongruity

doleful

sorrowful; mournful; melancholy

effervescent

vivacious; merry; lively; sparkling

egregious

extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant

esoteric

understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest

exacerbate

to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, i’ll feeling,etc); aggravate

extol

to praise highly; loud; eulogize

facetious

not meant to be taken seriously or literally

feral

of or characteristic of wild animals; ferocious; brutal

forsake

to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert

frugal

economical in use of expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; meager; scanty

furtive

sly; shifty